May 18 is International Museum Day, an annual event established in 1977 by the International Council of Museums. In 2012, 32,000 museums from 129 countries on five continents took part — and this year the numbers are expected to be much the same.
Since Jewish Museums and heritage sites tend to be closed on Shabbat, Jewish institutions will for the most part take part in the partner event — the European Night of the Museums, which will take place Saturday night.
We don’t have a full list of participants — but you can find links to country programs HERE (though even these lists are incomplete).
Some of the Jewish museums and institutions participating include:
Museum of the Jewish History in Russia, Moscow
Museum of the History of Polish Jewish, Warsaw
Jewish History Museum, Girona, Spain
And more….!