Museum

The Museum collections of the Magnes encompass two main areas: Jewish Art and Jewish Life. These holdings include paintings and sculptures, photographs, works on paper and artists books, digital and mixed media, but also thousands of objects for communal and family rituals, as well as artifacts and memorabilia that offer a broad and multidisciplinary look at the interactions between Jewish and non-Jewish societies around the world.

These collections are supported by a solid reference library of secondary literature about the role of art in the Jewish cultures and societies of the Global Diaspora available to curators and researchers, and by the Magnes Institutional Archives, which contain a detailed documentation on the research, exhibitions and public programs created by the Magnes since its inception in 1962.

Jewish Art

The Jewish Art collection of the Magnes provides a vivid depiction of the processes of Jewish integration into modern secular life since the mid-nineteenth century, and documents the ongoing ...

Jewish Life

The Magnes Collection is a unique source of primary evidence about Jewish life in the global Diaspora in virtually all of its aspects. It documents the intersection of the material and spiritual ...