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The Jewish Museum opens a window onto the history and religious life of the Jewish community in Britain and beyond. Founded in 1932, the Museum has one of the world's finest collections of Jewish Ceremonial Art. The Jewish Museum in 1995 relocated to an elegant listed building only a short walk from Camden Town Underground station in Camden. The Museum has also amalgamated with the former London Museum of Jewish Life on a two-site basis. The combined Museum represents an important new educational and cultural resource for London. The History Gallery traces the story of the Jewish community in Britain from the Norman Conquest to recent times. Highlights include medieval notched wooden tax receipts; eighteenth century portraits; a Queen Anne silver tray and loving cups presented to the Lord Mayor of London by the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue. Through an interactive map, visitors can plot population changes over the centuries. The Ceremonial Art Gallery aims to illustrate and explain Jewish religious practice with objects of rarity and beauty. These include a 16th centry Italian synagogue ark, Italian cradle charms, the oldest English Hanucah lamp, embroidered textiles and illuminated marriage contracts.