Citizens Design Bureau has unveiled its £6m expansion of Manchester Jewish Museum, which has also included the restoration of the site’s grade II*-listed Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue.

The synagogue, designed by Edward Salomons and dating back to 1874, closed as a place of worship in the early 1980s and became the Manchester Jewish Museum later in the decade. It has been shut since 2019 for the current works to take place but is now scheduled to reopen in early July.

Citizens Design Bureau’s work has added brand new exhibition space, a multi-purpose learning studio and kitchen, and a café where schools, community groups and local businesses can explore Jewish culture through food.

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