Welcome!
Here you’ll find all the important information you need for your visit.
Hours
Monday–Thursday 10am–4pm
Sunday 11am–4pm
Closed Fri & Sat (Shabbat)
Please note that the museum is also closed during school breaks and on national and Jewish holidays.
Directions
Directions by train:
Exit: Würzburg South
Directions by bus:
Valentin-Becker Str. stop
From the (bus) station/main station:
Bus 114 (Platform 2) toward the University/Sports Center
From Juliuspromenade or Theater
take bus 6 toward Gartenstadt/Keesburg
or take bus 114 toward Uni/Sportzentrum
Admission prices
Standard: €3
Reduced price: €2
Reduced price: €1
Free admission
The price for a guided tour (based on registration) with a
museum guide is 30 euros during opening hours (admission not included).
Guided tours are also available outside of regular hours upon request (5 euros per person; minimum charge of 60 euros).
There is no admission fee for school groups.
A fee applies for city tours and cemetery tours.
A fee of 30 euros applies.
Subject to change without notice.
Accessibility
The Shalom Europa Museum is wheelchair accessible.
Please feel free to contact us before your visit.
Public tours
Öffentliche Museumsführung
Eine Anmeldung hierfür ist nicht erforderlich.
Öffentliche Museumsführung
Eine Anmeldung hierfür ist nicht erforderlich.
Öffentliche Museumsführung
Eine Anmeldung hierfür ist nicht erforderlich.
Öffentliche Museumsführung
Eine Anmeldung hierfür ist nicht erforderlich.
Öffentliche Museumsführung
Eine Anmeldung hierfür ist nicht erforderlich.
Führung über den jüdischen Friedhof in Würzburg
Volkstrauertag
Die Führung ist kostenlos. Eine Anmeldung ist nicht erforderlich.
Männliche Besucher werden gebeten, eine Kopfbedeckung zu tragen.
Conferences & Training Courses
By arrangement, conferences and training sessions on topics related to Jewish religion, culture, and history can be held at the Jewish Museum. The museum can provide rooms and technical equipment (projector, computer) as needed.
Registration/Further information:
Programs for School Groups
The museum at the Shalom Europa Jewish Community Center offers a wide range of guided tours for all types of schools. Here, students can experience Jewish religion and Jewish life from a Jewish perspective.
Elementary school students are first introduced to the Jewish religion in third grade. At this museum, they learn about Jewish life, the holidays that are celebrated, and what a synagogue looks like.
Children can see, hear, and—often in the truest sense of the word—grasp all of this at the Shalom Europa Museum. Today, just as in Jesus’s time, the mezuzah, tallit, and tefillin are part of everyday Jewish life. During a guided tour, these objects are not only shown but can also be held in the hand. This also applies to items used in the celebration of Shabbat. A Torah scroll may be turned.
The synagogue, the house of prayer for today’s Jewish community, is explored in detail and explained. Depending on interest and time, what has been learned can be reinforced with the help of worksheets.
This program is also available for special education schools. First-communion children are also invited.
To complement and expand upon the curriculum of the secondary school, we offer guided tours of the synagogue and museum.
The tours cover the fundamentals of Jewish life (the Torah, the study of the Talmud with its constant questioning and discussion), as well as lifelong learning—so important to Jews—and their special piety in prayer and daily life.
Jewish customs are explained through the Bar Mitzvah, weddings, and rituals for the deceased.
The Shabbat is of particular interest.
The topics of disenfranchisement, persecution, and the Shoah during the Nazi era are given great importance.
The synagogue is explained in detail. This provides an opportunity for questions and discussion.
Confirmation candidates are also invited.
Sixth-grade students in our middle school explore the Jewish way of life and faith, their religious practices, festivals, and customs in depth during their religion classes.
In our museum, these topics are vividly presented and made tangible in the truest sense: the Holy Scriptures (written and oral Torah), the symbols of the Jewish people (mezuzah, tallit, tefillin), the stages of Jewish life, their prayers, the Sabbath, and the festivals throughout the year.
How the Würzburg Jewish community conducts its services is explained in the synagogue.
The museum and the Jewish Documentation Center also offer opportunities to supplement and deepen the curriculum for history classes.
With an understanding of the school curricula and the mission of the Jewish community in Würzburg, the center offers a variety of guided tours to complement your classroom instruction:
History: 7th Grade
Seventh-grade students learn about the significance of the Jewish community in Würzburg during the Middle Ages through various sources, but especially through the rediscovered gravestones of the old Jewish cemetery (1140–1349), a find that is unique worldwide. The inscriptions provide insight into the inner life of the community and, in a powerful way, tell the stories of individual members.
History: 9th Grade
The museum’s documentation center contains numerous sources and records on Jewish emancipation and the role of Würzburg’s Jewish community in the intellectual and economic life of our city.
The persecution of Jews from the Middle Ages (pogroms) through the Nazi era (deprivation of rights, persecution, deportation, and murder) is also documented.
Religious Studies: 9th Grade
The fundamentals of the Jewish faith are presented in detail:
- The Written and Oral Torah
- The Symbols of the Jewish People and the Stages of Life
- Shabbat and the dietary laws
- The Jewish Calendar and Jewish Holidays Throughout the Year
- The Orthodox Synagogue
A selection should be made after consultation. Students who are learning about Judaism in their ethics classes in 6th and 7th grade are also invited to the museum.
Registration/Further information:
