Jewish Museum

Natalia Berger, Ph.D.(2006), The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, is an Independent Curator. She has published several books on different aspects of Diaspora Jewry, including Where Cultures Meet (Beth Hatefutsoth, MOD Publishing House, 1990) and Jews and Medicine, (Beth Hatefutsoth, 1995).

• ContentsAcknowledgmentsList of FiguresIntroduction: Why Jewish Museums?The Strauss Collection and the Anglo-Jewish Exhibition1 Isaac Strauss and his Collection2 The Historic Anglo-Jewish Exhibition in London, 1887The Jewish Museums of Austria-Hungary: Vienna, Prague, and Budapest3 Introduction: The Jewish Museum in Vienna4 The Determining Factors in the Establishment of the Museum 5 The Jewish Museum of Vienna, 1895–19066 The Exhibits7 The Jewish Museum of Prague8 The Jewish Museum of Budapest From The Bezalel National Museum to The Israel Museum9 Historical Background10 To Realize a Dream: Boris Schatz and the Bezalel Museum in the Formative Years, 1906–1211 The Years 1909–1412 Boris Schatz’s Utopian Museum as Charted in his Book, Jerusalem Rebuilt13 The Bezalel Museum in the Years following World War I, 1919–2614 From The Bezalel National Museum to The Israel Museum: Mordechai Narkiss’s Vision and Achievements: 1932–1957ConclusionEpilogueBibliographyIndex