Capital Jewish Museum

Name

Capital Jewish Museum

Legal name

The Lillian and Albert Small Capital Jewish Museum

Website

https://capitaljewishmuseum.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Capital Jewish Museum is a Washington, DC-based 501(c)(3) history museum that collects, preserves, and exhibits Jewish heritage in the National Capital Region through permanent and rotating exhibitions, educational programs, and cultural events.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural History Museum

NAICS

Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (7121), Historical Sites (712120)

akta.pro primary industry

History Museums (THAJADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Museums & Heritage Sites (History, Science, Specialty) (BPAGAHAA)

Keywords

• History museum
• Cultural exhibitions
• Jewish heritage
• Educational programs
• Event venue rentals

Headquarters

HQ city

Washington

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership program with multiple tiers ranging from $18 to $9,982, providing unlimited admission, guest passes, exclusive preview access, and facility rental benefits.
2. Admission and Ticket Sales: General admission is free with suggested donation. Special exhibition tickets range from $5-$12 for general public, free for members and children 12 and under.
3. Facility Rentals: Historic and modern event spaces available for private celebrations, corporate functions, and nonprofit galas. Spaces include Historic Synagogue, Cafritz Hall, Morse-Loeb Lobby, and Terrace. Rental packages include tables, chairs, security, and event coordinator.
4. Donations and Grants: Tax-deductible contributions to annual fund, capital campaigns, and endowment. EIN #52-6064549. Accepts gifts of stock, wire transfers, DAFs, and IRA distributions.
5. Museum Shop and Café: Gewirz Museum Shop offers curated Judaica, jewelry, books, and gifts from local artists. The Nosh Pit café cart provides light refreshments. Members receive 10% discount.
6. Educational Programs: Fee-based school group visits requiring $50 deposit, group tour bookings at $6-15 per person, and ticketed public programs including author talks, film screenings, and concerts.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Capital Jewish Museum is a nonprofit Jewish history museum in Washington, DC that preserves and interprets the local Jewish experience through permanent and rotating exhibitions, K-12 educational programs, group tours, and a Community Action Lab, while also operating as a multi-purpose event venue (four rental spaces) with an on-site café (The Nosh Pit) and museum shop.

Product overview

The Capital Jewish Museum is a history museum offering a unified visitor experience centered on exhibitions, education, and community engagement. The core product is the museum experience itself, comprising three ongoing exhibitions (What is Jewish Washington?, Connect. Reflect. Act., and The Historic Sanctuary) displayed across a LEED silver-certified four-floor facility. The museum supplements this with special time-limited exhibitions, guided tour services, school group educational programs, facility rentals for events, a membership program with multiple tiers, and retail/gift shop operations. Additional offerings include the Community Action Lab maker space, educator resources, and a searchable online collection database.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Permanent Exhibition: "What is Jewish Washington?"

Quantifiable outcome

• Exhibitions explore Jewish contributions from 1790 through 2023 covering immigration, civil rights, government service, and community building
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Eleven partnerships are on record, tiered core, major and minor.

• Jewish Federation of Greater WashingtoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJewish Federation of Greater Washington designates Capital Jewish Museum as a Partner Agency, indicating a core strategic relationship for community programming, outreach, and mutual support of Jewish community initiatives in the DC metro area.
• HumanitiesDCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHumanitiesDC, funded by DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, supports the museum's Community Action Lab maker space and family programming through grants. Project supported by HumanitiesDC as part of Humanities Grant Program.
• National Building MuseummajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint programming partnership including exclusive member tours of National Building Museum exhibitions. Collaborated on 'A Better Life for Their Children' exhibition featuring photography by Andrew Feiler documenting Rosenwald Schools partnership with Booker T. Washington.
• Area Congregations (24 listed)majorGTM or Marketing Partner24 area congregations listed as supporters including Adas Israel Congregation, Adat Shalom, Bet Mishpachah, Beth El, B'nai Israel, Washington Hebrew Congregation, Temple Sinai, and others. Congregations support museum programming and community outreach.
• Haberman Institute for Jewish StudiesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for author talk programming, specifically co-presenting 'The Hidden Jewish History of the Declaration of Independence' event with author Michael Auslin.
• DC Drop-In MahjonggminorGTM or Marketing PartnerCommunity partnership for weekly Drop-In Mahjongg program held Sundays 1-3pm at the museum, open to all skill levels with complimentary lessons for new players.
• PJ Library, Bender JCC, Pozez JCC, Edlavitch JCCmajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership presenting Story Time at CJM program, second Thursdays and fourth Saturdays, for families with young children. Joint initiative supporting early childhood Jewish education.
• ACLU of District of ColumbiaminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCo-presenter of Blacklisted summer film screening series, specifically 'Three Brave Men' screening with talkback featuring ACLU-DC Legal Director Scott Michelman.
• Jewish Museum MilwaukeemajorStrategic or Co-development PartnerSource institution for special exhibition 'Blacklisted: An American Story' on loan from Jewish Museum Milwaukee. Exhibition examines Hollywood blacklist and federal loyalty investigations during Red Scare.
• SmithGroupmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerArchitecture firm designed the museum addition and renovation, integrating the historic 1876 synagogue into a modern LEED silver-certified facility.
• Evidence DesignmajorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerExhibition design firm led planning for 'What is Jewish Washington?' and 'Connect. Reflect. Act.' exhibitions starting in 2018 with scholarly advisory group.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves9 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Direct peers

• Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center: Skokie, IL-based Jewish heritage and Holocaust museum with major special exhibitions, school programs, and donor-funded capital expansion. Direct analog in scale and operating cadence.
• Skirball Cultural Center: Los Angeles Jewish cultural center combining heritage exhibitions with performing arts, education, and event rentals. Closely comparable to CJM's hybrid museum/event-venue/community-program model.
• The Jewish Museum of Maryland: Baltimore Jewish museum focused on regional Jewish heritage with similar size, community-partnership model, and historic-synagogue campus. Comparable audience radius (Mid-Atlantic) to CJM.
• Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust: NYC-based Jewish heritage and Holocaust museum with similar curatorial scope, special-exhibition programming, and educational mission. Comparable audience and donor base among East Coast Jewish communities.
• Holocaust Museum LA: Los Angeles Holocaust and Jewish heritage museum with survivor oral-history programming and community partnerships. Comparable curatorial mission, school-group emphasis, and donor-funded operating model.
• National Museum of American Jewish History: Philadelphia-based museum documenting the American Jewish experience, the closest scale and mission analog to CJM in a major U.S. city. Comparable collections model, exhibition programming, school-group outreach, and membership/earned-revenue mix.
• Jewish Museum Milwaukee: Regional Jewish history museum in Milwaukee that originated the Blacklisted traveling exhibition now on view at CJM. Directly comparable in mission, audience scope (city-wide Jewish history), and operating model as a mid-sized Jewish heritage institution.

Regional players

• Dumbarton House: Historic house museum in Washington DC's Georgetown, employing several former CJM staff. Comparable small DC nonprofit museum model combining historic preservation, special events, and education programming.
• National Building Museum: Washington DC cultural institution and active CJM partner (joint exhibitions, cross-promotion). Comparable mid-sized DC nonprofit museum with event-rental revenue and broad public programming, providing a regional benchmark.

Broad incumbents

• The Jewish Museum (New York): Established NYC art-and-culture Jewish museum on the Upper East Side. Significantly larger and broader in scope (heavy art focus), but the dominant incumbent whose exhibition and education playbook informs CJM's programming choices.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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