Contemporary Jewish Museum

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The Contemporary Jewish Museum is a San Francisco art and culture museum that presents contemporary perspectives on Jewish history, culture, and identity through rotating exhibitions and public programs.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum
cultural institution
nonprofit organization
architectOfCurrentBuilding Daniel Libeskind
audience Jewish community
general public
buildingFeature adapted historic Jessie Street Power Substation
blue steel cube
buildingStyle deconstructivist architecture
category Jewish museum in the United States
art museum in California
museum in San Francisco
city San Francisco
country United States of America
surface form: United States
exhibitionType thematic exhibitions on Jewish culture and identity
focus Jewish culture
Jewish history
Jewish identity
contemporary art
contemporary culture
founded 1984
founder Jewish federations
surface form: Jewish Community Federation of San Francisco, the Peninsula, Marin and Sonoma Counties

Phyllis Cook
governingBody board of trustees of the Contemporary Jewish Museum
hasCollectionType contemporary art exhibitions (primarily temporary)
historicStructureArchitect Willis Polk
historicStructureCompletionYear 1907
historicStructureComponent Jessie Street Power Substation
languageOfSignage English
locatedIn South of Market (SoMa)
surface form: SoMa, San Francisco
location San Francisco, California, United States of America
surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
mission to make the diversity of the Jewish experience relevant for a twenty-first century audience
movedToCurrentBuilding 2008
name Contemporary Jewish Museum self-link
nearbyLandmark San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Yerba Buena Gardens
nonCollectingStatus primarily non-collecting museum
originalLocation Jewish Community Federation building, San Francisco
programmingType public programs
rotating exhibitions
publicProgramsInclude educational programs
family programs
lectures
performances
regionServed San Francisco Bay Area
shortName CJM
state California, United States
surface form: California
website https://www.thecjm.org/

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South of Market (SoMa) contains Contemporary Jewish Museum
subject surface form: South of Market
Daniel Libeskind designed Contemporary Jewish Museum
this entity surface form: Contemporary Jewish Museum (San Francisco)
Downtown San Francisco hasLandmark Contemporary Jewish Museum
SoMa hasLandmark Contemporary Jewish Museum
Contemporary Jewish Museum name Contemporary Jewish Museum self-link