NEW EXHIBITION
Cities & Wars: Roman Vishniac in Berlin & Jerusalem 1947/1967
Cities and Wars brings together Roman Vishniac’s previously unseen images of Berlin in 1947 after the Second World War and Jerusalem in 1967 after the Six-Day War. The exhibition highlights the unique gaze of the artist, who considered both cities “home,” and carefully chronicles the devastating effects of war on urban life.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Atrocities’ Truth Tellers: Armenian and Jewish Victim Testimony in Interwar Europe
Apr 10 @ 6:00 pm
Join the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life and Berkeley Center for Jewish Studies for Atrocities’ Truth Tellers: Armenian and Jewish Victim Testimony in Interwar Europe, the Annual Pell Lecture with Williams College Professor Alexandra Garbarini.
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Coming Together
On a sunny December morning, the Magnes brought together 2010 Campaign for the Magnes supporters, including centenarian Florence Helzel, legendary to the community for her scholarly and philanthropic contributions.
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Coming Together
With warm sunlight streaming through the window, supporters from the 2010 Campaign for the Magnes brimmed with excitement at the news of centenarian Florence Helzel’s arrival. Legendary in the Magnes community for her scholarly and philanthropic contributions, the...
Cine-concert with restored Austrian-Jewish silent film and live musical performance at UC Berkeley’s Magnes
BERKELEY — The City Without Jews, H. K. Breslauer’s 1924 silent masterpiece, will screen at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life on Wednesday, March 20, 2024, with live original music composed and performed by violinist Alicia Svigals and pianist Donald Sosin....
Magnes is now part of the Museums for All access program
[Berkeley]—The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life joins its campus peers BAMPFA, Lawrence Hall of Science, and UC Botanical Garden in participating in Museums for All, a signature access program of the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS),...
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