Your Jewish Museum – Intrigue and Inspiration
by Lauren Hart, MA Student at King’s College London Curious, devotional, intriguing and inspiring are all words that spring to mind when I think of Your Jewish Museum: Love, which is coming to an end at the Jewish Museum London. This crowd-sourced exhibition carries the innately sensitive narrative of love in many of its forms, from […]
Oh I do like to be beside the seaside
by Emma Davies, Head of Volunteering On Monday 16 March, the Jewish Museum volunteers embarked upon a day trip in recognition of their hard work and continued contribution to the museum. In 2014 alone, the Visitor Services Volunteers gave an impressive 8,743.5 hours and to reward them for their endeavours, the museum funded a trip to […]
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 […]
Purim – hiding in the museum
by Judith Vandervelde, Senior Educator Purim, like many Jewish festivals is based on a story. During Purim, Jewish people read the Book of Esther, which tells the story of Esther’s role in saving the Jewish people from annihilation at the hands of the Ancient King Ahasuerus and his adviser Haman. Jewish people celebrate the joyful […]
To Save or not to Save? Lessons of Practical Salvage
by Emma Davies, Head of Volunteering Last week I attended the English Heritage ‘Emergency Planning and Practical Salvage’ Course. This three day course, in conjunction with the West Midlands Fire Service, was aimed at museum, gallery and historic property staff who hold responsibility for both creating and implementing an Emergency Plan. Every museum team’s worst […]
Curator Q&A – For Richer For Poorer
with Elizabeth Selby, Curator of For Richer For Poorer: Weddings Unveiled What is your favourite object in the exhibition? There are so many! Probably the most intriguing and unique is a ledger that was kept by a shadchan (matchmaker) who was operating in the East End in the 1940s. It was quite usual for orthodox Jewish […]
For Richer For Poorer: Weddings Unveiled
Head to the Jewish Museum London on Valentine’s weekend and be among the first to experience For Richer For Poorer: Weddings Unveiled.
Getting crafty – visitors respond to Abram Games’ work
by Alice Quine, Assistant Curator As part of the museum’s exhibition on graphic designer Abram Games, visitors were encouraged to create their own artworks using paper shapes and pencils, taking Games’ work as inspiration. Here is a selection of my favourite pieces, reflecting the wide range of interpretations created. Some visitors paid homage to Abram […]
