Il Museo Ebraico di Roma, housed in the monumental complex of the Tempio Maggiore, has been open since 1960 to host the collections of the Jewish Community of Rome: Roman silver from the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, precious fabrics 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 work: seven completely new exhibition rooms, with an educational path designed to highlight the magnificent art objects and precious documents that tell the two-thousand-year history of the Jews of Rome, the relations between the Jews and the city, the annual and life celebrations.
A unique point of reference 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 mostly dating back to the ghetto centuries (1555-1870), of about 400 silver items, 900 fabrics, 100 marbles, as well as casts, documents, parchments.
- 600 sq.m. of covered surface, accessible to people with disabilities, air-conditioned.
- 7 exhibition rooms.
- Display cases and supports for artworks designed according to the most up-to-date museological criteria.
- Captions and panels in Italian, English, Hebrew.
- A 35-minute video, Una Stella sul Tevere, the Jews of Rome from Emancipation to today, in Italian and English.
- The Garden with the Gallery of Ancient Marbles. Two synagogues, the Tempio Maggiore and the Tempio Spagnolo, included in the visit path.
