Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies

Exploring Jewish Learning and Culture


depot, wiggles, and gray center Spertus Museum – at Chicago’s Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies – seeks to celebrate, challenge, and advance modern Jewish identity through explorations of Jewish culture and its relationship to the broader world.

Spertus Museum exhibitions are open for exhibition-related programs every second Thursday evening of the month. See our Calendar of Events for details.

In addition to these programs, exhibitions are open for public viewing on alternate Sundays.

This winter visit the exhibitions from 10:30 am - 3 pm on:

Sundays January 3 & 17
Sundays February 14 & 28

Spertus Museum Admission
General admission: $7
Students and seniors: $5
Spertus members and children under five: free  

Collection
Spertus Museum is committed to collecting objects from all aspects of Jewish life and culture, and at present includes more than 15,000 items. The collection has expanded since Maurice and Herman Spertus' substantial donation of major objects of Judaica, Holocaust-related materials, and fine art that began the museum in the 1960s. Main concentrations within the collection include materials from European Jewish culture, the Sephardic and oriental world, Chicago Yiddish culture, and an extensive collection of visual art from the 19th and 20th centuries.

Information regarding Collection Research, Image Requests, and Acquisition Proposals.

Information regarding Artist Submissions

 

Spertus Museum exhibitions and programs are made possible, in part, by Adrienne and Arnold Brookstone, a CityArts Program 4 Grant from the City of Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs, The Fogelson Foundation, Joyce and Avrum Gray and their family, The Mayer & Morris Kaplan Family Foundation, the Harry and Sadie Lasky Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Polk Bros. Foundation, Mr. and Mrs. Albert B. Ratner, the Righteous Persons Foundation, The Judith Rothschild Foundation, Roslyn and Alan Schwartz, the Charles and M.R. Shapiro Foundation, the Steans Family Foundation, the Tawani Foundation, the Terra Foundation for American Art, the Bernard and Rochelle Zell Holocaust Memorial, and the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

 


Spertus is a Jewish institution grounded in Jewish values that invites people of all ages and backgrounds to explore the multi-faceted Jewish experience. Through its innovative public programming, exhibitions, collections, research facilities and degree programs, Spertus inspires learning, serves diverse communities and fosters understanding for Jews and people of all faiths, locally, regionally and around the world.

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