The Jewish Museum , London

The museum was founded in 1932 in the Jewish communal headquarters in Bloomsbury. In 1995, it moved to its current site in Camden Town.

The museum houses a major international-level collection of Jewish ceremonial art including the notable Lindo lamp an early example of a British Menorah (Hanukkah).The museum includes a gallery entitled "Judaism: A Living Faith", displaying the museum's noted collection of Jewish ceremonial art.

The Museum's Holocaust Gallery is made up of items and filmed survivor testimony from Leon Greenman, who was one of the few British subjects to be interned in the death camps section at Auschwitz.

The museum also has exhibitions recounting the history of Jewish life in England, supported by a diverse collection of objects. There are also collections of paintings, prints and drawings, and an archive of photographs, which consists mainly of black and white photographs from the 1900s to the 1940s.

Opening Times

Daily 10am - 5pm, except Friday 10am – 2pm

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Ticket Prices

Adults: £7.50
Concessions: £6.50
Child (5-16): £3.50
Family ticket: £18 for two adults and up to 4 children
Museum Friends and Under 5s: free

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Disabled Facilities

There is full physical access to all public areas (including galleries, education suite, shop, café and auditorium).
Accessible lift serving all floors of the Jewish Museum London
Accessible lavatories are available on all floors
Magnifying glasses and large print event brochures are available from the shop desk.
Carers are admitted free.
Access for guide dogs is allowed in all areas of the gallery.

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