Talks & Performances
Curator-Led Gallery Talk
Hanukkah Lamps
Dec. 15, 2025 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm
4th Floor Exhibition Galleries
Celebrate the festival of lights at the Jewish Museum with the permanent collection’s new floor-to-ceiling case featuring more than 130 Hanukkah Lamps. Hear from Curatorial Assistants Rebecca Frank and Serena Feingold as they discuss the rich history behind these lamps, which represent diverse cultures, time periods, and places within the Jewish diaspora.
Tickets: Free with Museum Admission; Advance RSVP Recommended.
Johann Adam Boller, Hanukkah Lamp, Frankfurt am Main (Germany), 1706–32, silver: cast, filigree, cloisonné enamel, engraved, traced, punched, and parcel-gilt; enamel inlays on copper alloy, 17 3/8 × 14 1/8 × 7 1/8 in. (44.1 × 35.9 × 18.1 cm). The Jewish Museum, New York. Gift of Frieda Schiff Warburg, S 563
