Jews, an Italian story. The first thousand years

2 October 2018 – 2 October 2019

From October 2nd 2018, the exhibition itinerary Ebrei, an Italian story. The first thousand years of the National Museum of Italian Judaism and Shoah (Via Piangipane 81, Ferrara) becomes permanent and returns to be visited, revised in the setting up and with more than half of the works already exhibited since December 2017.

The MEIS tells the experience of Italian Judaism, describing how it was formed and developed in the Peninsula from the Roman age to the Middle Ages, and how it built its own peculiar identity, even compared to other places in the diaspora. Through the video contributions of some experts, precious and rare objects, immersive pauses, multimedia inserts, reconstructions (the Temple of Jerusalem, the Arch of Titus, the Jewish catacombs, the synagogues of Ostia and Bova Marina), sounds and music, the narration identifies the areas of origin and dispersion of the Jewish people, and traces the exile routes to the western Mediterranean. He documents his stay in Rome and in the south, he talks about migration, slavery, integration and religious intolerance, in relation to both the pagan and the Christian world. It follows the flowering of Judaism in southern Italy in the Middle Ages, before its expulsion, and then the clarification of an Italian Jewish culture throughout the country.

To introduce the themes of the Museum, the multimedia show With the eyes of Italian Jews, edited by Giovanni Carrada and Simonetta Della Seta: two thousand two hundred years of Italian history and culture in twenty-four minutes, seen and told through the eyes of the Jews.

Opening hours: Tuesday to Sunday from 10 to 18.

Full ticket € 10, reduced € 8 (from 6 to 18 years, university students, MyFE Card holders, affiliated categories); groups of 8 to 15 people € 6 (one free companion for every 15 paying guests); schools € 5 (two free escorts for each class). Free admission for children under 6, 100% disabled people with a guide, journalists and tour guides with ID cards, ICOM members and uniformed soldiers.

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