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Contemporary Jewish Museum

About Contemporary Jewish Museum

The Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) is a non-collecting museum at 736 Mission Street at Yerba Buena Lane in the South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The museum, which was founded in 1984, is located in the historic Jessie Street Substation, which was gutted and its interior redesigned by Daniel Libeskind, along with a new addition; the new museum opened in 2008. The museum's mission is to make the diversity of the Jewish experience relevant for a 21st- century audience through exhibitions and educational programs. The executive director is Kerry King.

The museum closed in December 2024 due to financial problems, and in 2026 announced that it would sell its building to provide funds.

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Founded
1984
Architect
Daniel Libeskind

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  1. Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Francisco01San FranciscoAllan Ferguson · CC BY 2.0
  2. Interior view of Yud, the Contemporary Jewish Museum02Interior view of Yud, the Contemporary Jewish MuseumFHKE · CC BY-SA 2.0
  3. Stanley Kubrick The Exhibition - CJM - The Shining replica maze03Stanley Kubrick The Exhibition - CJM - The Shining replica mazeElisa Paluan from Bologna, Italy · CC BY 2.0
  4. San Francisco Contemporary Jewish Museum04San Francisco Contemporary Jewish MuseumSebastian Wallroth · Public domain
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