Jewish Museum, Finchley (closed)

This Museum is now closed, and its collections will be amalgamated with those of the Jewish Museum in Camden Town, when it re-opens in the Summer 2009. To find out more about the Museum, its collections and its current events programme visit www.jewishmuseum.org.uk
England

Website

Website

www.jewishmuseum.org.uk

E-mail

admin@jewishmuseum.org.uk

Telephone

020 8371 7373

Fax

020 8371 7374

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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Formerly the London Museum of Jewish Life, now the home of the social history collections of the Jewish Museum (also at Camden Town). Visitors can explore the history of Jewish immigration and settlement in London, and step back in time to view reconstructions of tailoring and cabinet-making workshops from the Jewish East End. There are hands-on activities for children and a children's treasure trail is available. Holocaust education is a major feature of the Museum's work, with exhibitions and educational programming relating to the Holocaust and the experiences of refugees from Nazism.

Venue type

Museum

 Opening hours

Closed - its collections are moving to Camden Town and will re-open in Summer 2009

 Admission charges

Discounts

  • Museums Association
 General services and facilities
  • Brochure or leaflet available with directions to museum
  • Pre-booking service for groups
  • Restaurant
  • Shop
 Disability access
  • Touch exhibits
  • Toilets for disabled
  • Wheelchair access to some public areas
 Schools services and facilities
  • Member of staff available with responsibility for education
  • Primary school education service available
  • Secondary school education service available
  • Education facilities available
 Research and adult learning
  • Teaching/resources available for HE/FE students
  • Library
  • Study facilities
 Links

This Museum is now closed, and its collections will be amalgamated with those of the Jewish Museum in Camden Town, when it re-opens in the Summer 2009. To find out more about the Museum, its collections and its current events programme visit www.jewishmuseum.org.uk
England

Website

Website

www.jewishmuseum.org.uk

E-mail

admin@jewishmuseum.org.uk

Telephone

020 8371 7373

Fax

020 8371 7374

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.

The colections include a wide range of documents and artefacts reflecting the diverse roots and heritage of Jews in Britain, as well as an Oral History Archive and a Photographic Archive.

Collection details

Archives, Costume and Textiles, Personalities, Photography, Religion, Social History, World Cultures

Key artists and exhibits

  • The permanent displays, 'From Eastern Europe to the East End' and 'The Tailor, the Baker, the Cabinet Maker' include objects brought by families from Eastern Europe, tailoring tools and a painted banner from the London Jewish Bakers Union. The Holocaust Education Gallery tells the moving story of Leon Greenman, a London-born Auschwitz survivor.

This Museum is now closed, and its collections will be amalgamated with those of the Jewish Museum in Camden Town, when it re-opens in the Summer 2009. To find out more about the Museum, its collections and its current events programme visit www.jewishmuseum.org.uk
England

Website

Website

www.jewishmuseum.org.uk

E-mail

admin@jewishmuseum.org.uk

Telephone

020 8371 7373

Fax

020 8371 7374

All information is supplied by the venues or providers themselves and every effort is made to ensure it is correct. Please remember to double check opening hours with the venue concerned before making a special visit.
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