Jüdisches Museum

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Lonely Planet review

Coming to terms with its Nazi past has not exactly been a priority in Munich, which is why the opening of the Jüdisches Museum in early 2007 was hailed as a major milestone. Relatively small and as yet without much of its own collection, its permanent exhibit in the basement offers insight into Jewish history, life and culture in Munich, creatively presented in seven installations.

The Holocaust is dealt with, but the accent is clearly on contemporary Jewish culture, especially in the changing exhibits on the two upper floors. The museum is part of the new Jewish complex on St-Jakobs-Platz that also includes a community centre with a restaurant and a synagogue that's rarely open to the public. The ensemble reflects the burgeoning renaissance of Munich's Jewish population, which numbers around 9300, making it the second largest in Germany after Berlin.