.jpg) The Manchester Jewish Museum, in 2015 | |
  Location of the museum in Greater Manchester | |
Former names |
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| Location | 190 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester, England |
| Coordinates | 53°29′45″N 2°14′18″W / 53.495833°N 2.238333°W |
| Type | Jewish history museum |
| Website | manchesterjewishmuseum |
Listed Building – Grade II* | |
| Official name | Manchester Jewish Museum |
| Type | Listed building |
| Designated | 3 October 1974 |
| Reference no. | 1208472[1] |
| Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue | |
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 The former synagogue, now museum, in 2008 | |
| Religion | |
| Affiliation | Orthodox Judaism (former) |
| Rite | Nusach Sefard |
| Ecclesiastical or organizational status | Synagogue (1874–1984) |
| Status |
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| Location | |
| Location | 190 Cheetham Hill Road, Manchester |
| Architecture | |
| Architect(s) | Edward Salomons |
| Type | Synagogue architecture |
| Style | Moorish Revival |
| Completed | 1874 |
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The Manchester Jewish Museum is a Jewish history museum, located on 190 Cheetham Hill Road in Manchester, England, in the United Kingdom. The museum occupies the site of a former Orthodox Jewish synagogue, the place of worship for the Congregation of Spanish & Portuguese Jews, called the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, also the Sha'are Tephillah Synagogue. The congregation worships in the Sephardic rite from premises located at 18 Moor Lane, Kersal, Salford.[2]
The building, used as a synagogue from 1874 until 1984, was listed as a Grade II* building in 1974.[1][3]
- ^ a b Historic England (3 October 1974). "Manchester Jewish Museum (Grade II*) (1208472)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue". Jewish Communities and Records - UK. JewishGen and the Jewish Genealogical Society of Great Britain. 2 July 2017. Retrieved 12 May 2024.
- ^ "Manchester Jewish Museum". Visit Manchester. Retrieved 5 December 2015.