Experts' Choice Award Manchester Jewish Museum
What the experts agree on
Set in a stunning 1874 Moorish-style former synagogue, this museum traces Manchester's Jewish community through immigrant stories and settlement history, with poignant pre-WWII voices from the city's East European quarter.
“The Manchester Jewish Museum, in a Moorish-style former synagogue, tells the story of the city's Jewish community in fascinating detail.”
– Lonely Planet
Frommer's "Part of the emphasis is on the experiences of immigrants, many from eastern Europe, whose recorded voices describe life in Manchester's Jewish quarter in the years before World War II." Full review
Michelin Guide 0 Stars
"The museum located in this moorish style Victorian building, formerly a Hispanic-Portuguese synagogue, retells the story of Manchester Jews."
Time Out "Located in a former Spanish and Portuguese synagogue that dates back to 1874, Manchester Jewish Museum remains a place of worship." Full review
Lonely Planet "Over in a 19th-century former synagogue in Cheetham Hill, the Manchester Jewish Museum explores Jewish migration and settlement in Manchester"
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