The Hebrew Museum, Prague

It's been more than a hundred years since the leaders of the Jewish community in Prague decided they had to do something drastic to keep the culture and traditions of Jewish life in the capital of Czechoslovakia.

The Jewish community district in Prague decreased in size over time, in favor of new restructuring plans of the city and demolitions taking place, especially in the second half of the IX and X century, hitting many of the valuable buildings.

It is believed that today more than 2,000 people come to the Josefov district and the Hebrew museum, every day, with a purely tourist purpose. There are services for the general public, temporary art exhibitions, art galleries, Spanish Synagogue, Prague being the home to quality musical concerts.

Recently, the foundations of an educational and cultural center of the Jewish community was established, together with the achievement of an encyclopedia. This is a place lost in history, with a clouded past that, though tragic, full of pride and courage, never lost in its own tears. The Hebrew Museum in Prague hosts now the largest collection of Judaic objects in the world, about 40,000 books and 100,000 artistic creations.

It is unique not only for the large number of volumes stored here, but also for the fact that they are brought ​​exclusively from all over Bohemia and Moravia, thus easing the work of those who want to inquire and learn about the history and life of Jews in the Czech Republic.