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The Museum of the History and Culture of Jews in Belarus was founded in 2002 by a group of enthusiastic scientists headed by the director of the museum Inna Pavlovna Gerasimova with the support of the Union of Belarusian Jewish Public Associations and Communities and the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee "Joint" in Belarus. The museum was opened in the building of the Minsk Jewish Community Center at Vera Khoruzhei Street, 28.
Despite its youth, the museum has already managed to collect more than 10 thousand exhibits that tell about culture, art, religion, and the history of Jews in Belarus. Here are collected unique documents, photographs, everyday objects, clothes, books, paintings and many other things. There are unique exhibits: a machine for making matzo from Orsha, a mug for washing hands, a ticket dated 1889 and allowing travel from the Jewish settlement to the rest of the Russian Empire.
The museum not only collects and carefully preserves the history and culture of Belarusian Jews, but also conducts active propaganda and educational work. People of all ages and nationalities come here to learn more about the Jewish people. The museum collects lists of Jews who died during the Second World War, a Book of Memory is being created.
The permanent expositions of the museum are divided into sections: Jews of Belarus XVI - early. XX centuries; Belarusian Jews between the wars. 1917 - June 1941; Holocaust in Belarus. 1941 - 1944; Post-war life of Jews in Belarus; Revival of Jewish life at the end of the twentieth century.
During the existence of the museum, more than 35 exhibitions have been held, the themes of some of them: “I am from the ghetto”, “Jewish resistance in Belarus. 1941-1944”,“Synagogues of Belarus yesterday and today”. The museum hosts exhibitions of paintings by Jewish artists.
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Mykolutskaya Julia 2019-05-09
Contact information "Museum of History and Culture of Jews of Belarus"
+375 (17) 2867961, +375 (29) 8018635
st. Vera Horuzhei, 28, Minsk
Opening hours: Mon. - Sun. - By appointment
Best regards, Director of the Mykolutsk Museum
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+375 (17) 2867961, +375 (29) 8018635
st. Vera Horuzhei, 28, Minsk
Opening hours: Mon. - Sun. - By appointment
Respectfully yours, Director of the Museum Mykolutskaya Julia.
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