Jewish Museum Padua | Padua Museum

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Jewish Heritage

Enjoy a fascinating millenary journey
through Jewish Padua history and culture
The Italian rite
Synagogue

The Italian rite Synagogue, currently in use,
founded in 1548
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your ticket:

You will get a reduction on your entrance
to Padua “Musei Civici”
Jewish Ghetto
of Padova

Enjoy a very ancient story from a narration
through the Ghetto streets
Multimedia Experience

Discover the life
of great members of the Jewish Community
through a pervasive multimedia experience
Stumbling stones

by Gunter Demnig. They are meant to bring back the names of Shoah victims who had been reduced to numbers

Highlight Event

SONGS OF STONE – POETIC ECHOES FROM THE 'HOUSE OF THE LIVING'

Sunday 17 DECEMBER at 11 a.m. | SINGS OF STONE: Guided tour of the Jewish Padua Museum.

A group of young poets will take turns in giving voice to some ancient epitaphs recently translated from Hebrew. This will be a poetic competition based on suggestions from the ‘house of the living’ (literal translation of the word cemetery in Hebrew). To conclude, we invite you to share a kosher aperitif.

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The Italian

rite Synagogue

It is definitely one of the places to visit in Padua. Founded in 1548 and still in use; elegant 18th century decors enhance it

Synagogue

Guided Tour

and multimedia experience

Guided tours to assist you in your visit to the Museum, Italian Synagogue and ancient Jewish Cemeteries. The women's galleries arches become the screen for a pervasive multimedia experience.

Multimedia Tour

Temporary Exhibition

new paths

We tell our visitors the Jewish Culture through workshops, field trips, presentations, temporary exhibitions and active paths about Judaism and its various aspects.

Museum

Jewish museum

Located in the historical centre of Padua, namely in the ancient Ghetto area, the Museum narrates the events and rituals of the Jewish Community of Padua from its origins to the present. Its premises are in the first and largest Ashkenazi Synagogue founded in 1522, used until May 1943 when a group of Italian fascists set it to fire.

Its restoration has given us back a fascinating space enriched by the women’s galleries mark and the 19th century flight of stairs.

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Italian synagogue

The Italian Synagogue (1548) is still the prayer site for the members of the Community of Padua. The hall is marked out by the elegant and refined “marmorino” decorations and delicate stucco works dating back to neoclassic times.

The polychrome marble Aron-ha-Kodesh –the sacred chamber- is positioned on the Eastern Wall facing Jerusalem and opposite the Bimah. They say the Bimah- the lectern- was made from the wood of a centennial tree uprooted during a storm in the town Botanical Gardens.

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Jewish Ghetto

A very old story is narrated through these narrow and restricted streets: the story of the Jewish settlement, its commercial, social, cultural and religious past.

Four gates closed the Ghetto: a sign on one of them forbade Jews as well as Christians to go through the gates at night.

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Multimedia Experience

Inside the Museum, you can live a multimedia experience thanks to the pervasive video installation by film director Denis Brotto.

You can dive into the life of ten illustrious characters of Padua Jewish life. The characters come to life to narrate their stories through the places representing Padua Judaism.

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Stumbling Stones

Stumbling Stones- engraved brass stones- are placed in front of the former residence of a victim deported and killed by Nazi-Fascists: on each stone, just the name, date of birth, date and place of death,

if known, of an individual killed by the Nazis

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Keep your ticket:

Presented at the ticket office of the Eremitani Museum, you will be entitled to a reduction on the admission ticket to the Civic Museums of Padua

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In Evidence

SONGS OF STONE – POETIC ECHOES FROM THE 'HOUSE OF THE LIVING'

SONGS OF STONE – POETIC ECHOES FROM THE ‘HOUSE OF THE LIVING’

On Sunday 17 DECEMBER at 11 a.m., Guided Tour of the Museum of Jewish Padua.

A group of young poets will take turns in giving voice to some ancient epitaphs recently translated from Hebrew. This will be a poetry competition based on suggestions from the ‘house of the living’ (literal translation of the word cemetery in Hebrew). To conclude, we invite you to share a kosher aperitif.

We look forward to seeing you!

MEETING PLACE:
Padua Jewish Museum, Via delle Piazze 26 – 35122 Padua (PD)

PRICES:
FREE ENTRANCE

RESERVATION REQUIRED

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