Fashion Forward – Young Filmmakers project blog post
by Bella Millon, Participant and MA Student IOE From creating our own imaginary exhibitions to learning filmmaking techniques, talking with the museum curator and researcher to time-lapsing the streets of London – the young filmmakers project was five days packed full of fun, and new and exciting experiences. Working with Chocolate Films and staff […]
Cat Chat and Tiger Talk – What Visitors Thought of our Judith Kerr Exhibition
by Alice Quine, Assistant Curator As part of the museum’s exhibition on children’s author and illustrator Judith Kerr, visitors were encouraged to leave their thoughts and opinions on the exhibition. Little did we know this unsuspecting feedback book would be filled with a wonderful array of literary and artistic tributes to both Judith and her […]
Judeans under the floor
by Elisabeth Murray, Curatorial Intern Objects come into a museum in a variety of ways. Sometimes they are given only on loan (like most of the objects in our new crowd-sourced exhibition Sacrifice), occasionally they are purchased in an auction, which normally results in a few tense moments of bidding, and sometimes we get really […]
Animating the Museum
by Alice Quine, Assistant Curator Last month the Jewish Museum and Chocolate Films hosted a week-long animation workshop focusing on objects in our collection. During the week 17 young people, aged 12 to 21, got to look behind the scenes, exploring the museum stores and thinking about how museums collect objects. They then researched ten […]
The Tiger Who Came to High Tea
by Alice Quine, Assistant Curator For our recently opened exhibition on Judith Kerr I was tasked with acquiring wooden props for the Tiger Kitchen set. Little did I know that this fun, if slightly bizarre task would throw up a whole smorgasbord of mental mahogany meals. When I was a child, mud pies were the […]
What makes a good wedding?
by Alice Quine, Assistant Curator Our recent exhibition on Jewish weddings generated some rather interesting and often unbridled feedback from visitors. A wedding canopy, or Huppah, was constructed in the exhibition space where people could write about their favourite wedding experiences or what they think makes for a memorable marriage ceremony. Some of our favourites […]
Exercising my democratic right
by Roz Currie, Curator of Blackguards in Bonnets Today, as I voted for my candidate to lead the country, I had to thank those suffragettes who threw themselves into the fight for votes for women. Imagine being Dora Montefiore who in 1900 found her tax paying for a war that she had no say in […]
Obscuratorial Finds – Why do we have so many… stamps?
by Ali Quine, Assistant Curator With the continuous innovation of digital technology it is easy to forget that these things were not always around. Perish the thought that we might have to make things by hand or, heaven forbid, write a letter. And yet even before these modern developments alternative means of writing and printing […]
The Jewish Military Museum moves in
by Sarah Fairhurst, Assistant Curator Exciting things have been happening behind the scenes at the Jewish Museum this month. The Jewish Military Museum left Shield House and Hendon behind and moved the entire collection to our new store. JMM staff Roz (Curator, Military Collections), Niki (Learning Programme Manager) and I (Assistant Curator) have all commenced […]
Your Jewish Museum – Exhibiting Love and Journeys
by Carolyn Rosen, Project Manager for Your Jewish Museum It has been a delight and a privilege to manage the Your Jewish Museum exhibitions thus far. I’m very pleased with the reception of Your Jewish Museum: Love – it was a joy to see contributing lenders and artists come together at the opening event, sharing a bit […]
