Jewish Museum London

Behind the scenes of 'Charlotte Salomon: Life? or Theatre?'

We are just 3 days away from opening ‘Charlotte Salomon: Life? or Theatre?’! Have a behind-the-scenes look at our wonderful curatorial team installing the exhibition! #CharlotteSalomon: Life? or Theatre? opening 8 Nov, more info at http://jewishmuseum.org.uk

To mark 80 years since the Kindertransport, we have an additional exhibition in the café area. Still in Our Hands: Kinder Life Portraits is a photographic exhibition featuring archival photographs and portraits, by Dr Bea Lewkowicz, of former Kindertransportees interviewed by the AJR Refugee Voices Testimony Archive This exhibition tells the story in picture and words of some of the many children who came on the Kindertransport to Great Britain, fleeing Nazi Europe from 1938 to 1939. The fates of the 10.000 Kinder, who found refuge in Britain were in the hands of many different agencies: governments, voluntary organisations, foster families, individual sponsors. As one former Kindertransportee describes his experience: ‘we were thrown around by the tides of history’ (Richard Grunberger). But ultimately each individual Kind shaped their own destiny, making their ways, in their personal and professional lives in the UK and elsewhere. Image credits: Otto Hutter (Emeritus Professor of Physiology) born 1924 in Vienna. Left on the Kindertransport on the 10 December 1938 Hannah Wurzburger (artist) born in 1934 in Berlin. Came on the last Kindertransport from Berlin in September 1939 Harry Jacobi (Emeritus Rabbi) born 1925 in Berlin. Came to Britain on the last Kindertransport from Holland in May 1940 Walter Kammerling (engineer) born in 1923 in Vienna. Came on the first Kindertransport from Vienna, 10 December 1938. Lives in Bournemouth. www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/kindertransport

Hanukah Lamp Install 2018

How many museum staff does it take to put up a lamp... This beautiful Hanukah Lamp is on loan to us from United Synagogue and will be part of our daily candle lighting from 2 December - 8 December (except 7 December as we close early!). Join us for the daily lighting from 4pm. We'll be singing songs and eating treats too!

Connected Learning at Jewish Museum London

Discover our connected learning boxes that are available to loan from our Learning Team. Bring real objects and get hands-on in the classroom to learn about Jewish faith and history. We have boxes suitable for all key stages and provide additional teaching packs and materials to bring the museum experience to you. Find out more here: https://jewishmuseum.org.uk/schools/beyondthemuseum/connected-learning/

Pow! Bam! Oy! Comic Book Late Claymation creations!

Pow! Bam! Oy! Comic Book Late Claymation creations!

Maya Attoun - The Charms of Frankenstein

A site and context specific installation created by artist Maya Attoun, especially for the Jewish Museum London. This exhibition is based on the artist’s recent project ‘2018’ and celebrates the bicentennial of Mary Shelley’s iconic novel ‘Frankenstein’. The planner has been reinterpreted into an immersive three-dimensional experience and engages carefully with selected objects from the Jewish Museum collection. Open now until 4 November 2018 jewishmuseum.org.uk/maya-attoun

Last chance to see Asterix in Britain: The Life and Work of René Goscinny

Last chance to catch Astérix In Britain: The Life and Work of René Goscinny. Immerse yourself in original artworks and scripts, relive your childhood at our Asterix dress up station, chase your shadow like Lucky Luke in the illumination room or simply pick up a comic and get cosy in a bean bag! Closing 2 October.

Charlie Adlard meets Asterix the Gaul (part 2)

WATCH > Charlie Adlard, The Walking Dead artist and UK Comics Laureate, explores our Astérix in Britain exhibition (part 2). http://www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/asterix

Charlie Adlard meets Asterix the Gaul (part 1)

WATCH > Charlie Adlard, The Walking Dead artist and UK Comics Laureate, explores our Astérix in Britain exhibition (part 1).

Jewish Lives

Launching today (24 May) is Jewish Lives - a new project telling the stories of remarkable Jewish men and women who helped to shape British society. As you browse through the digital interaction, you'll uncover more people who you probably didn't realise had a Jewish connection. Who will you discover today? #jewishlivesproject www.jewishlivesproject.co.uk

Connected Learning: Outreach Loan Boxes

Our specially designed curriculum based loan boxes bring authentic Jewish objects into your classroom to support your students to learn about belief and practice in Judaism.

Designs On Britain

THIS WEEKEND is your last chance to discover the influential design contribution of Jewish émigrés. Don’t miss iconic posters for London Underground, the General Post Office and the War Office created by designers including Dorrit Dekk, FHK Henrion and Hans Schleger. See the classic designs that have been embraced by generations - a ‘70s Raleigh Chopper bike, an early Marble Run toy, and the London Transport bus stop sign

Bond Bugs at the Jewish Museum

It's the final week the Designs on Britain exhibition! To celebrate we brought together Tom Karen, the designer of the Bond Bug, with four of his creations. Many of Tom's designs, including the Bond Bug and the Raleigh Chopper, feature in the exhibition.

