London Jewish Museum
Logo of the Jewish Museum London
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| Location | Raymond Burton House 129-131 Albert Street London, NW1 United Kingdom |
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| Coordinates | 51°32′13″N 0°08′40″W / 51.536944°N 0.144444°WCoordinates: 51°32′13″N 0°08′40″W / 51.536944°N 0.144444°W |
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 Camden Town
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| Website | http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/ |
The Jewish Museum London is a museum of British Jewish life, history and identity. The museum is situated in the London Borough of Camden, North London. It is a place for people of all ages, faiths and background to explore Jewish history, culture, and heritage. The museum has a dedicated education team, with an extensive programme for schools, community groups and families alike.
The events, programmes and activities at the museum aim to provoke questions, challenge prejudice, and encourage understanding.
The museum was founded in 1932 in the Jewish communal headquarters in Bloomsbury. In 1995, it moved to its current site in Camden Town. Until 2007 it had a sister museum in Finchley, operated by the same charitable trust and sited within the Sternberg Centre. The Camden branch reopened in 2010 after two years of major building and extension work. The £10 million renovation was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund and private donations. The museum is a registered charity.
The museum buildings in Albert Street are part of a row of Grade II listed buildings.
The museum houses a major international-level collection of Jewish ceremonial art including the notable Lindo lamp an early example of a British Menorah (Hanukkah). The new building includes a gallery entitled Judaism: A Living Faith, displaying the museum's noted collection of Jewish ceremonial art. This collection has been awarded "designated" status by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council in recognition of its outstanding national importance. The museum's Holocaust Gallery includes items and filmed survivor testimony from Leon Greenman, who was one of the few British subjects to be interned in the death camps section at Auschwitz.
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