Jewish Museum in London closes due to increased running costs

RELIGIOUS NEWS AGENCY (REDNA) – The Jewish Museum in London has closed in a public ceremony.

The ceremony was attended by holocaust survivors and volunteers who have helped keep it open to educate people since it opened in 1994.

Trustees announced the closure due to increased running costs and said they were looking for new temporary spaces for exhibitions.

The museum has been housed in a Grade II Georgian town house in Camden, connected to a former piano factory, which will be sold.

Meanwhile its 40,000 artefacts, the second largest collection of Judaica in Europe, including items from the Jewish Military Museum, United Synagogue and Jewish Historical Society of England, will be moved into storage with some online access.

The Jewish Chronicle reports that the closure ceremony proved an emotional moment as people recalled memories. Rabbi Geoffery Shisler thanked those who had contributed to its work and looked forward to a new chapter in the museum’s history.