The Ghetto Museum in Terezín was established in 1991 and documents the fate of the Jews in the Theresienstadt Ghetto. It is run by the Terezín Memorial. The current exhibition has served visitors for more than 25 years; last year the museum was visited by 240,000 people.[1][2]
Reconstruction
The museum has been closed since 2 November 2026 and is due to reopen after more than two years, in 2029. The reconstruction is based on an international architectural competition, which attracted 22 entries. Of the five finalists, the jury unanimously chose the design by the SKUPINA studio, led by architect Marcela Steinbachová, who invited American architect Steven Holl to collaborate.[1][2]
The design includes an extension called the Tower of Light, whose form is based on a drawing titled Moon Landscape, created by a prisoner held in Terezín. It also addresses the surrounding public space and green areas. The new exhibition is intended to focus mainly on the lives and fates of people deported to the ghetto, and will use projections, interactive screens, video mapping, and authentic objects, photographs and documents. It also plans to make use of previously unused spaces, such as the attic.[1][2]
During the reconstruction, the Terezín Memorial will present the history of the ghetto in a temporary exhibition in the courtyard of the Art Museum in the former Magdeburg Barracks, where the ticket office will also be relocated. The former municipal scales building, with an exhibition on the transports, is also set to reopen.[1][2]
Chronologie
- — The Terezín Memorial announced that the Ghetto Museum in Terezín would close on 2 November for reconstruction based on the winning architectural design, with reopening planned for 2029. → Czech News Agency / České noviny iDNES.cz: Ústí nad Labem