The Jewish Museum Augsburg Swabia is an open space for encounters. Located in two historic synagogues, it presents the diversity of Jewish life in Augsburg and Bavarian Swabia in the past and present. At the same time, it engages in current social debates and makes Jewish perspectives visible.
Through its work, the Jewish Museum Augsburg Swabia contributes to a lively conversation about Jewish history and culture in the city and the region and promotes dialogue with the Jewish community and the descendants of Jewish people who were persecuted and expelled during the National Socialist regime.
Its key objective is to strengthen a pluralistic and discrimination-free society in which all people live together as equals.
Founded by the Jewish community and a citizens’ initiative, the Jewish Museum Augsburg Swabia opened its doors to visitors for the first time in 1985, making it the oldest Jewish museum in the Federal Republic of Germany supported by a foundation.