The Memorial Museum of the Hungarian Speaking Jewry was founded in 1986 and opened to the public in 1990, in Safed. The Museum is based on a non-profit Association with thirty founding members. The Museum depicts the magnificent past of the Jewish communities in Hungary, Transylvania, Slovakia, Carpathian-Russia, Bachka, Banat and Burgenland, and reflects their contribution to the Jewish history and World culture. The aims of the Museum are the following: to collect, exhibit and preserve all that testifies to the past, the daily life, the folklore and tradition of the communities; to single out and stress events/personalities/exhibits which are of educational value, and can serve as a platform for discussions and debates on various issues in present-day Israeli society as well; to favor inter-generation encounters.