Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1916. 121 pp., no illustrations, 22.5 × 14.5 cm. Dutch.

Stedelijk Museum (29 May–4 June 1916)

A large display of Jewish ceremonial objects, intended to draw the Jewish community’s attention to the rapid disappearance of its material culture. The exhibition initiated the action that led to the founding of the Jewish Museum in Amsterdam. Exhibition in 9 sections: 1. Cityscapes, 2. Buildings, 3. Folk Life, 4. Professional Life, 5. Portraits, 6. Religious Practice and Customs, 7. Coins, Medals, Badges and Stamps, 8. Graphics and 9. Varia. Basic listing. 1,548 items.

AMSTERDAM
CEREMONIAL OBJECTS
PORTRAITS
PRINTS
SYNAGOGUE TEXTILES
SYNAGOGUES
TORAH ORNAMENTS

Afikoman covers/bags
Amulets
Besamim
Candlesticks/Candelabra
Circumcision implements/objects
Coins
Elijah’s chair
Etrog containers
Ex Libris
Hanukkah lamps
Historical documents
Ketubbot
Kiddush cups
Levite sets
Medals
Mezuzah cases
Mizrach
Mohel books
Napoleon Bonaparte
Netherlands
Omer calendars
Paintings
Paintings, synagogues
Pesach plates
Pesach towel covers
Portraits, rabbis
Prints, Jewish customs & ceremonies
Prints, Jewish figures
Prints, Jewish sites
Prints, synagogues
Rimmonim
Shabbat lamps
Shabbat oven
Synagogues, Netherlands
Tass
Tobacco/Snuff boxes
Torah Ark curtains
Torah mantles
Yad

Cohen, Julie-Marthe, “Judaism on Display. The Origins of Amsterdam’s Jewish Historical Museum”, in: Judith Frishman and Hetty Berg (eds.), Dutch Jewry in a Cultural Maelstrom, 1880–1940, 2007, pp. 67–83. Cohen notes that this was “the first exhibition in the Netherlands with a Dutch Jewish theme initiated and organized by Jews” (p. 71).