Memorial site and living memory: the widely known Jewish Museum in Merano
Image gallery: Merano Jewish Museum
Since the late 19th century, Merano has been home to a significant Jewish community. Its history, from its rise to persecution and today's cultural life, is preserved and kept alive at the Merano Jewish Museum (Jüdisches Museum Meran) in the Via Friedrich Schiller road.
The museum, the synagogue, and the cemetery form a unique ensemble of Jewish history and culture. You can obtain the key for the entrance gate of the Jewish Cemetery in the Via San Giuseppe road directly from the museum. There, you'll find the graves of numerous Jewish spa guests and prominent figures, including the writers Joseph Wechsberg and Nahida Lazarus. The exhibition in the museum is divided into three sections: history, religion, and the Shoah.
Documents and historical objects, such as a Torah scroll (presumably from the 15th century) and tefillin (phylacteries), trace the development of the Jewish community. The exhibition illuminates the period of National Socialism and the Holocaust, the difficult reconstruction after the Shoah, and the community's current cultural life. The connection to the growing Jewish tourism up until the 1930s is also addressed. For instance, Chaim Weizmann, the later first president of Israel, was a guest in Merano. The exhibition rooms in the synagogue were recently redesigned by the Merano artist Ulrich Egger to present the collection in a contemporary way.
The project was supported by the Autonomous Province of Bolzano and the town of Merano. How to get there: The museum is located southwest of the Thermal Baths in the Old Town of Merano and is a ten-minute walk from the arcades or half that time from the Thermal Baths car park.
Contact info
- Via Friedrich Schiller / Friedrich-Schiller-Strasse 14 - 39012 - Merano / Meran
- +39 0473 605636
- museum@meranoebraica.bz
Opening times
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Admission
free admission
More information
The opening hours of the synagogue correspond to those of the museum. The key to the Jewish Cemetery is available at the Merano Jewish Museum, which is a 20-minute walk away.
The museum stays open from Monday to Friday all year round, Saturday and Sunday rest days. It remains closed on Jewish holidays.
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