London Camden Town, King’s Cross, And Islington

THE JEWISH MUSEUM. The Jewish Museum is actually composed of two complementary museums with different collections. The first, Camden, focuses on the history of Jews in Britain. Its crowning achievement is a magnificent 16th-century Venetian synagogue ark discovered by accident while being used as a lord’s wardrobe. Special programs and workshops are offered for children and adults. (129-131 Albert St. Camden Town. ☎020 7284 1997; www.jewishmuseum.org.uk. Open M-Th 10am-4pm, Su 10am-5pm; last entry 30min. before closing; closed Jewish holidays. Wheelchair-accessible. £4, seniors £3, students and children £2, families £9.) The smaller Jewish Museum, Finchley, focuses on Jewish social history and 19th- and early 20th-century life in London’s East End. Its small Holocaust Education gallery is particularly moving. (80 East End Rd. 10min. walk from Finchley Central; take the “Regent’s Park Rd.” exit from the Tube, turn left on Station Rd., and then right on Manor View, which runs into East End Rd. by the museum. ☎020 8349 1143. Open M-Th 10:30am-5pm, Su 10:30am-4:30pm; closed Su in Aug. and Jewish holidays. Partially wheelchair-accessible. £3, children free.)