Visit LBI
At The Center for
Jewish History
Leo Baeck Institute New York
To help contain the spread of the coronavirus, LBI and CJH are temporarily closed
The LBI is located at the Center for Jewish History on the north side of 16th Street between 5th Avenue and 6th Avenue.
Office Address
15 W. 16th St.
New York, NY 10011, USA
(212) 744-6400
(212) 294-8340
LBI Office Hours
- MON–THU
9:00am – 5:00pm
- Friday
9:00am – 3:00pm
The LBI is closed on national holidays and on Jewish holidays.
Reading Room Hours
- MON–THU
9:30am – 6:00pm
- Friday
9:30am – 2:00pm
- Sunday
By advance appointment only
Gallery Hours
- SUNDAY
11:00am – 5:00pm
- MON & WED
9:30am – 8:00pm
- TUE & THU
9:30am – 5:00pm
- FRIDAY
9:30am – 3:00pm
Leo Baeck Institute New York – Berlin Office
In 2013, LBI – New York established a branch office in Berlin to maintain and deepen relations with scholars, Jewish Communities, government and corporate sponsors, and the wider public in Germany.
Office Address
Glinkastraße 32
10117 Berlin, Germany
Tel. +49 (0)30 500 14 165
Fax. +49 (0)30 500 14 172
Leo Baeck Institute Archives at the Jewish Museum Berlin
Since the early 2000’s, researchers have had access to LBI materials at the Jewish Museum Berlin, where LBI maintains duplicate copies of its microfilm collections. Approximately one-third of the collections are available on over 2,500 microfilms at the Jewish Museum Berlin Reading Room.
Archives Address
Lindenstraße 9-14
D-10969 Berlin, Germany
Tel: +49 (0)30 259 93 300