Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum (Lithuanian: Valstybinis Vilniaus Gaono Žydụ Muziejus; Yiddish: דער ווילנער גאון מלוכהשער יידישער מוז) is a Lithuanian museum dedicated to the historical and cultural heritage of Lithuanian Jewry.
The Vilna Gaon museum was established in 1989 by the Lithuanian Ministry of Culture. Over the years, its collection has been expanded to include objects from other museums in Lithuania. The museum was renamed in 1997 to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the death of the Talmudic scholar Vilna Gaon.
The museum has five branches that focus on different aspects of Jewish history and culture:[1]
The Tolerance Center's collections include works of sacred, modern, and traditional art along with historical materials
The museum acquires and systematizes materials, issues publications, conducts research, organizes permanent and temporary exhibitions, and sponsors educational activities.[1]
In 2010, the Museum and the Austrian Verein Gedenkdienst joined forces to launch the Lithuanian Holocaust Atlas project. Expanding on previous research on Holocaust murder sites in Lithuania, the project created an internet database, and in 2011 published the Lithuanian Holocaust Atlas, a 318-page volume reference book of 227 mass graves with detailed information on the location, coordinates, perpetrators, victims and their number. Dr. Arūnas Bubnys served as the project's historian.[2]
^ ab"Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum", Times of Israel, archived from the original on 2013-02-04, retrieved 2012-03-06
^Lithuanian Holocaust Atlas, compiled by Milda Jakulytė-Vasil, Vilnius: Vilna Gaon State Jewish Museum and the National Land Service under the Ministry of Agriculture of the Republic of Lithuania, 2011. 318 pages; illus.; maps ISBN978-9955-767-14-5
External linksedit
Vilna Gaon Jewish State Museum website
Lithuanian Museums' Association
November 24, 2023
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