Jewish Museum of Maryland

Name

Jewish Museum of Maryland

Legal name

Jewish Museum of Maryland Inc.

Website

https://jewishmuseummd.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1960

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Jewish Museum of Maryland is a participatory nonprofit museum in Baltimore that preserves and presents Maryland Jewish history, heritage, and culture through exhibitions, historic synagogues, archival collections, educational programs, and community storytelling initiatives.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Heritage Museum Services

NAICS

Museums (712110), Historical Sites (712120)

akta.pro primary industry

Natural History Museums (THAJADAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

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

Keywords

• Jewish history education
• Cultural heritage preservation
• Historic synagogue tours
• Community storytelling programs
• Holocaust education resources

Headquarters

HQ city

Baltimore

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Admission Fees: General admission fees for adults, seniors, students, and children ranging from $4-$10 per person. Members receive free admission as a benefit.
2. Membership Program: Friends and Members programs offering tiered benefits including free admission, guest passes, reciprocal memberships to other museums, and exclusive events. Individual membership at $50/year, Household at $100/year, with Friend tiers at $250-$1000/year.
3. Donations and Fundraising: Individual donations, tribute gifts, monthly recurring gifts, corporate sponsorships, and legacy/planned giving. The museum relies on community generosity to sustain operations.
4. School Group Fees: On-site school visits charged at $2 per student, $3 per adult chaperone. Maryland Public Title I Schools visit for free. Virtual visits are free.
5. Facility and Studio Rentals: Rental of museum spaces and audiovisual production studio for private events, content creators, educators, and community storytellers.
6. Retail Sales: Small Corner Shop located near the front desk offering select goods for purchase.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels5 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

The Jewish Museum of Maryland operates as a participatory museum and cultural hub in Baltimore, presenting exhibitions on Jewish Maryland history, offering docent-led tours of two historic synagogues (Lloyd Street Synagogue, built 1845, and B'nai Israel Synagogue, built 1876), delivering K-12 educational programs on immigration, Judaism, and the Holocaust, and providing research access to the largest collection of regional Jewish Americana in the United States. It also runs community storytelling projects, an audiovisual production studio, and tiered membership programs supporting ongoing operations.

Product overview

The Jewish Museum of Maryland is a participatory museum and cultural hub offering a unified experience centered on Jewish Maryland history and culture. The museum's core offerings include the 'Jews of Maryland at the Crossroads of Identity' exhibition, two historic synagogues (Lloyd Street Synagogue built 1845 and B'nai Israel Synagogue built 1876), an Audiovisual Production Studio for community storytelling, a Collections Catalog with research services, and School Programs. The museum also operates the Lombard + Lloyd Library book-sharing initiative and maintains Virtual Galleries. Current exhibits include 'Re: Intimacy. Image. Identity.' and 'Beautifying Shabbat: Judaica From Our Collection', while community-sourced projects like 'Picturing Past + Present' and 'Marking Passages' invite public participation. The museum offers membership programs (Cornerstones, Columns, Arches) and Friends programs with reciprocal access to other museums.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Jewish Museum of Maryland (Core Exhibition: Jews of Maryland at the Crossroads of Identity) A participatory museum and cultural hub in Baltimore presenting exhibitions on Jewish Maryland history through immersive storytelling, artifacts, archival materials, and original short films, with the core exhibition focused on the 1826 Maryland Jew Bill.
• Historic Synagogue Tours Docent-led tours of Lloyd Street Synagogue (built 1845, Maryland's oldest synagogue) and B'nai Israel Synagogue (built 1876, last active synagogue in East Baltimore), featuring architecture, stories, and communities.
• School Programs

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 5,000 visitors in first year after Lloyd Street Synagogue opening in 1964
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core, flagship and minor.

• Attman's DelicatessencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial Deli of the Jewish Museum of Maryland, located on historic Corned Beef Row. Provides catering options for group experiences and serves as a complementary culinary destination for museum visitors seeking authentic Baltimore Jewish food tradition.
• The Associated: Jewish Community Federation of BaltimoreflagshipStrategic or Co-development PartnerJMM is an agency of The Associated, the Jewish Community Federation of Baltimore. This foundational relationship provides organizational support, funding coordination, and connects JMM to the broader Baltimore Jewish community.
• Reginald F. Lewis MuseumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint field trip partner for combined educational experiences. Museums work together to provide comprehensive cultural education for Baltimore school groups.
• Baltimore Museum of IndustryminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint field trip partner for combined educational experiences. The partnership allows school groups to experience both Jewish heritage and industrial history education.
• Star-Spangled Banner Flag HouseminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint field trip partner for combined educational experiences in Baltimore's historic district.
• The Stoop Storytelling SeriescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Marking Passages: Mezuzah-Inspired Stories project. The Stoop produces a live storytelling series and WYPR podcast, providing production support and audience for JMM's community storytelling initiatives.
• WYPR (Baltimore Public Radio)coreGTM or Marketing PartnerPodcast partner for The Stoop Storytelling Series content, extending reach of JMM community storytelling programs through public radio broadcast.
• The Human Element ProjectcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for the Holocaust Memory Project, which collects stories of 91 Holocaust survivors as told through collages combining oral testimony and visual art.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• The Jewish Museum: Manhattan's flagship Jewish art and culture museum. Larger incumbent operating in the same space with broader art-focused programming; relevant as a benchmark for membership tiers, exhibit rotation, and national audience reach.
• Skirball Cultural Center: Los Angeles Jewish cultural center with museum, exhibitions, and educational programs. Comparable participatory/community programming approach and family heritage focus; larger scale and broader geographic audience.

Direct peers

• Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center: Mid-sized Holocaust and Jewish heritage museum with strong educational programming for K-12 schools. Directly comparable in mission scope, school-group channel, and survivor testimony collection model.
• Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust: New York City museum focused on Jewish heritage and Holocaust education. Comparable participatory programming, Holocaust survivor testimony collection (akin to JMM's Holocaust Memory Project), and similar institutional funding model.
• National Museum of American Jewish History: Philadelphia-based museum dedicated to American Jewish history. Closest direct peer: similar mission of preserving and presenting Jewish heritage in the U.S., comparable scale, comparable use of historic buildings and immersive exhibits.

Regional players

• Maryland Center for History and Culture (formerly Maryland Historical Society): Maryland's statewide historical society operating a museum, library, and archives. Comparable archival/research services, Maryland-focused historical collection, and educational programming model.
• Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History & Culture: Baltimore-based cultural heritage museum and documented JMM joint field trip partner. Comparable scale, location, school-group channel, and cultural-heritage nonprofit model.
• Star-Spangled Banner Flag House: Baltimore historic house museum and documented JMM joint field trip partner. Comparable small-staff nonprofit museum model and historic-building stewardship on a similar scale.
• Baltimore Museum of Industry: Baltimore industrial heritage museum and documented JMM joint field trip partner. Comparable small-staff nonprofit scale, school-group channel, and historic-building operations.
• B&O Railroad Museum: Baltimore-based history museum operating from a National Historic Landmark site. Comparable in scale, historic-building stewardship, and family/school audience, though focused on industrial heritage rather than Jewish heritage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles17 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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