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AUGUST 28, 2025– MAY 14, 2026
Flowing through Time and Tradition
Exploring the theme of water through the holdings of the Magnes Collection, Flowing through Time and Tradition traces how water flows through and shapes Jewish lives: enacting belief, sustaining life and communities, providing the means for spiritual cleansing, and mapping identities.
UPCOMING EVENTS
Beit Midrash Study Session | Reflection and Transformation
Sep 21 @ 1:30 pm
The first in a series of creative, collaborative study sessions inspired by the art and objects on view in “Flowing through Time and Tradition.” Through a gentle Qi-Gong practice led by Nicole Stone, and guided learning of Jewish texts and rituals, we will clear inner pathways and explore unknown ways to cleanse, change and return.
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The Magnes Community Conversations in July 2025
For the third consecutive year, the Magnes will host a series of Community Conversations with Executive Director Hannah Weisman to engage in meaningful dialogue around the museum’s past, present, and future. “The Magnes originated as a community entity,...
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The Magnes swelled with energy as 300 people packed the building to learn from and engage with more than 30 artists, authors, and curators during the museum’s Jewish Arts & Bookfest on May 4. And on a mild evening in March, music, laughter, and dancing filled the...
Magnes Announces Senior Staff Retirements
The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life announces the retirement of Dr. Francesco Spagnolo, Curator, and Julie Franklin, Registrar and Rights and Reproductions Manager. Both will step down from their roles on July 1, 2025, after twenty years of transformational...
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