The Manchester Jewish Museum is housed in the Spanish-Portuguese synagogue in Manchester. The building is of particular historical interest as it represents the oldest and most important synagogue in the city and also in all of England. In the city of Manchester, the 19th century Jewish community grew noticeably. The decision to build the first synagogue was taken in 1872. The opening ceremony was held on May 6, 1874. The building is characterized by its eclectic style, which combines neo-Byzantine and neo-Moorish elements, according to a model that became popular. in the architecture of English synagogues. The interior is a large rectangular room. The raised women's gallery extends along the side walls and leaning against the back wall, supported by columns. The collection inside the museum has more than 31,000 objects, which tell the story of migration and Jewish settlements in Manchester. In particular, the collections contain more than 530 oral testimonies including 138 recorded interviews with Holocaust survivors and refugees, over 20,000 photographs and a vast collection of objects including a diary written by refugee girls Kindertransport, a Russian toilet board used as a cricket bat, an English / Jewish teapot, Oswald Mosley footage, various items produced by deportees to the Isle of Man and a collection of personal effects from a Holocaust survivor who spent the war hiding in Polish cemeteries, he asked and in a coal cellar.