We can finally open again! The Jewish Cultural Quarter can be visited again from 5 June. Check the opening hours below.
Tickets can be purchased online by booking a timeslot via this link.
All locations of the Jewish Cultural Quarter, except for the Portuguese Synagogue, are open every day of the week. Different opening hours apply on some public holidays.
Face masks
It is no longer mandatory to wear a mask. However, you can continue to use them if desired. Special JCK masks are on sale in our museum shops!
Museum Café
The rules for restaurants and bars apply in the reopened Museum Café. That means no more than 4 persons per table and 1.5 metres distance between tables. This does not include children aged 12 and under, and groups that are part of a single household are also exempt. Visitors receive a medical check when entering the museum and this is also where you can book a table in the Museum Café.
Opening hours 2021
Jewish Historical Museum & Children's Museum
Open daily (including weekends) 10am - 5pm.
Resource Centre
Location: Jewish Historical Museum
Open, on appointment only, from Tuesday to Friday from 1 to 5 PM. Closed at December 27.
Hollandsche Schouwburg and National Holocaust Museum will be closed in 2021 for renovations
Regular opening hours Portuguese Synagogue
This location is closed every Saturday. Below the regular opening hours:
| su/mo/tu/we/th | fr | |
| January | 10am - 4pm | 10am - 2pm |
| February | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 2pm |
| March | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 4pm |
| April | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 4pm |
| May | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm |
| June | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm |
| July | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm |
| August | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 5pm |
| September | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 4pm |
| October | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 4pm |
| November | 10am - 5pm | 10am - 2pm |
| December | 10am - 4pm | 10am - 2pm |
Different opening hours of the JCQ in 2021:
Jewish Historical Museum & Children's museum
| Date | Occasion | Opening hours |
| Friday, January 1, 2021 | New Year's Day | Open from 12am - 5pm |
| Tuesday, April 27 | King's Day | Closed |
| Tuesday, September 7 | Rosh Hashanah 1 | Closed |
| Tuesday, September 8 | Rosh Hashanah 2 | Closed |
| Thursday, September 16 | Yom Kippur | Closed |
| Sunday, December 5th | 'Sinterklaas' eve | Closed from 4pm |
| Friday, December 24 | Christmas Eve | Closed from 4pm |
| Saturday, December 25 | Christmas Day | Closed from 4pm |
| Sunday, December 26 | Boxing Day | Open from 11am - 5pm |
| Friday, December 31 | New Years Eve | Closed from 4pm |
| Saturday, January 1, 2022 | New Year's Day | Open from 12am - 5pm |
The Portuguese Synagogue has different opening hours, compared to the other JCK locations.
Different opening hours Portuguese Synagogue 2021:
| Date | Occasion | Openings hours |
| Friday, January 1, 2021 | New Year's Day | Closed |
| Friday, February 26 | Purim | Open from 11pm - 2pm |
| Saturday, March 27 | Day before Passover | Closed |
| Sunday, March 28 | 1st Passover | Closed |
| Monday, March 29 | 2nd Passover | Closed |
| Friday, April 2 | Day before Passover | Open from 11am - 4pm |
| Saturday, April 3 | 7th Passover | Closed |
| Sunday, April 4 | 8th Passover | Closed |
| Tuesday, April 27 | King's Day | Closed |
| Monday, May 17 | Shavuot 1 | Closed |
| Tuesday, May 18 | Shavuot 2 | Closed |
| Sunday, July 18 | Tisja be'av | Open from 12am - 5pm |
| Monday, September 6 | Day before Rosh Hashanah | Closed from 1pm |
| Tuesday, September 7 | Rosh Hashanah 1 | Closed |
| Wednesday, September 8 | Rosh Hashanah 2 | Closed |
| Wednesday, September 15 | Day before Yom Kippur | Closed from 1pm |
| Thursday, September 16 | Yom Kippur | Closed |
| Monday, September 20 | Day before Sukkot | Closed from 4pm |
| Tuesday, September 21 | Sukkot 1 | Closed |
| Wednesday, September 22 | Sukkot 2 | Closed |
| Monday, September 27 | Day before Shemini Atseret | Closed from 4pm |
| Tuesday, September 28 | Shemini Atseret | Closed |
| Wdnesday, September 29 | Simchat Tora | Closed |
| Friday, December 24 | Christmas Eve | Closed from 2pm |
| Saturday, December 25 | Christmas Day | Closed |
| Sunday, December 26 | Boxing Day | IOpen from 11am - 5pm |
| Friday, December 31 | New Years Eve | Closed from 2pm |
| Saturday, January 1 2022 | New Years Day | Closed |
Ets Haim
Ets Haim is open from Monday until Tuesday from 10 AM to 4 PM.
Please note: Ets Haim can only be visited by appointment. Currently it is not possible to visit Ets Haim.
Because Ets Haim is part of the Portuguese Municipality, the adjusted opening hours of the Portuguese Synagogue also apply to Ets Haim.
