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NieuwsNieuws • 22 jul. 2021

Contemporary Corten steel-clad extension to the Manchester Jewish Museum compliments the beauty of the city’s oldest synagogue

Led by Katy Marks and her team at architecture firm Citizens Design Bureau (CDB), the Manchester Jewish Museum opened its doors in July 2021. The new museum, which is situated in one of the city’s most multicultural areas, explores universal experiences of journeys, communities and identities from the perspective of Manchester’s Jewish community.   Philip Vile The project includes a Grade II* listed synagogue building that has been fully renovated and restored to serve as both a living artefact of an authentic Spanish and Portuguese synagogue and as a stunning cultural space in which the museum will programme live events throughout the year. Alongside the restoration component, a major new extensio... Meer