London Jewish Museum awarded nearly quarter of a million pounds to expand its reach - The Jewish Chronicle

Jewish Museum London has been awarded nearly a quarter of a million pounds in funding by The National Lottery Heritage Fund to assist in its collection reaching a larger audience.

The grant of £231,000 will go towards supporting the museum as it makes the transition from its Camden premises, where it was based from 2010, to becoming a “museum without walls”, with access to a wider audience.

Jewish Museum London’s award-winning collection, in-person and virtual learning programmes and workshops are currently being adapted for use in London schools, beginning in spring 2024. There are also plans to host “family days” around London and “reminiscence sessions” in care homes featuring the museum’s collections.

The museum is also lending its collections to other heritage projects, including tailoring artefacts to the Fashion City exhibition at the Museum of London, disability objects to the Jewish Deaf Association and fundraising and accounting objects to the newly opened Faith Museum in Bishop Auckland, south of Newcastle. Some of the museum’s Chanukah objects are currently on display in Bradford Synagogue.