(JTA) – The construction staff of a former Spanish and Portuguese synagogue in Manchester, England, discovered a time capsule from the 1870s.
The glass jar was recently removed from a wall of what is now the Jewish Museum in Manchester, the Guardian reported on Thursday.
It has newspapers, synagogue documents and a handful of coins and will be displayed as part of the museum’s permanent collection that tracks the lives of Manchester Jews through the ages.
Construction erected in 1874 and is now closed for a major renovation project, according to the Jewish Chronicle in London. It is also the oldest synagogue construction still preserved in Manchester.
The museum will reopen next spring with a grant of approximately $ 3 million from the UK National Lottery.
Its general manager, Max Dunbar, said the team “was delighted and overwhelmed” by the discovery, according to the Chronicle article.
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