Sydney Jewish Museum

Sydney Jewish Museum
Sydney Jewish Museum with NSW Jewish Board of Deputies on the left of it
Sydney Jewish Museum is located in Sydney
Sydney Jewish Museum
Location within Sydney
Established18 November 1992; 32 years ago (1992-11-18)
Location148 Darlinghurst Road, Darlinghurst, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Coordinates33°52′45″S 151°13′12″E / 33.879075°S 151.220017°E / -33.879075; 151.220017
TypeHolocaust museum
Websitesydneyjewishmuseum.com.au

The Sydney Jewish Museum is a history museum located in the Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst. It showcases exhibits relating to the Holocaust and the history and achievements of Jewish people in Australia.[1] The Museum displays personal objects of Holocaust survivors and other Jewish Australians and hosts presentations of their personal testimonies.[2]

The museum is currently undergoing a major redevelopment, and will be closed to the general public from January 2025 to the end of 2026. It will reopen with a new set of exhibitions and programs that will aim to showcase Jewish life and culture in Sydney.

The Holocaust exhibition
  1. ^ "Sydney Jewish Museum : a museum of Australian Jewish history and the Holocaust ; a publication to mark the opening of the Museum on 18 November, 1992 by His Excellency Rear Admiral Peter Sinclair AC, Governor of New South Wales". Catalogue. State Library of New South Wales. Archived from the original on 23 December 2015. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  2. ^ sjmadmin. "Our Story". Sydney Jewish Museum. Retrieved 13 October 2022.

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