Jewish Museum of Greece
Appearance
Established | 1977 |
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Location | Nikis 39, Athens, Greece |
Type | Ethnological museum |
Public transit access | Syntagma Line Syntagma |
Website | www |
The Jewish Museum of Greece (Greek: Εβραϊκό Μουσείο της Ελλάδος) is a museum in Athens, Greece. It was established by Nicholas Stavroulakis in 1977 to preserve the material culture of the Greek Jews.[1] The museum displays the 2,300 years of Greek Jewish history through the material artifacts in its possession. The collections and archives of the museum contain over 10,000 artifacts. Included in the museum is an art gallery, a periodic exhibition space, a research library, and photo archive and conservation laboratories.[2]
Gallery
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Plaque in memory of Mordechai Frizis at the Jewish Museum
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View of the interior
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Megillah with cast and engraved silver-gilt case
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Artifacts that Nazis took from the local Jewish community
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Traditional clothing
See also
[edit]- Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki
- Jewish Museum of Rhodes
- History of the Jews in Greece
- Holocaust Museum of Greece
- Romaniote Jews
References
[edit]- ^ Plaut, Joshua Eli, Greek Jewry in the Twentieth Century, 1913-1983; Patterns of Jewish survival in the Greek Provinces Before and After the Holocaust, Fairleigh Dickenson University Press, 1996 p. 184
- ^ "Jewish Museum of Greece". Association of European Jewish Museums. Retrieved 7 June 2024.
External links
[edit]Media related to Jewish Museum of Greece at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- City of Athens
- Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism
- American Friends of the Jewish Museum of Greece
- Jewish Museum of Rhodes