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From Restored Past to Unsettled Present: New Challenges for Jewish Museums in East Central Europe
Author(s): Deme, Katalin
Date: 2015
Topics: Main Topic: Culture and Heritage, Jewish Museums, Memory, Post-1989, Jewish Identity
Abstract: This article examines the institutional development of Jewish museums in Prague, Budapest, and Bratislava from 1989 to the present, with special reference to their role as agents of cultural memory. I consider how these museums contribute to the formation of Jewish identities in post-communist societies, which are themselves struggling to form collective identities. After analyzing the institutional structures and exhibition concepts of these museums in relation to shifts in the politics of representation, I propose a core area on which each museum could base its future development.