The Resource centre of the Jewish Cultural Quarter is housed in the Jewish Museum. It is open to museum visitors, students, researchers and the public.
The main subjects are Jewish art, culture and religion and Jewish history (mainly in the Netherlands). All the materials are available for consultation. There is a reading room. Items are not lent out.
Opening times and facilities
The Resource centre is open from Tuesday to Friday from 13.00 to 17.00. Staff is present to help you. To consult archive material, photos, documents, audio and video material, please make an appointment via Kenniscentrum@jck.nl
Please note: the Resource centre is closed from 21 to 27 August.
What will you find at the Resource centre?
Visitors have access to 30.000 books and brochures, a fully digitized video collection (3.000 recordings), photos (c. 20.000 pictures), a fully digitized music collection (2.500 items) and 20.000 historical documents. Also available are around 100 current magazine titles.
Photocopies and scans
Photocopy self service: € 0.10 (A4).
Photocopies or scans from books or articles can be ordered and sent by mail at a charge of € 1.00 per page.
Photos
Photos may be ordered (subject to certain conditions) from the Photo Service.
Catalogue and digital access
All the automated Resource centre material is available along with a catalogue of the museum collection, a biographical database, the Encyclopaedia Judaïca, and Two Thousand Witnesses, 2000 video interviews from the USC Shoah Foundation Institute, telling the stories of the Dutch survivors.
Internet catalogue
All collections, including the museum objects collection, are available online. The interface is in Dutch only.
Contact
T +31 (0)20 5 310 320
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