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Art Exhibitions

Welcome to the Maine Jewish Museum, located in Portland’s historic East End neighborhood.

The museum is housed within the restored Etz Chaim Synagogue, a turn-of-the-century house of worship. The museum is a venue for contemporary art exhibits feature established, Jewish-connected, and Maine-connected artists and rotate every eight weeks.
Most of the art we exhibit is for sale. Your purchase helps support artists and the Maine Jewish Museum.

Our current exhibitions are listed below.

    • Return to the Garden

      ERIC FINZI

      July 10 – September 4, 2025

      Maine Jewish Museum

      About This Exhibition

      In Vittoria de Sica’s 1967 film, Giardino di Finzi Contini(The Garden of the Finzi Continis) , the garden becomes a place of refuge where a cultured Jewish Italian family in Ferrara retreats as the racial laws restrict Jews. Eric Finzi revisits memories told to him by his father and other members of his ancestral family. His paintings and sculpture have been exhibited in museums and galleries worldwide since his first show in New York in 2003.
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    • To Rome and Beyond

      JACK MONTGOMERY

       

      July 10 – September 4, 2025

      Maine Jewish Museum

      About This Exhibition

      Through the years Jack Montgomery has photographed some of the places in Italy where great events occurred and has collected their histories.   Some are uplifting. Some are very dark. Now he is very pleased to share these images and stories with you.

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    • Seeing Torah: A Visual Midrash

      ANITA RABINOFF-GOLDMAN

      July 10 – September 4, 2025

      Maine Jewish Museum

      About This Exhibition

      Seeing Torah is a visual diary documenting the artist’s study and visual response to each of the 54 portions of the Torah over the cycle of a single Jewish year.
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