The Jewish Museum of Greece

The unique collection of the Jewish Museum of Greece includes more than 8,000 objects, the oldest of which are textiles and ante nuptial contracts from the 16th century C.E. Clothes and household items comprise the core of the Museum’s ethnographical character and offer a vivid picture of everyday life in the Greek Jewish communities from the mid-18th until the 20th century.

The exhibits are organised in thematic units, starting from the ground floor and taking advantage of the architectural dispensation of the interior. Every unit has its own display case -or cases- and covers a specific subject, relating to history, the cycle of time and human life.

• Ground floor / Synagogual artifacts and Ritual textiles
• First level / Jewish holidays
• Second level / History of the Greek Jews
• Αrea for video projections
• Fourth level / Shoah area
• Fifth level / Costumes
• Sixth level / Everyday life. The cycle of life
• Temporary Exhibitions Area

I. In situ

• Photographs from the Jewish Community of Rhodes”

Photographs of the Jewish Community of the island of Rhodes were exhibited at the temporary exhibitions area of the Jewish Museum of Greece. The photographs were collected by Aaron Hasson, founder of the Jewish Museum of Rhodes. The exhibition opened in March 1998 and lasted twelve months.

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