Exhibitions
Permanent Exhibition
Open Depot Collection Display
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.