Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies

Exploring Jewish Learning and Culture


Exhibitions

Permanent Exhibition

Open Depot Collection Display

Open Depot illustrative image

Spertus Museum’s ingenious storage and display area, called the depot, houses and presents approximately 1,500 objects from the museum’s outstanding 15,000-piece collection. Conceived by Dr. Felicitas Heimann-Jelinek, Spertus Museum Senior Curator of Judaica and Chief Curator of the Jewish Museum of Vienna, this unique display dramatically expands the previous core collection-based exhibition. Through an interpretive light-directed process, visitors can examine cross-cultural influences on the development of Jewish objects, as well as ethical and historical issues surrounding the acquisition and display of culturally sensitive collections.

Also on permanent display is a site-specific commission by esteemed Indian artist Ranbir Kaleka. Called Consider (2007), the work is a powerful, open-ended reflection on the Holocaust. This poignant memorial is made possible with support from the Bernard and Rochelle Zell Holocaust Center at Spertus.

Audio guides are available on-site. Please see the admission desk to borrow one.
Free with museum admission.

Docent-led tours are available for all age groups.
Call 312.322.1793 or email museum@spertus.edu to schedule.

Photo by Thomas A. Nowak.

 


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