Inside the Manchester Jewish Museum
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Inside the Manchester Jewish Museum
Image: © David Dixon Taken: 23 Nov 2015
Although the synagogue is now used as a museum, the interior has been kept much as it was when it was closed in 1981 apart from the removal of seats in the ladies' gallery upstairs. This gallery now houses the museum’s permanent exhibits about the history of Manchester’s Jewish community. The pink and green colour scheme, with gilding, is a reconstruction of what was found beneath 20th century overpainting. At the eastern end is a recess framed by a Moorish arch with a classical ARK, where the Torah scrolls are kept. The columns have gilded capitals and pink marble shafts. The east window with its splendid menorah dates from 1913. On the ground floor, the heavy bench seating with armrests is original.
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