Jewish Museum at London
The Jewish Museum in the Camden Town district on the northern fringes of central London, England is one of two Jewish museums in London. It was originally founded in 1932 with aim of showing the history and religion of the Jewish community in Britain as well as further afield and it has one of the finest collections of Jewish art in the country. It moved to Camden Town in 1995. It is operated by the same charitable trust as the Jewish Museum (Finchley), in the north London suburbs.
The Camden Town museum claims to have one of the world’s finest collections of Jewish ceremonial art. It 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 a archive of photographs, which consists mainly of black and white photographs from the 1900s to the 1940s.
Address: Raymond Burton House
129-131 Albert Street, Camden Town
London
NW1 7NB
Tel: 020 7284 1997
Fax: 020 7267 9008
CC registration: 1009819.
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