Jüdisches-Museum (Jewish Museum)
Until the Holocaust, Frankfurt was home to Germany’s second largest Jewish population, many of whom played a key role in the city’s financial and cultural success. Housed in the Rothschild Palais (a mansion that was the former home of the Rothschilds), the Jewish Museum retraces this important community’s story from the 12th to the 20th century. The remains of Mikvah (women’s ceremonial baths) in the former Jewish ghetto and special exhibitions are displayed in the supplementary Judengasse Museum (Jewish Alley Museum) on Battonnstrasse 47.
The Jewish Museum at Untermainkai is closed for renovation works until 2019. Its exhibitions documenting the Jewish history until 1800 are shown in the Judengasse Museum. In 2018 the exhibitions depicting the Jewish history after 1800 will be moved to the Rothschildpalais.
