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Updated gallery hours for the Summer

From May 16 through June 28, the galleries will be open Wednesday - Friday, 12-4 pm.

Galleries will be closed June 29-August 28 for exhibition reinstallation.

A rare 1929 home movie from The Magnes Collection screened at the San Francisco History Expo

The San Francisco History Expo is taking place this Saturday and Sunday, March 3rd and 4th, 2012, from 11am to 4pm, at the Old Mint at 88 5th Street at M

The Anna Davidson Rosenberg Poetry Awards, 2012

The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, UC Berkeley

Presents

Now Open to the Public

Welcome Back Magnes!

Open to the Public: Wed-Sunday 12pm-4pm, Thur till 7pm

Come visit one of the world's greatest collections of Jewish art and life.

Admission is FREE!

San Francisco Chronicle: Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life reopens

San Francisco Chronicle

Kenneth Baker, Chronicle's art critic, reviews The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life.

The New York Times: A Jewish Museum Shifts Identity

New York Times

The New York Times' critic, Edward Rothstein, revie

What is The Magnes? Launch Campaign 2012

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The staff of The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life collaborated with The Hive Advertising in San Francisco to create an ad campaig

Remembering Warren Hellman (1934-2011)

Warren Hellman

We are deeply saddened by the passing if Warren Hellman, who died yesterday in San Francisco.