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Jewish Museum of Florence

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The Jewish Museum of Florence (Italian: Museo Ebraico di Firenze) is a museum of Jewish history located in the Great Synagogue of Florence, Italy. The museum, which covers two spaces of the building, gathers an important collection of ancient objects of Jewish ceremonial art, evidence of the high artistic level achieved by the Jewish-Italian communities in the field of applied arts. Exhibitions illustrate the history of Florentine Jews from the first settlements to the post-war reconstruction, featuring old photographs, films and a large number of objects of daily and commemorative use.

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Jewish Museum of Florence
Via Luigi Carlo Farini, Florence Quartiere 1

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Via Luigi Carlo Farini 6
50121 Florence, Quartiere 1
Tuscany, Italy
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