In america from 1654 to the present day. This is part one of a twopart program. Claire pingel welcome to the National Museum of jewishAmerican History. My name is claire pingel, im the associate curator at the exam and im happy to be a tour today. The museum was started in 1976 by one of the five original jewish congregations that date back to the colonial period. We shared a building with them for 35 years and open in this location of november of 2010. We are right in the middle of Independence Mall in philadelphia, halfway between Independence Hall or the nation got its start and the National Constitution center which explores the founding documents of the nation. We like to think we are an example of what happens when a people are allowed to live in liberty. Our museum is organized so we have a big atrium in the middle of the building. On this side of the atrium we have some orientation spaces. On the other side is with the bulk of our exhibition is, where are the artifacts and stor
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