Discover the permanent collection
With seven hundred artworks and objects, the permanent collection proposes a history of the Jewish communities of Europe and the Mediterranean from the Middle Ages to today.
Helena Rubinstein. The Adventure of Beauty
until Sunday 25 August 2019
Attention: the mahJ is now open from Tuesday to Sunday and closed on Monday (except for group visits with reservations).
For your safety, there are heightened security procedures when you arrive at the museum.
Adolfo Kaminsky. Forger and photographer
Adolfo Kaminsky, a member of the Resistance and a brilliant forger, spent thirty years of his life producing counterfeit identity papers to save lives. He discovered photography during the Second World War reproducing official stamps for forged identity cards.
Helena Rubinstein. The Adventure of Beauty
For the first time in France, the mahJ is devoting an exhibition to Helena Rubinstein (1872- 1965). Featuring more than 300 exhibits from her famous collection – objects, garments, photographs, etchings, books, paintings, sculptures and tapestries, including works by Marc Chagall, Michel Kikoïne, Sarah Lipska, Louis Marcoussis, Elie Nadelman and Maurice Utrillo – it recounts the life and career of the woman whom Jean Cocteau dubbed “the empress of beauty.”
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From the BnF collection. Italian Hebrew manuscripts
In the museum’s permanent collection from 20 March to 22 September 2019, the BnF and the mahJ are showing a selection of Italian manuscripts exceptionally loaned by the BnF.
Discover the mahJ
A guided tour in English for everyone – children, adolescents and adults.
Every other Sunday at 3pm from May 12th to August 18th, 2019
You will travel through one thousand years of Jewish history in France and across the Diaspora and discover the masterpieces of the mahJ's collection.
Walking Tour of the Jewish Marais
A guided tour in English for everyone – children, adolescents and adults.
Every other Sunday in May, June, July and till mid-August 2019 at 3 pm.
Meet at the admission desk a few minutes before the tour.
Join this walking tour and discover Parisian Jewish culture past and present.
