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Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco, CA

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Contemporary Jewish Museum

A San Francisco museum exploring the diversity of Jewish experience through exhibitions and education, housed in a former power substation.

736 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94103 · San Francisco, CA

About Contemporary Jewish Museum

The Contemporary Jewish Museum is a San Francisco museum in the SoMa neighborhood that presents exhibitions and educational programs on the range of Jewish life for today's audiences. It does not maintain a permanent collection. The museum was founded in 1984 and occupies the historic Jessie Street Substation, whose interior was redesigned by Daniel Libeskind alongside a newer addition. The new building opened in 2008. The museum's website currently states that it is temporarily closed during a transition period.

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