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Permanent and temporary exhibitions concerning Jewish history, customs and traditions are located in six historic sites very close to each other in the Jewish Quarter (Josefov).
The same ticket is valid for all six sites and comes with a map (NOTE: You cannot buy a ticket for individual sites!!)
Also Note: The popular Old-New Synagogue is not part of the Jewish Museum's 6 sites, so a separate entrance fee is charged.
The six sites are:
The Maisel Synagogue: (Street: Maiselova 10) dates back to 1590. It has been reconstructed many times since. The current building is a pseudo-Gothic design by Prof. A Grott in 1893-1905.
The Spanish Synagogue: (Street: Vezenska 1)) was built in 1868 on the site of the oldest Prague Jewish house of prayer ("the Old Shul"). It was designed in a Moorish style by Vojtech Ignátz Ullmann.
The Pinkas Synagogue: (Street: Siroka 3 ) In 1535 Aaron Meshullam Horowitz had it built between his house "U Erbu" and the site of the Old Jewish Cemetery. 80,000 names of the Jewish victims of Bohemia and Moravia are written on its walls.
The Old Jewish Cemetery: (Street: Siroka 3 - entrance at Pinkas Synagogue) was established in the first half of the 15th century. Along with the Old-New Synagogue, it is one of the most important hictoric sites in Prague´s Jewish Town. The oldest tombstone, which marks the grave of the poet and scholar Avigdor Karo, dates from the year 1439. Burials took place in the cemetery until 1787. Today it contains some 12,000 tombstones, although the number of persons buried here is much greater. It is assumed that the cemetery contains several burial layers placed on top of each other.
The Klausen Synagogue (Street: U Starého hrbitova 3a): Dates back to 1573. After the destruction of the original Klausen by the fire of 1689, work began on the present Klausen Synagogue building which was completed in 1604. Further reconstruction of the Klausen Synagogue took place in the 1880s. It was the largest synagogue in the ghetto and the seat of Prague´s Burial Society.
The Ceremonial Hall: The building housing the fomer Ceremonial Hall and mortuary of the Old Jewish Cemetery was built in a pseudo-Romanesque style in 1911-12 to a design by architect J. Gerstl. As part of the Jewish Museum, the Ceremonial Hall of the Prague Burial Society Hevrah Kaddishah (founded in 1564) later became an exhibition venue.
Opening Times & Price
Sun - Fri : 9am - 6pm (Nov - Mar to 4.30pm)
Closed Saturdays and Jewish holidays
Entrance Fee: 300 Czech Crown gains entry to the 6 sites. (NOTE: You cannot buy a ticket for individual sites!!)
Tickets
U Starého hrbitova 3a
(next to Klausen Synagogue)
Prague 1
tel: + 420 - 222 317 191
e-mail: rezervacni.centrumjewishmuseum.cz
How to Get There
Metro: Staromestska
External Links
Official Web Site
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