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The Jewish Museum Berlin (''Jüdisches Museum Berlin'') is one of the largest Jewish Museums in Europe. In three buildings, two of which are new additions specifically built for the museum by architect Daniel Libeskind, two millennia of German-Jewish history are on display in the permanent exhibition as well as in various changing exhibitions. German-Jewish history is documented in the collections, the library and the archive, in the computer terminals at the museum's Rafael Roth Learning Center, and is reflected in the museum's program of events. The museum was opened in 2001 and is one of Berlin’s most frequented museums (almost 720,000 visitors in 2012). Opposite the building ensemble, the Academy of the Jewish Museum Berlin was built – also after a design by Libeskind – in 2011/2012 in the former flower market hall. The archives, library, museum education department, and a lecture hall can all be found in the academy. Princeton economist W. Michael Blumenthal, who was born in Oranienburg near Berlin and was later President Jimmy Carter's Secretary of the Treasury, has been the director of the museum since December 1997.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Directors of the Jewish Museum Berlin )〕 ==History== The first Jewish Museum in Berlin was founded on Oranienburger Straße in 1933, but was closed soon thereafter, in 1938, by the Nazi regime. In 1976 a "Society for a Jewish Museum" formed and, three years later, the Berlin Museum, which chronicled the city's history, established a Jewish Department,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Presentation of the history of the museum on the Jewish Museum Berlin website, part 1: Background )〕 but already, discussions about constructing a new museum dedicated to Jewish history in Berlin were being held.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Presentation of the history of the museum on the Jewish Museum Berlin website, part 2: Controversies and Contradictions )〕 In 1988, the Berlin government announced an anonymous competition for the new museum’s design. A year later, Daniel Libeskind's design was chosen by the committee for what was then planned as a “Jewish Department” for the Berlin Museum. While other entrants proposed cool, neutral spaces, Libeskind offered a radical, zigzag design, which earned the nickname "Blitz" ("Lightning"). Construction on the new extension to the Berlin Museum began in November 1992.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Presentation of the history of the museum on the Jewish Museum Berlin website, part 1: Background )〕 The empty museum was completed in 1999 and attracted over 350,000 people before it was filled and opened on September 9, 2001.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=A Perfectly Normal Museum? )〕〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jewish Museum, Berlin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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