Austrian Jewish Museum

[1] Schubert was a Catholic professor who chaired the Judaic studies department at the University of Vienna during the post-World War II era.

Due to the climate in Austria following the war, many projects regarding Judaism were private enterprises, as was the museum.

It catered to an academic clientele, rather than the general public, and initially were focused around annual symposiums held by the museum.

[2][3] The museum is housed today in the Wertheimerhaus, also called the Wertheimer'schen Freihaus, which was commissioned and financed by Esterhazy family and built by Samson Wertheimer in 1719, who earned the commission through service to the aristocratic family.

[4] Wertheimer was an important businessman and served both the court in Vienna and the high rabbi in Hungary.