#VolunteersWeek – Introducing Lionel
Lionel has volunteered for two years. “My daughter saw the Judah Passow photography exhibition and suggested I start volunteering here. That’s how I got interested in it.” Before retiring Lionel worked as a precious metals assayer in Hatton Gardens.“What really attracted me was the fact that I grew up in the East End and I […]
#VolunteersWeek – Introducing Jack
This week is Volunteers Week, giving us a chance to celebrate our wonderful volunteers, without whom the museum would not be able to run. As part of this we will be posting daily blogs from volunteers, starting today with Jack… Jack has been a volunteer since March 2010 when the museum re-opened in Camden Town. […]
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 […]
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 […]
Secrets of the Jewish Museum
by Larry Ross, Museum Volunteer The Bakers’ Banner on the upper ground floor is one of the most stunning items in the museum (click here for images), yet so many people just look briefly and then walk past it. But the whole story is fascinating. Many of the Jews who came to Britain in the late […]
Volunteering at the Jewish Museum London
by a Museum Volunteer Around nine or ten years ago I noticed an advertisement in the London Jewish News for volunteers at the Jewish Museum in Camden Town. I realised I had never been to the museum and the idea of volunteering appealed to me, so I made an appointment and was delighted to be […]
My favourite Jewish Museum object
by Barbara Brown, Museum Volunteer On going to the Religion Gallery one day I found a woman standing in front of the display of Hanukah lamps with tears pouring down her face. I put my arm round her and she pointed to the wooden one and said, simply, “My grandfather made it." The wooden lamp […]
