Berlin’s Jewish Museum clocked up a record 715,000 visitors in 2006, a rise of two percent over 2005, confirming its position as one of the leading cultural attractions in the German capital.
The modernist museum retraces the history of Jews in Germany from the Middle Ages until the Holocaust. Opened two days before 9/11, the evocative steel building designed by New York architect superstar Daniel Libeskind became a major attraction in the German capital even before it opened in 2001. More than 350,000 people visited the empty shell from when it opened to the public in 1999 until it was closed for in January 2001 for the installation of the permanent exhibit.
In 2006, a special exhibition on Sigmund Freud attracted 75,000 visitors.
Since it opened in 2001, a total of 3.7 million people have visited the Jewish Museum.
The modernist museum retraces the history of Jews in Germany from the Middle Ages until the Holocaust. Opened two days before 9/11, the evocative steel building designed by New York architect superstar Daniel Libeskind became a major attraction in the German capital even before it opened in 2001. More than 350,000 people visited the empty shell from when it opened to the public in 1999 until it was closed for in January 2001 for the installation of the permanent exhibit.
In 2006, a special exhibition on Sigmund Freud attracted 75,000 visitors.
Since it opened in 2001, a total of 3.7 million people have visited the Jewish Museum.