This online exhibition was created by 6 members of the University of the Third Age. The exhibition explores the responses and personal reflections that objects in our collection can evoke.
The participants attended two workshops exploring our highlight items & our online collections before spending some time thinking about which objects they were most interested in. A series of follow up meetings explored items and themes in more depth, leading to the participants creating creative outputs reflecting on their responses to the items.
Each participant had a particular artistic interest be that poetry, prose or art. Explore the pages below to discover their thoughts, responses, and reflections.
Explore the exhibition
Barney Greenman's Toy Truck
Jayne reflects on Barney Greenman’s toy truck with a short poem
Migrants & the Alien Acts
Sheila creates illustrations in response to Jewish migrant photographs and documents
The Isaacs: A Jewish Immigrant Family from India
Rowena creates mixed media artwork in response to the photograph of the Isaac family from the Indian Jewish Baghdadi Community
Not in the Museum
Stephanie reflects on the stories of individuals that are not yet represented by the Jewish Museum’s Collection