NMAJH Core Exhibition
Opening November 2010


The core exhibition will offer a layered experience through which visitors will explore more than 350 years of Jewish life in America through evocative objects, telling moments, and state-of-the-art interactive technologies.


Exhibition Description

Current Exhibition

Museum is Currently Closed

The Museum is currently not open for visitors as we prepare for the transition to our new Museum, opening in November 2010.  For more information regarding the Grand Opening, please click here.  If you are interested in visiting Congregation Mikveh Israel, please call their office at 215.922.5446.

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Collection

Highlights of the NMAJH Collection

The Museum’s collections connect Jewish constituents to their cultural heritage by encouraging them to reflect on their shared past.  Artifacts devoted to the social world of everyday relationships and popular culture make the collection highly accessible to both Jewish and non-Jewish audiences.

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Past Exhibitions

Benjamin Franklin and Religious Liberty

Benjamin Franklin’s relationship with the Jewish community and his role in forging a pluralistic America.

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Forshpeis!: A Taste of the Peter H. Schweitzer Collection of Jewish Americana

The exhibition explores the role food played in helping immigrant Jews adjust to life in the United States

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