Thessaloniki

The Jewish Museum of Greece

Agiou Mina 13, Thessaloniki 546 24, Greece

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The permanent exhibition of the museum consists of several thematic groups: synagogues and ritual accessories, calendar, traditional costumes, the Holocaust, the cycle of life and the historical path of Greek Jews.

Temporary exhibitions seek to embrace all existing forms of human expression - contemporary art, literature, music, etc. The museum pays great attention to educational work, programs for children and youth, intercultural education.

The collection of the museum consists of more than seven thousand exhibits - photos, files, documents, original objects.

On the first floor of the museum you can see unique fragments of the Jewish necropolis, located to the east of the city walls. The second floor is dedicated to the history of the Jewish presence in Greece from the 3rd century BC to World War II. The third floor illustrates the everyday life of Jews and their religious rituals.

The museum also has a library, shop, study rooms and photo archives.

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