Jewish Museum

A great museum! Excellent Marc Chagall exhibition ranging from his early days to his final works. Running alongside Chagall is an exhibition by local artist Yvette Coppersmith.

Don't miss this. Absolutely fantastic place. You get to learn the beautiful Jewish history.

Had an excellent visit here today. We loved the Chagall exhibition. It was well set out and informative. The permanent exhibits were really interesting too. This museum is a must visit

Saw a great and well curated Marc Chagal exhibition mixed with interesting history collection. Well worth a visit.

How clever to show us the one thing missing from the Helmut Newton story his START in Melbourne.sure its less glamous, but very realistic for any pro photographer trying to make a living in our city. Thank you.

Loved visiting this place for an exhibition. They did a great job with a world class subject. My only comment would be the lighting wasn't good enough but you can't have everything and it was a very interesting exhibition. The permanent Jewish exhibition was also interesting.

I attended the Jewish Museum to see the Helmut Newton exibition and stayed on to view the whole museum. I was assisted in the Newton exibition by one of the wonderful volunteers. She was able to point out numerous insights I would have missed. Super thankful. The rest of the museum provided a great overview of the history of the Jewish faith including insights into the darkest times through world war 2. This provided a poignont counterpoint to Netwon's story, having left Germany in 1938, whilst his mentor and her husband sadly did not leave in time and did not survive the war.

Phenomenal gallery space with wonderful visitor service officers! Really loved the Helmut Newton exhibition at the moment!

Provides great insight into aspects of the faith and also settlement in Australia and the community

Staff most welcoming and informative. An enjoyable experience. Thanks to Staff and all involved at the Jewish Museum to get behind Helmut Newton's work.

A very interesting and well curated permanent exhibition of Jewish culture throughout time.

Also currently on exhibition well worth a visit is Helmut Newton's photography. Very interesting. I enjoyed the series of short films before I went up to the exhibition.

Perhaps the rear entrance is accessible for wheelchairs and other limited mobilities, prams etc.

First time at the jewish museum and can say that I will definitely go back. Lots of interesting facts abou their history and culture. Ian and Roberta are amazing, they were patient answering all our questions and explaining facts their migration to Australia. We were even invited to the synagogue! I don’t have any polish background or Jewish family however I respect this people for all they have been through and their resilience to cope and keep the community together.

The behaviour of the women in the reception was very unprofessional and unwelcoming. The museum was OK.

Always worth a visit. Permanent exhibition of Jewish history and culture. Other occasional temporary exhibitions: Mirka Mora, Amy Weinstein.

A rare insight into the life of Mirka Mora, her life, her amazing artwork. She lived in StKilda an did a lot for the whole community. Unfortunately this exhibition closes end of January 2022 but well worth going to.

I attended the museum for the Mirka Mora exhibition which was inspirational.
I then wandered through the permanent exhibits; I learned so much. As a non-Jew I thought I had a decent understanding of the culture and beliefs. I gained much more knowledge and insight, thank you!

We went to the museum for The Merca Mora Exhibition. Museum easy to get to, parking could be a bit difficult on a busy day however we were all kucky and got spots just out the front total of 4 cars. Exhibition was an excellent guided experience. Our guide Kay was extremely knowledgeable of Merca's interesting life story. The incredible body of work by Merca included paintings, sculpture, and various crafts. To add to this so many letters, photos, videos of interviews, plus voice recordings of Merca talking you through her work and life. It was wonderful to hear and see the story of a wonderfully talented Melburnian, I grew up in Melbourne in the same era so it was all so familiar and evoked gorgeous memories of The Balzac and Torlano's restaurants. Don't miss it if you get the chance to go. We all agreed that we look forward to going back to the museum for future events.

Fascinating outing. I'm not of the Jewish faith but a co-worker of mine is and she invited me with her one afternoon. I learnt a great deal and the next week went back with my kids who also got quite an education. Fun and informative.

Attended the Mirka Mora exhibition which was excellent. Also viewed the general Jewish Museum which was very interesting.

It was my first time at the Jewish Museum for the Mirka Mora exhibition which will run until December 2021. It's a beautiful curated exhibition held in a beautiful space. The staff were outstanding and engaging. Do yourself a favour and take the time to book and see this exhibition (an hour out of your time). Mirka is such an iconic part of Australian culture and well worth it!