Jewish Museum Carlo e Vera Wagner, museum in Italy
The Jewish Museum Carlo e Vera Wagner is a history museum in Trieste that spans two floors and displays the community's collection of Judaica objects. It includes a small synagogue, a section covering centuries of Jewish life from the Middle Ages onward, and a memorial area dedicated to those deported during the Holocaust.
The building originally served as a Jewish hospital in the 17th and 18th centuries and later housed an agency that helped Jewish refugees escape to Palestine and America by ship. The museum itself was founded in 1993 to preserve the Jewish history of Trieste.
The museum displays how the Jewish community in Trieste lived, worshipped, and celebrated over centuries through religious objects and daily items. These artifacts show the deep connection between the community and its traditions that continues today.
The museum sits in a central location on Via del Monte in Trieste and is easy to access, with all exhibition texts available in Italian and English for visitors from different countries. Visitors should check opening hours in advance, as the museum closes on major Jewish holidays such as Rosh Hashanah and Pesach.
Outside the museum stands an area called Gal Avanim, a lapidary housing old stone markers from Trieste's Jewish cemetery. This collection connects visitors directly to the remains of the city's historical Jewish burial site.
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