Ongoing Exhibition
What is Jewish Washington?
On View
Exhibitions
Current & Upcoming Exhibitions
Historic Sanctuary, Summer 2023. Photo: Imagine Photography
Ongoing Exhibition
The Historic Sanctuary
On View
Ongoing Exhibition
Connect. Reflect. Act.
On View
Hollywood celebrities arrive in Washington: Marsha Hunt, David Hopkins, Richard Conte, Ralph Alswang, June Havoc, John Huston, Paul Henreid, Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, Joseph Sistrom, Evelyn Keyes, Danny Kaye, Jane Wyatt, Geraldine Brooks and Ira Gershwin, 1947. Courtesy of the Jewish Museum Milwaukee.
Special Exhibition
Blacklisted: An American Story
Opens Friday, March 6
Hugh and Lynn Massman sightseeing on their first day in Washington, December 1943. Photograph by Esther Bubley, Farm Security Administration - Office of War Information photograph collection. Courtesy of the Library of Congress.
Special Exhibition
Esther Bubley: Photographing the World War II Homefront
Coming Fall 2026
Historic Adas Israel synagogue (foreground) and National Building Museum, formerly the headquarters of the United States Pension Bureau, background, ca. 1905. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collection.
Special Exhibition
Celebrating 150 Years of the Historic Synagogue
June 2026
Past Exhibitions
Participants on the National Mall at the National March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay, & Bi Equal Rights & Liberation, April 1993. Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Mitch Weissner.
Past Exhibition
LGBTJews in the Federal City
May 16, 2025 - Jan 4, 2026
Detail of Action Comics #1, featuring Superman, 1938. Written by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster. Art by Joe Shuster. TM & Copyright DC Comics.
Past Exhibition
JewCE: The Jewish Comics Experience
Nov 1, 2024 - March 23, 2025
Snack at Manny’s Delicatessen, Chicago, IL, 2010. Image Professionals GmbH / Alamy Stock Photo
Past Exhibition
“I’ll Have What She’s Having”: The Jewish Deli
May 15, 2024 - Sep 1, 2024
Rolodex belonging to Sheldon Cohen in the 1990s. Cohen was IRS Commissioner in President Lyndon Johnson’s administration and worked later as an attorney at private firms in Washington, DC.
Capital Jewish Museum Collection. Gift of Laura Cohen Apelbaum and Family.
Past Exhibition
If It’s Jewish, We Have It: Selections from the Collections
Jan 21, 2024 - April 21, 2024
Notorious RBG book cover illustration by Adam Johnson. Courtesy of HarperCollins. Photographs: Crown © by Hurst Photo/Shutterstock
Past Exhibition
Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg
June 9, 2023 - Dec 3, 2023
Presented by PNC