Jewish Cultural Quarter Amsterdam · Nieuwe Amstelstraat 1
A combined ticket for the Jewish Museum, Jewish Museum junior and the Portuguese Synagogue, with an audio guide and a month to use it. Pick it to see the community Anne Frank's story belongs to as it lived, worshipped and built the city from the 1600s to today.
The Portuguese Synagogue was built in the 17th century to a design by Elias Bouman and inaugurated in 1675. There is still no electric light in the sanctuary: it is lit by hundreds of candles in brass chandeliers, and Jews still worship here today. Under the surrounding buildings, the treasure chambers hold books, silver and the textiles used in services. The Ets Haim library, founded in 1616, belongs to the same community.
Across the road, the Jewish Museum fills four former synagogues, the Great Synagogue among them. Its exhibitions cover Jewish life and traditions in the Netherlands from the 1600s to the present, with temporary shows included in the ticket. Jewish Museum junior, reached through the museum lobby, is set in the home of the Hollander family and suits children well. The museum café serves Dutch-Jewish specialities.
The ticket covers all three, plus an audio guide and a map of the Jewish Cultural Quarter, and the listing gives you a month to visit, so you can split it over two days. The Jewish Museum opens daily from 11:00 to 17:00. The synagogue opens Sunday to Thursday from 11:00 to 17:00, closes on Saturday, and on Fridays keeps shorter hours that change by month (11:00 to 14:00 in November and December), according to the Jewish Cultural Quarter. The National Holocaust Museum and the Hollandsche Schouwburg are not part of this ticket. Plan about two hours.
Show your ticket at the Jewish Museum and collect the audio guide and map.
The former synagogues and their exhibitions on Jewish life in the Netherlands, past and present.
Through the lobby to the Hollander family home, made for younger visitors.
The sanctuary with its candle chandeliers, then the treasure chambers beneath the side buildings.
Dutch-Jewish specialities at the Jewish Museum café, if you have time.
★★★★★A magnificent monument. Seeing it lit by candles must be very moving. The Jewish Museum is very rich, regardless of the period presented. Everyday life is really well portrayed. [...]
★★★★★2 very informative museums, well organized, and an excellent audio guide
★★★★★Good experience. You can enter the Synagogue and the Jewish Museum with the same ticket
★★★★★Spent 2 hours going through the museum viewing each of the exhibits. I found it very informative and enlightening.
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Entry to the Jewish Museum, Jewish Museum junior and the Portuguese Synagogue, all exhibitions in the Jewish Museum, an audio guide and a map. You have a month to use it.
No, it is closed on Saturdays. It opens Sunday to Thursday from 11:00 to 17:00, and on Fridays with shorter hours that change by month.
No. The National Holocaust Museum and the Hollandsche Schouwburg need their own ticket, or the walking tour with museum tickets that covers all four venues.
The listing says all locations are wheelchair accessible, and the Jewish Cultural Quarter says every building has a lift.
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The 17th-century Portuguese Synagogue and the Jewish Museum, with an audio guide and a month to visit.
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