Museum of Decorative Arts

During the course of the year 2000, the museum's excellent collections of European applied arts from the sixteenth to the mid-twentieth century are being completely redone in a new, thematic exhibition. The building... More »

During the course of the year 2000, the museum's excellent collections of European applied arts from the sixteenth to the mid-twentieth century are being completely redone in a new, thematic exhibition. The building, hemmed in by the Old Jewish Cemetery on one side, is too small to display more than a tantalizing sample of its famous glass and photography holdings, to name just two. A half-dozen annual temporary exhibitions, both of museum artifacts and loaned material are also organized. The museum has a small gift shop selling books, postcards and replicas.