Museo Sefardí

Om museet

The Museo Sefardí was created by Decree 874/1964 of 18 March, which set its seat in the Tránsito Synagogue, also known as the Synagogue of Samuel ha-Leví, in Toledo's Jewish quarter. The museum opened in 1971 with the mission of preserving and publicising the legacy of Hispano-Jewish and Sephardic culture as part of Spain's historical heritage. It occupies the synagogue and the former convent of the Order of Calatrava next to it.

It is a State museum attached to the Ministry of Culture and part of the Red de Museos de España (Spanish Museum Network), created by Royal Decree 1305/2009. The route combines a visit to the building itself with exhibition rooms, courtyards and a Women's Gallery (Galería de Mujeres) devoted to the daily life of Sephardic families, from birth and education to festivals and death.

In the north courtyard, tombstones from Jewish necropolises are displayed, and in the east courtyard there are possible remains of public baths and the floor of the synagogue's east wall, where the Torah ark stood. The Prayer Hall and the east courtyard can host cultural events. In 2024 the museum received 259,211 visitors.

Højdepunkter

• Tránsito Synagogue, also called the Synagogue of Samuel ha-Leví
• Women's Gallery on Sephardic daily life
• Tombstones from Jewish necropolises in the north courtyard
• Possible remains of public baths and the east wall floor in the east courtyard
• Tactile plans, models and a multimedia guide with audio description

Permanent udstilling

• Exposición permanente del Museo Sefardí – A route through the Hispano-Jewish and Sephardic legacy in the Tránsito Synagogue, the courtyards and the Women's Gallery, with archaeological pieces, tombstones and objects of daily and religious life.

Grundlagt

1971

Ejer

Ministerio de Cultura

Besøgende pr. år

ca. 259.211 (2024)

Entrépriser & rabatter

Gratis entré: Saturdays from 14:00 and all Sundays; 18 April, 18 May, 12 October and 6 December.

Individual tickets are not booked in advance and are bought at the ticket office. Free admission, with accreditation, also applies to unemployed people and pensioners, teaching staff, official guides and practising journalists, the museum's cultural volunteers, and members of ICOM and other professional associations.

Tilgængelighed

• Delvis kørestolsvenlig
• Elevator: ingen oplysninger
• Handicaptoilet: ingen oplysninger
• Handicapparkering: ingen oplysninger
• Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
• Taktile tilbud
• Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
• Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
• Synstolkning

The museum has wheelchairs for visitors and platform lifts in some areas; up to three wheelchair users may be in the exhibition room at the same time. Because of the limitations of the historic building, access by wheelchair or pushchair may be more difficult, especially in the Women's Gallery. There are magnetic induction loops, tactile plans and models, magnifying glasses and Braille texts in some parts of the route. The multimedia guide includes audio description and sign-language videos. For enquiries about the platform lifts, call 925 99 09 83.

Børn og familie

Access with a pushchair can be difficult in some areas of the historic building, especially the Women's Gallery.

Transport & parkering

From Madrid you can travel by high-speed train (AVE), by bus from the Plaza Elíptica interchange, or by car via the A-42 motorway.

Service & spisesteder

• Museumsbutik
• Wi-fi

The museum shop keeps the museum's opening hours (telephone 925 22 37 80). Visitors can connect to the free “MultimediaMuseo” network to use the multimedia guide on their own device.

Arrangementer & udlejning

• Lokaler til leje

The Prayer Hall and the east courtyard may host cultural events, subject to availability and provided they are compatible with the museum's aims. Requests are handled by the Communication Department (comunicacion.msto@cultura.gob.es).

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