Museum Walks

St Kilda
Sunday 5 February

To coincide with Mameloshn - How Yiddish made a home in Melbourne, the St Kilda Museum walk traces the history of Yiddish St. Kilda, where Sunday trading began in Melbourne. After Carlton, St Kilda became the home of many Jewish people in Melbourne and it was here many Jewish migrants gathered on a Sunday to shop, socialise and discuss politics. Join us as part of St Kilda Festival and find out why Jewish families loved this beachside suburb now infused with a European sensibility. You'll visit Linden Art Gallery; St Kilda Town Hall; Christ's Church Parish Hall; Luna Park; the Palais Theatre and Acland Street with its wonderful cake shops.

Meet at St Kilda Town hall (under the portico) at 10.15am, 10.30am start (approximately 2 hours)

Cost of each Walk: $25 per person
Bookings essential: ph 8534 3600

For your comfort, we suggest you bring an umbrella, sunscreen, water and wear comfortable walking shoes.

The Family - A Panel Discussion

Inspired by SBS TV Series The Family
Sunday 26 February, 7:30pm

Following the screening of the new SBS TV series The Family, the Jewish Museum of Australia is hosting The Family - A Panel Discussion, exploring key themes raised in the series including cultural maintenance through language, inter-generational relationships, and the challenges commonly faced by second-generation migrants. These issues are also relevant to two of the Museum's current temporary exhibitions, Mameloshn - How Yiddish Made a Home in Melbourne and The Babel Project.

Miriam Faine and Maria Gindidis, lecturer at Monash University, will provide theoretical and socio-linguistic perspectives to these fascinating questions. Miriam and Maria will then interview two families, each with three generations present, one of Greek heritage and the other from a Yiddish speaking background, gaining insight into their lives as they tell their unique stories.

(SBS TV series The Family is a new eight-part documentary that takes viewers on a fascinating journey into the life of one ordinary Australian family. The Cardamone family allowed 35 remote-controlled cameras to follow their every move, day and night, for three months. The result is a no-holds-barred view of the dynamics and universal themes of family life. The Family premieres 8.30pm Thursdays from November 24 on SBS ONE).

Time: 7:30pm
Venue: Jewish Museum of Australia
Cost: $15/$10 Museum members
Bookings essential: 8534 3600

St Kilda Festival

Open Day
Sunday 12 February, 10 - 5pm

As usual the Museum is partaking in the St Kilda Festival glory and opening its doors to the crowds on Sunday 12 February all day for FREE. St Kilda Festival is one of Australia's best known and Melbourne's most loved events and the Jewish story is very much part of St Kilda's story so come and check out our current exhibitions in the last four weeks of the exhibitions' season.

An inclusive and free celebration of summer utilising St Kilda's stunning foreshore and featuring the cream of Australia's musical talents, the Museum is a hop, skip and a jump from the thick of the action along the water. Just get off on the corner of St.Kilda Road and Alma Road on Tram 67.

It's summer, you're in St Kilda, it's free and it's your city, get to know the culture, the history and the people this St. Kilda Festival! Check website for more details.