Fodor's Expert Review Museum Judenplatz

District 7/Neubau

In what was once the old Jewish ghetto, construction workers discovered the fascinating remains of a 13th-century synagogue while digging for a new parking garage. Simon Wiesenthal (a former Vienna resident) helped to turn it into a museum dedicated to the Austrian Jews who died in World War II. Marking the outside is a concrete cube whose surfaces are casts of library shelves, signifying a love of learning. Downstairs are three exhibition rooms devoted to medieval Jewish life and the synagogue excavations. Also in Judenplatz is a statue of the 18th-century playwright Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, erected after World War II.

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Judenplatz 8
Vienna, Vienna  A-1010, Austria

01-535–0431

www.jmw.at/museum-judenplatz

Sight Details:
Rate Includes: €12 includes admission to Jewish Museum of Vienna, Closed Sat., Sun.–Thurs. 10–6, Fri. 10–2

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