Below you find the tentative program of the excursion. Please register in this form until January 7, Wednesday, indicating which sessions you would like to attend. Please note that the schedule of the excursion is not yet final; we'll be in touch with applicants in email early January about the final program.
Sunday, 11 January 2026
9:00 Tour of the memorial site at Judenplatz and the medieval exhibition of the Jewish Museum Vienna with the excavations of the synagogue
12:00 Währing Jewish Cemetery (Schrottenbachgasse 3, 1190 Wien): meeting with activists of the association “Save the Währing Jewish Cemetery” and guided tour of the cemetery
16:00 Guided tour of the Vienna Museum by one of the curators, with a discussion on the way Jewish history and themes have been incorporated into the permanent exhibition at this newly reopened city museum.
Monday, 12 January 2026
9:30 Jewish Museum Vienna (Dorotheergasse 11): guided tour of the permanent and temporary collections with the curators
afternoon: walking tour on the Vienna Ringroad
16:00 guided tour of the Freud Museum from a Jewish heritage perspective.
Evening (planned): a short walk through the Leopoldstadt and a visit and workshop at the association “Yung Yidish.”
Tuesday, 13 January 2026
9:00 train ride to Eisenstadt from Vienna Main Station
11:00 guided tour of the Jewish Quarter, the two cemeteries, and the Austrian Jewish Museum, which is the oldest institution of its kind in the country
late afternoon (planned): farewell meeting at Café Gerstner in the Palais Todesco.