Jødisk Museum i Oslo

The Jewish Museum in Oslo was formed as a foundation in 2003, and opened the doors in 2008 in the old synagogue in Calmeyer Street 15B.

In the premises there was a synagogue from 1921 to 1942, and many of the Jews who immigrated to Norway from the mid-1800s lived in the Hausmann Quarter, the street where Calmeyer Street lies, and the lower Grünerløkka.

The purpose of the museum is to gather, preserve, research and convey reliable knowledge and understanding of the history of the Jews in Norway, knowledge of Jewish culture, daily life, religious practices and integration in Norwegian society, and to be a generator and inspirator for cultural activity, dissemination of knowledge and debate. The museum wants to be a bridge builder between the Jewish communities and the big community.

The Jewish Museum in Oslo holds lectures, concerts, changing exhibitions and other outward cultural activities. Themes to be treated by the museum are Jewish culture, tradition and history as well as Judaism in general.