Yeshiva U Museum

Yeshiva University Museum's changing exhibits celebrate the culturally diverse intellectual and artistic achievements of 3,000 years of Jewish experience.

[Yeshiva U Museum @YUMuseum]

Collection item of the week: Little Red Riding Hood meets the wolf, detail of the wimpel of Naphtali ben Shmuel (Hans Werner Hirsch), Germany, 1930.

[Yeshiva U Museum @YUMuseum]

Collection item of the week: running dog, detail from the wimpel of Moshe son of Shimon Wolf Oppenheim, 1722

[Yeshiva U Museum @YUMuseum]

Collection item of the week: Postcard of Gedera published by Moshe Ordman, Tel Aviv, ca. 1918

[Yeshiva U Museum @YUMuseum]

Exhibition Tour of “The Golden Path: Maimonides Across Eight Centuries” with Ilana Benson, YUM’s Director of Museum Education Sunday, October 22, 2023, 2:00 pm.
Free admission but reservations are required. For reservations, please email [email protected]. Limited space.

[Yeshiva U Museum @YUMuseum]

Collection item of the week: Political cartoon by Arthur Szyk (1894-1951), 1948.

[Yeshiva U Museum @YUMuseum]

Collector’s Tour Sept. 10, 2023 join collector Robert Hartman for a guided tour of "The Golden Path: Maimonides Across Eight Centuries."
Free admission but reservations are required. For reservations, please email [email protected]. Limited space.

[Yeshiva U Museum @YUMuseum]

Collector’s Tour Sept. 11, 2023 join collector Robert Hartman for a guided tour of "The Golden Path: Maimonides Across Eight Centuries."
Free admission but reservations are required. For reservations, please email [email protected]. Limited space.

[Yeshiva U Museum @YUMuseum]

Collection item of the week: book of charity stamps for the Great Charity Clothing Fund to provide clothing & shoes to poor Rabbis, unfortunate children, & destitute orphans of the Great Charity Institutions. The back cover wishes the recipient "Happy and Prosperous New Year"

[Yeshiva U Museum @YUMuseum]

Collection item of the day: an early photograph of the school building at Degania

[Yeshiva U Museum @YUMuseum]

Collection item of the week: needlepoint depicting Joseph introducing his father to Pharaoh.

[Yeshiva U Museum @YUMuseum]

Sunday, August 27, 2023, 11:00 am – 11:45 am
Join YUM’s Director of Museum Education Ilana Benson for a guided tour of "The Golden Path: Maimonides Across Eight Centuries." Free admission but reservations are required. For reservations, email [email protected]. Limited space.

[Yeshiva U Museum @YUMuseum]

Join Collector Robert Hartman for a guided tour of "The Golden Path: Maimonides Across Eight Centuries," Monday, August 21, 2023, 2:00 pm – 2:45 pm
Free admission but reservations are required. For reservations, please email [email protected]. Limited space.

[Yeshiva U Museum @YUMuseum]

Our Maimonides exhibition made Mosaic's Editors' Picks August 10, 2023 https://t.co/XlX9qjOz5i

[Yeshiva U Museum @YUMuseum]

Museum Director's Tour of “The Golden Path: Maimonides Across Eight Centuries”
Thursday, August 10, 2023, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm

Free admission but reservations are required. For reservations, please email [email protected]. Limited space.

[Yeshiva U Museum @YUMuseum]

Collection items of the week: wedding gown of Bessie Bardin who married Israel Salwan in March 17, 1909 in New York.

[Yeshiva U Museum @YUMuseum]

Museum Director's Tour of "The Golden Path: Maimonides Across Eight Centuries"
Thursday, July 20, 2023, 6:00 pm – 6:45 pm

Free admission but reservations are required. For reservations, please email [email protected]. Limited space.

[Yeshiva U Museum @YUMuseum]

Collection item of the week: Wedding band. Artist: Albert Dov Sigal (1912-1970). Gold; enamel. Gift of Rose Sigal Ibsen

[Yeshiva U Museum @YUMuseum]

Collection items of the week: wedding gown and photograph of Bessie Bardin who married Israel Salwan in March 17, 1909 in New York.

[Yeshiva U Museum @YUMuseum]

Collection item of the day: Shavuot page from Hageinu (Our Festivals), NY ca. 1928, illustrated by Ze’ev Raban (1890-1970).