Jewish Museum of Greece
Established | 1977 |
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Location | Nikis 39, Athens, Greece |
Type | Ethnological museum |
Public transit access | Syntagma Line Syntagma |
Website | www |
The Jewish Museum of Greece (Greek: Εβραϊκό Μουσείο της Ελλάδος) is a museum in Athens, Greece. It was established by Nicholas Stavroulakis in 1977 to preserve the material culture of the Greek Jews.[1]
Gallery[edit]
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Plaque in memory of Mordechai Frizis at the Jewish Museum
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View of the interior
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Megillah with cast and engraved silver-gilt case
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Artifacts that Nazis took from the local Jewish community
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Traditional clothing
See also[edit]
- Jewish Museum of Thessaloniki
- Jewish Museum of Rhodes
- History of the Jews in Greece
- Holocaust Museum of Greece
- Romaniote Jews
References[edit]
- ^ Plaut, Joshua Eli, Greek Jewry in the Twentieth Century, 1913-1983; Patterns of Jewish survival in the Greek Provinces Before and After the Holocaust, Fairleigh Dickenson University Press, 1996 p. 184
External links[edit]
Media related to Jewish Museum of Greece at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- City of Athens
- Hellenic Ministry of Culture and Tourism
- American Friends of the Jewish Museum of Greece
- Jewish Museum of Rhodes