Jewish Museum of Australia — Attraction in Melbourne

This museum is a great place for anyone who wants to learn more about Judaism and Jewish culture. To be honest I was pretty clueless about anything in Judaism before visiting here. This place does really inform me a lot. The lady at the front counter was super friendly and lovely. Well probably every staff and volunteer in this museum is very hospitable and lovely. The guide volunteer lady was very patient and told me lots of stories and answered all of my questions. I also got a chance to visit the synagogue. On the day I visited there was one American couple who can probably be called Judaism expert (by me 😅) joining the synagogue tour with me. I got to learn more about the Judaism and Jewish culture in different countries from their conversations. How lucky I was! This was definitely one of the BEST museum experiences I’ve ever had. It might not be a popular tourist spot in Melbourne, but I can say it really worth your time and money. And feel contented after visiting!...

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...

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...