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Jewish Museum
London
The Jewish Museum (www.jewishmuseum.org.uk)
in Camden Town will reopen in March 2010
after a £10 million transformation
creating a landmark museum that celebrates
Jewish life and cultural diversity and engages
with people of all backgrounds and faiths
to explore Jewish heritage and identity
as part of the wider story of Britain.
Amongst the new exhibits will be a Medieval
mikveh (a Jewish ritual bath) dating from
the 13th century on public display for the
first time since it was excavated in 2001;
a rare banner from the London Jewish Bakers
Union; films of contemporary Jewish people
ranging from a smoked salmon producer to
a marathon-running grandmother; the smell
of chicken soup as part of a display on
immigrant home life and a gallery dedicated
to the testimony of British-born Holocaust
survivor Leon Greenman OBE.
Displayed across four permanent galleries
and one special exhibition space, the huge
variety of objects, films, photography,
testimonials and literature on display will
paint a rich and nuanced history of British
Jewish life. The new museum will also house
a 100-seat auditorium, an education suite,
a café and a giftshop.
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