The Jewish Museum of Rome, housed in the monumental complex of the Great Synagogue, has been open since 1960 to host the collections of the Jewish Community of Rome: Roman silverware from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, precious textiles from all over Europe, illuminated parchments, marbles saved from the demolition of the Five Synagogues of the ghetto.
On November 22, 2005, the museum reopened after renovation works: seven completely new exhibition rooms, with an educational path designed to highlight the magnificent works of art and valuable documents that tell the two-thousand-year history of the Jews of Rome, the relations between the Jews and the city, the holidays of the year and those of life.
A unique reference point to discover the traditions, religion, and history of Roman Jews, belonging to one of the oldest communities in the world.
The museum today has:
- A magnificent collection mainly dating back to the ghetto centuries (1555-1870), of about 400 silverware, 900 textiles, 100 marbles, in addition to casts, documents, parchments.
- 600 sq. meters of covered surface, accessible to people with disabilities, air-conditioned.
- 7 exhibition rooms.
- Showcases and supports for the works designed according to the most updated museological criteria.
- Captions and panels in Italian, English, Hebrew.
- A 35-minute video, A Star on the Tiber, the Jews of Rome from Emancipation to today, in Italian and English.
- The Garden with the Gallery of Ancient Marbles. Two synagogues, the Great Synagogue and the Spanish Synagogue, included in the visit path.
