Jewish Museum London joins Arts Council England’s National Portfolio
Jewish Museum London is delighted to announce that it is joining Arts Council England’s National Portfolio for 2018 - 2022.
Jewish Museum shortlisted for Family Friendly Museum Award
The Jewish Museum London is delighted to announce that it has been shortlisted for the Family Friendly Museum Award.
Private Moses Jakob Kasser
by Susan Gordon, Jewish Military Museum Volunteer Today is World Refugee Day, a time to commemorate the strength, courage and perseverance of millions of refugees. We are remembering Private Moses Jakob Kasser, refugee and Jewish military chaplain. Volunteer Susan Gordon shares her research with us, telling Kasser’s story through objects from the Jewish Military Museum’s collection. […]
Jews of Iraq
by Miriam Phelan, Assistant Curator Over the next few months we will be exploring Sephardi Jewish communities from around the world and throughout time on the blog, alongside our exhibition Sephardi Voices: Jews from North Africa, the Middle East and Iran. Explore the historic Iraqi Jewish communities in the first of these blogs below. The […]
Unmissable objects of Sephardi origin
Visting our Sephardi Voices exhibition? Explore our other galleries and find these objects of Sephardi origin on display.
Jewish Museum London appoints two new board members
Lord Young of Graffham, Chairman of the Jewish Museum London, announces the appointment of two new members of the museum’s Board of Trustees;Emily King and Julia Hobsbawm OBE.
Radical Women
by Miriam Phelan, Assistant Curator As part of International Women’s Day 2017 the Jewish Museum London has a display of 10 portraits of Radical Jewish Women who have made significant contributions to the fields of science, culture, sports, literature and politics. International Women’s Day is often associated with the beginning of the Russian Revolution in […]
Remembering Simeon Solomon
by Abi Stacey, Marketing, Communications and PR Manager As LGBT History Month draws to a close we remember Pre-Raphaelite artist Simeon Solomon (1840-1905) whose career was cut tragically short when he was arrested for homosexual acts. Simeon Solomon was born in 1840 to a prominent Jewish family and by 1858 his work was exhibited at […]
Reflection and Reconciliation
by Joana Owona, ARSP Volunteer A couple of months ago I was still sitting at home, in Germany, eagerly waiting for an email that would hopefully tell me I was accepted to do a yearlong voluntary service here in the Jewish Museum in London. When that eventually really did happen, I was so excited. I […]
Introducing Nam Tran
by Mathilde Lester, UCL Museum Studies MA Student and Project Manager for the Jewish Museum London’s Claytime Late In the very heart of Camden, not far from the Jewish Museum London, is Rochester Square. It is an abandoned nursery; inside, crumbled, neglected green houses sprawl to the left, and beside those, a long, airy studio, […]
