Renovation & partial closure

The Jewish Museum remains open—in the Former Kriegshaber Synagogue!

The Former Synagogue in the Kriegshaber district of Augsburg is a special museum site: It is the oldest surviving synagogue building in Bavarian Swabia. From the early 18th century through the 20th century, it served as the center of a significant rural Jewish community just outside Augsburg. You can easily reach the Former Synagogue from the city center by tram or bus within 20 minutes.

There, we continue to offer a diverse programme six days a week for individual visitors and groups. City walking tours and cemetery tours are also still taking place. Through various events and projects, we maintain a presence throughout the city of Augsburg.

Starting November 2, 2026, the former Synagogue Kriegshaber will be open 6 days a week.

Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 9 am – 5 pm
Thursday: 9 am – 8 pm
Sunday & holidays: 12 pm – 5 pm

It will be closed on Saturdays, as well as on Yom Kippur, Rosh HaShana, over the Christmas holiday period, New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day.

The Former Kriegshaber Synagogue is easily accessible from Augsburg city center in 20 minutes.

Using public transport, you can take Tram 2 or the Bus 32 to get right outside the Former Kriegshaber Synagogue in 20 minutes.

If you’re travelling by regional train, take Tram 2 from Augsburg-Oberhausen station or Bus 32 from Augsburg main station.

By bike, it takes about 16 minutes from the city centre.

By car, you can easily reach the Former Kriegshaber Synagogue via the B17 or the B300. In the immediate vicinity of the Former Synagogue, kerbside parking is available with a parking disc.

Further information on how to get there.

Address: Ehemalige Synagoge Kriegshaber, Ulmer Strasse 228, 86156 Augsburg

Entry fees

Regular: 3,00 €

Reduced*: Free entry

Kultursozialticket: 1,00 €

Media Guide included in all forms of entry.

*Free entry for children under 6, school pupils, apprentices, students, the unemployed, people with disabilities and those undertaking a volunteer service (Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr – FSJ)

Yes, groups and school classes can still visit the Jewish Museum – at the Former Kriegshaber Synagogue.

There, just 20 minutes from Augsburg city center, featuring guided tours and workshops, a diverse educational programme awaits you. We also continue to offer tours in Augsburg downtown as well as cemetery tours. Please get

Since summer 2022, the synagogue in the city center has been undergoing renovation.

More than a 110 years since its inauguration and fifty years after its restoration, the entire building complex is in need of renovation. The project, which is scheduled to take several years, encompasses both the synagogue and the community buildings at Halderstrasse 6–8, which house not only the premises of the Jewish Community of Swabia-Augsburg but also the Jewish Museum Augsburg Swabia.

From autumn 2026, the west wing, which houses the museum, is also due to undergo refurbishment. The museum’s city center location will therefore be closed from November 2, 2026 for several years.

The restoration gives us the opportunity to completely redesign the permanent exhibition.

The museum and the Great Synagogue will be made accessible to everyone through accessibility measures. Our aim is to create a space where people of all ages can engage with Jewish history and the Jewish present.

Find out how you can support the museum in this endeavour.

We currently expect the renovation works to be completed in 2029.

Following the installation of a new permanent exhibition and a new reception area with a museum shop and café, the museum site on Halderstraße will likely reopen in 2030. As before, visitors will then be able to visit the Great Synagogue as well as the new permanent exhibition. Thanks to the installation of elevators during the renovation phase, both the permanent exhibition and the Great Synagogue will be made more accessible. Furthermore a new annex for special exhibitions will be build.

On our museum blog, we will keep you regularly updated on the progress of the refurbishment, the museum’s activities in the meantime, and the plans for the reopening.