Tom Karen Q&A

The incredible Tom Karen joined Vicky Richardson in conversation back in November, you can watch the whole event here. This weekend is your last chance to see his original designs, including Marble Run and the Raleigh Chopper, at our Designs on Britain exhibition!

Elsbeth Juda Interview with Maureen Lipman "Export or Die"

Before her passing, Elsbeth Juda held an exhibition at L'Equipment Des Arts. Here she has a conversation with long time friend Maureen Lipman who has kindly loaned us one a photo from her private collection for a few months. You can see this photo any many others at our retrospective exhibition, Elsbeth Juda: Grit and Glamour, running until 1 July. This exhibition is free. Acknowledgements and credits to: Colonial Pictures Producer: Alastair Layzell Colonial Pictures The Waterfront St Aubin Jersey JE3 8AB Tel: 01534 743678 Fax: 01534 746613 www.colonialpictures.co.uk

Swift gallery change over (this took 4 days).

Our staff taking down Known/Unknown - this objects for this are all from our own collections - and put up Elsbeth Juda: Grit and Glamour. This exhibition is open 1 March - 1 July and is a free exhibition in our Welcome Gallery on the ground floor. It showcases the work of a remarkable photographer who remains laregely unrecognised as an artist.

Jewish Museum messing around in the snow on their lunch break

Team Fun on our lunch break in #RegentsPark. Warmed up with some tea afterwards.

For Holocaust Memorial Day the Association for Jewish Refugees organised an event entitled ‘Personal Archives: Perspectives on Protection, Preservation, Digitisation, and Donation’ at the Belsize Square Synagogue on 24th January and invited the Jewish Museum London to join the panel. The speakers representing the Jewish Museum, the London Metropolitan Archive, the Imperial War Museum, The Wiener Library and the Research Centre for German and Austrian Exile Studies at the University of London presented their collections and addressed the protection and preservation of documents and memorabilia. They gave attendees an advice on opportunities to digitise and donate family correspondence and objects to educational and research institutions. The presentation and Q&A session showed that the five institutions all collect material from Jewish refugees and have similar ways of collecting, but that they have slightly different remits and purposes. The event was useful not only to clarify some of the queries of the attendees, but also for the institutions who will, in the future, be even better able to coordinate their collecting efforts. Our Collections Manager, Dr Kathrin Pieren, was the speaker for Jewish Museum London. Photo credit: Paul Lang Photography/AJR

Holocaust Memorial Day 2018 - British Sign Language event video

Join us to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day with a free event on Monday 22nd January 7-9pm. There will be the chance to see the moving new photography exhibition, Survivor: Portraits of Survivors of the Holocaust and a Witness Talk from Bernd Koschland followed by a Q&A with photographer Harry Borden. This event will be fully accessible for BSL users. Booking is essential as seating is limited. Take a look at the film below for more details.

Tom Karen, the designer of the iconic Raleigh Chopper, the Bond Bug and the Marble Run, discussing his remarkable career.

Edith's doll

14 year old Edith fled Nazi Germany and came to Britain on the Kindertransport carrying this doll with her. She smuggled it into her luggage because her mother told her she was too old for dolls. Discover more about her story with our curator Dr Kathrin Pieren.

Welcome to the Jewish Museum: Open to All

"What's great is, just as you don't have to be a scientist to go to the Science Museum, you don't have to be Jewish to go to the Jewish Museum. Everyone's very welcome!" Our Director Abigail Morris gives you an idea of what to expect when you visit.

Potter-in-Residence Nam Tran's ceramics story

Discover how our first Potter-in-Residence Nam Tran found his way to ceramics. You can try your hand at using the pottery wheel with Nam at our Claytime late on Thursday 2 February (6-9pm). Find out more and book at www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/claytime

Shaping Ceramics - Nam Tran, Potter-in-Residence

Tomorrow is your last chance to see our first Potter-in-Residence Nam Tran in action at the wheel in 'Shaping Ceramics: From Lucie Rie to Edmund de Waal'. Find out more at http://bit.ly/2gPDcAZ

Donate Now to Help Put Amy's Camden on the Map

Help us create a street art trail celebrating Amy Winehouse in her beloved Camden. The trail, marking the return of our Winehouse exhibtion, will feature new works by top artists which will lead to a specially commissioned work in our Welcome Gallery by internationally renowned street artist Pegasus. Donate now to help make the trail a reality, and get some great rewards in return! bit.ly/AmyStreetArt

Nothing like some good music to help you through a Tuesday morning! Try this 1956 Rock-Ola Jukebox for yourself when our new exhibition 'Jukebox, Jewkbox!' opens this Thursday. Find out more at www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/jukebox

Dr Adam Rutherford on Jews and Genetics

Geneticist and broadcaster Adam Rutherford explores the complex world of genetic mapping and the limits of science to define who we are. Visit our Blood exhibition to discover more.

A Day at the Museum is a new way to support everything that happens at the Jewish Museum – the exhibitions, the conservation, the learning programmes, the research – one day at a time.

The panels are going up for our suffragettes exhibition, which opens tomorrow! Find out more at www.jewishmuseum.org.uk/suffragettes

"We sang and danced until we collapsed, and then we got up again and ate ice cream until we burst and then we ate some more"