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Heritage Lottery to Fund Museum Development Project
The museum is delighted to announce that it will receive initial support from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) for a major development project. The project will result in a new museum extension that...
View ArticleNew Job Opportunities
We’re now looking for a new Learning Manager and Operations Manager to join the museum team. In addition to this, we’re also looking for a Project Manager and Business Plan Consultant to work with us...
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MJM launches #SynaGigs programme
This Autumn we’ll be staging our most culturally diverse and exciting events programme to date. From a Bollywood Brass Band to a Jewish Comedy Night, acclaimed event based collective Video Jam...
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Hip Hop, Electronica & Sacred Sounds Women’s Choir
Today we’re announcing an eclectic line-up of musicians, filmmakers and films for next month’s Video Jam @ MJM. Exploring concepts of faith and ritual, and set within the stunning environment of...
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Recruiting… Exhibition Design Team & Theatre Design Team
We are now recruiting: EXHIBITION DESIGN TEAM An experienced exhibition design team is required to create an interpretive plan and design proposals to RIBA Stage 3 equivalent and, subject to a HLF...
View ArticleAward-Winning Design Team Appointed
Award-Winning Design Team to work on New Museum The museum has appointed Citizens Design Bureau (CDB) as the architects for its major development project. The lead architect will be CDB founder, Katy...
View ArticleFunding Appeal Launch
We are now asking for pledges of support to help us raise the remaining match funding for our development project. The first phase of the project is now almost complete thanks to a £426,900 grant from...
View ArticleCheetham Cultural Festival 2017
The programme for Cheetham Cultural Festival 2017 is now live. You can download the leaflet HERE
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Lottery to Fund New Museum
Today we’re thrilled to announce we have received a £2.89m National Lottery grant. This money will go towards an ambitious £5m development project that will see our museum double in size, with new...
View ArticleRecruiting – Capital Project Manager
We’re now looking for an experienced Capital Project Manager to manage all aspects of our building works programme. The Capital Project Manager will have overall responsibility for managing the capital...
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‘Festival of Leaving’ announced ahead of temporary move to Central Library
Today we’re announcing the ‘Festival of Leaving’ – a two-week arts festival in November about leaving, loss and legacy. The festival comes a few months before we temporarily leave our historic...
View ArticleStorytellers Wanted!
We’re currently putting together a crack team of volunteers to work with us on our two year ‘Wandering Jewish Museum’ project in the run up to the opening of our new museum in 2020. If you’re someone...
View ArticleMJM Construction Project – Contract Notice
We are now seeking to appoint a main contractor experienced in managing specialist subcontractors, working on historic buildings, working with complex building solutions and evidence of producing high...
View ArticleComposer wanted!
Manchester Jewish Museum (MJM) is temporarily re-locating to Manchester Central Library while a major redevelopment project takes place. During this phase we are looking for a composer/sound artist to...
View ArticleFood Intervention Commission
For the next few months, Manchester Jewish Museum is working in collaboration with artist Leo Burtin to develop a participatory programme of activity related to food. Using diverse examples of Jewish...
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Women’s Textile Group
The Museum’s textile group meets monthly to be creative and make new friends. We are currently a group of Muslim and Jewish women but always welcome new members of any faith or non-faith. We normally...
View ArticleMusic project has started!
This summer we are thrilled to have launched a very special song-writing project in Cheetham. Our ambition is to write a collection of songs about different experiences of arriving in the area. From...
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Building work is now underway
The museum site was recently handed over to the main building contractors, HH Smith. The museum’s collection has now been moved into Manchester Central Library, where the museum’s offices are now...
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Teiglach Adventures
We have started a journey into the wonderful (sticky) world of ‘teiglach’. When we started working with our food artist Leo Burtin and Liverpudlian artists The Venus Collective, we all had no clue...
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