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Exhibitions

Open Depot Collection Display
Ongoing

This ingenious storage and display area houses and presents more than 1,500 objects from the outstanding 15,000-piece Spertus collection. Visitors can examine cross-cultural influences on the development of Jewish objects as well as discover the history, aesthetics, and functions of the pieces on view.

Please Note

The Joyce and Avrum Gray Family Children's Center is currently open to the public only for private parties. Contact events@spertus.edu for more information.