When can I see the exhibition Seeing and Being Seen?

The exhibition begins on November 27, 2026, and is on view until March 28, 2027, at the Jewish Museum Franken in Fürth.

Where does the exhibition take place?

The venue is the Jewish Museum Franken in Fürth, Königstraße 89, 90762 Fürth.

What are the museum's opening hours?

The Jewish Museum Franken is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10 AM to 5 PM.

How much is the entrance fee?

An entrance fee of 8 euros has been researched for the event.

Are there guided tours or educational offers?

Guided tours can be requested through the Jewish Museum Franken. For bookings, the email address visit@juedisches-museum.org is provided.

Is the exhibition suitable for a museum visit?

The exhibition connects historical portraits with art history, memory culture, and cultural education and is aimed at art and history-interested visitors.

Seeing and Being Seen: Jewish Portraits that Make History and Identity Visible

Name: Seeing and Being Seen
Start: 2026-11-27T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2027-03-28T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Jüdisches Museum Franken in Fürth

Portraits of Jewish Personalities Between Gaze and Counter-Gaze

How do we see people – and how do they wish to be seen? The exhibition Seeing and Being Seen at the Jewish Museum Franken in Fürth is dedicated to historical portraits of Jewish personalities from the Franconian region from the 18th to the 20th century. The works narrate themes of identity, attitude, self-assertion, and individual life paths.

Faces as Testimonies of Jewish Life Worlds

Entrepreneurs, rabbis, artists, women, and children emerge from the images. Each portrait opens an encounter between the depicted individual and the viewing audience. Clothing, posture, gaze direction, and composition become art-historically readable signs that make visible social status, religious affiliation, and personal dignity.

International Loans and Donations

The exhibition brings together loans and donations from the USA, England, Sweden, Switzerland, and Germany. Their international origins point to wide-ranging biographies and the interweaving of Jewish life worlds beyond Franconia. Painting, graphics, and photographic imagery reflect social change, traditional ties, and new life concepts.

The Portrait as Cultural Construction

In the study of the works, the portrait appears not merely as a likeness of a face. It preserves facial features, generates public visibility, and shapes notions of personality. The exhibition connects art-historical analysis with memory culture and cultural education. Central to it is the question of how visibility is created and what perspectives an image opens or conceals.

Exhibition Atmosphere and Aesthetic Experience

Between concentrated gazes, historical materials, and various image formats, a quiet, penetrating exhibition atmosphere develops. The aesthetic experience arises from the interplay of closeness and distance: visitors encounter people from past centuries while simultaneously discovering contemporary questions of identity, belonging, and social perception.

Conclusion: An Art Experience with a Sustainable Perspective

Seeing and Being Seen offers more than a historical portrait exhibition. The show opens a nuanced approach to Jewish history in Franconia and invites reconsideration of the power of images. Those looking to connect art history, memory culture, and human life paths will find an impressive cultural enrichment at the Jewish Museum Franken.