Collections and resource
The Jewish Cultural Quarter houses the Netherlands' biggest Jewish heritage collection, available for everyone to search.
Our collection
Our knowledge and resource centre is the Jewish Cultural Quarter's memory. This is where the Jewish Museum, Portuguese Synagogue and Ets Haim library collections are housed.
Everyone can search our collection. Whether you're doing academic research or want to learn about your family history.
Most of the collection is available online. At our knowledge and resource centres at the Jewish Museum you can look up books, archive material and photos.
Jewish Museum knowledge and resource centre
The Jewish Museum's knowledge and resource centre provides a comprehensive history of the Jews in the Netherlands.
From historical documents to artworks, photos, music and a biographical database, as well as an archive of press cuttings.
A part of the material is available for you to access and examine in our reading room.
The knowledge and resource centre is open on Tuesday to Friday between 1pm - 5pm.
Hollandsche Schouwburg knowledge and resource centre
The Hollandsche Schouwburg's knowledge and resource centre provides a comprehensive digital collection of the persecution of Jews
Here you can view video testimonials and many digital resources.
The knowledge and resource centre is open on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday between 1pm - 5pm.
Ets Haim library
Ets Haim - Livraria Montezinos is the oldest operating Jewish library in the world. It has around 550 manuscripts from between 1282 and 1945, and 30,000 printed works (from 1474 to the present day). Around 65% is in Hebrew.
Ets Haim (Tree of Life) was founded in 1616 and is accessible for (academic) research by appointment.
Jewish Monument
The Jewish Monument is an online monument to over 104,000 Jews who were persecuted in the Netherlands and did not survive the Holocaust.
This is where we collect their stories and memories. The monument provides a survey of the history of the Second World War, the Shoah and the Jewish community in the Netherlands from different perspectives.