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  Location within Miami Beach  Jewish Museum of Florida (Florida) | |
| Established | 1936 |
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| Location | 301 Washington Avenue Miami Beach, Florida, United States |
| Coordinates | 25°46′21″N 80°08′04″W / 25.77242°N 80.13455°W |
| Type | Jewish Heritage Museum [1] |
| Director | Jo Ann Arnowitz[2] |
| Website | jewishmuseum |
The Jewish Museum of Florida-FIU is a museum that is a department of Florida International University that preserves Florida Jewish history, culture, and art[3] and is located in two restored historic buildings that were formerly synagogues, at 301 & 311 Washington Ave., in Miami Beach, Florida. The main museum building, at 301 Washington Ave., was built in 1936, is on the National Register of Historic Places, has Art Deco features, a copper dome, a marble bimah, and 80 stained glass windows. The adjacent building located at 311 Washington, which served as Miami Beach's first synagogue, was purchased by the museum in 2005 and restored in 2007 as a museum expansion.
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- ^ "Executive Director and Chief Curator". Jewish Museum of Florida. Archived from the original on September 25, 2015. Retrieved September 4, 2015.
- ^ "Jewish Museum of Florida". calendar.fiu.edu. Florida International University. Retrieved 23 August 2024.