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Corner of the building that houses the museum and its library. — (Archivio Venipedia/Bazzmann)

Set in the largest field of the Ghetto, this museum is a must-see for anyone visiting the Cannaregio district.

The rich collection presented inside the museum is the first part of an experience that is enriched and completed with a visit to the synagogues of the ghetto and the evocative Jewish cemetery in San Nicolò del Lido. Precisely for this reason, the museum is called diffuse.

Founded in 1954 at the behest of the Jewish Community of Venice , the Jewish Museum is a very unique museum and architectural complex, standing between two of the oldest Venetian synagogues. This is not a simple exhibition space but a widespread museum , or rather a unique urban complex of its kind, small in size but extremely rich in objects of considerable value and still in continuous expansion. Various sacred furnishings and objects of worship from a multitude of places and various historical periods can be found. Some of these are still used during the ceremonies in the places of worship

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