Jewish Museum of Sweden

The Jewish Museum of Sweden stands on the site of an 18th-century synagogue in Gamla stan, Stockholm's Old Town, where 19th-century murals have been brought back to light. During renovation of the premises, curators used diagrams from 1811 to uncover the paintings beneath several layers of paint. Because the Nazis destroyed most German-inspired synagogue art during the Second World War, these murals are an important cultural resource.

The museum, known in Swedish as Judiska museet, is devoted to objects and environments connected with Jewish religion, tradition and history, particularly Judaism in Sweden.

Viola and Aron Neuman founded it in 1987 in an old rug warehouse in Frihamnen. In 1992 it moved to a former girls' school designed by Ragnar Östberg in Vasastan, and in 2019 it opened at its Gamla stan address. In 1994 it became the first winner of the Swedish Museum Association's Museum of the Year prize, whose citation praised its role in the fight against ignorance, racism and xenophobia.