Work will start this month on the development of the Scottish Jewish Heritage Centre at Glasgow's Garnethill Synagogue following today's announcement of a Lottery grant of almost £300,000.
The grant to the Scottish Jewish Archives Centre and Garnethill Synagogue Preservation Trust unlocks other pledged financial support, meaning the total capital cost of £465,000 is now in place.
Features of the centre will include a Holocaust era study facility giving access to the SJAC's collections from the period and a display on survivors and refugees from Nazism who built new lives in Scotland.
The intention is also to open up the Victorian synagogue - the oldest in Scotland - to the wider public with volunteer-led tours on the building's history, architecture and key early 19th century congregants. There will additionally be school visits, weekend activities and a local heritage trail.
