Your Jewish Museum – Crowd Sourcing an Exhibition
by Lauren Hart, MA Student at King’s College London On Sunday 30 November 2014, I was presented with shards of glass that had been lovingly reassembled and placed within a blue plastic mould. This was the beginning of my internship on the King’s College London Cultural Institute’s exhibition, Your Jewish Museum: Love, an exciting collaboration […]
Action Reconciliation Service for Peace Seminar
by Larissa Henskt, Museum Intern Nearly three months of my voluntary service have now passed, so it was time for a first review and reflection of all experiences and impressions I have gained. For that reason I went to a really tiny Welsh village called Bwlch over the last weekend to attend to my first Action Reconciliation Service […]
The Jewish Military Museum arrives!
by Sarah Fairhurst, Assistant Curator (Jewish Military Museum) The wait is finally over! Many objects from the Jewish Military Museum have now been installed into the History Gallery at the Jewish Museum. This is something we at the JMM have been working towards for over 18 months and it was so exciting to see it […]
Abram Games – Our Volunteers’ Memories
by Kimberley Coates, Visitors Services Manager Every six months our third floor transforms for a new exhibition, prompting our team of volunteers to learn a great deal about a new subject. Their volunteering shifts are three and a half hours every week and by the end of each exhibition’s run, they have amassed many hours […]
Obscuratorial Finds – Why do we have so many… dresses?
by Alice Quine, Curatorial Assistant With the museum’s exhibition on weddings opening in the New Year it seemed apt to address the diverse range of dresses we have in the collection. From weddings to work dos, dresses can tell you a great deal about a specific period of history, as well as its owner’s social […]
Experiencing diversity at the Jewish Museum in London
by Maïra Kaye, Learning Team Intern Maïra joined the Learning Team on our internship placement scheme in October 2014. Volunteering one or two days a week for two months, Maïra wanted to develop her teaching skills and learn more about Jewish history and art. Maïra has volunteered nearly 50 hours, working mainly in our school workshops with […]
Central Saint Martins students inspired by Abram Games
by Tali Mendelsohn, Marketing and Events Consultant To celebrate our Abram Games design exhibition, the museum has been collaborating with Central Saint Martins. Students from the Graphic Communication Design programme visited the exhibition and produced work inspired by Abram Games. Last week, the students showcased their work to me and Abram’s daughter, Naomi Games. Here are […]
Do Jewish people eat lunch, Miss?
Or: What two months at the Jewish Museum taught meby Natasha Isaac, Learning Team Intern Natasha joined the Learning Team on our internship placement scheme in September 2014. Volunteering 4/5 days a week for 2 months, Natasha was a key part of our team from working with over 3700 students in our school workshops to helping […]
Celebrate Hanukah with us!
Hanukah is one of Judaism’s most famous and best loved festivals, with eight days of celebration, gifts and food. It commemorates the ‘miracle of light’, when, following an attack on the Temple, a small amount of oil managed to keep the lights of the menorah (candelabra) alight for eight days. As with all Jewish festivals, […]
Dear Blog-Readers
by Larissa Henkst, Museum Intern I am Larissa Henkst, 18 years old, from Germany and a new intern at the museum for a whole year. I have just graduated from school and am doing International Youth Voluntary Service organised by Action Reconciliation Service for Peace at the Jewish Museum. ARSP was founded in the early […]
