A treasure waiting to be discovered: the Jewish museum Yeshivà Marini

Visits to Jewish sites continue: Sunday, December 8 at 11 the Jewish Museum in via Micali, 21 will be open.
A small museum set up in an ancient Synagogue, inside the Yeshiva Marini in via Micali. Small, but rich in history and beauty. It is accessed from a small inner garden, with an old well, through two flights of stone stairs. It is spread over two floors, the central hall and the women’s gallery of a Synagogue, where the wonderful objects testifying to Livornese Jewish craftsmanship are displayed. Of particular interest are the fabrics. Here you can see fabrics of rare beauty and sophistication, fabrics that we find in the great portraits of noblewomen of the Sixteenth century. Silvers by Florentine silversmiths, corals, precious and unique, Livornese craftsmanship, ketubot, ancient books. The wardrobe stands out for its refinement, the Aron-Ha-Kodesh, the oldest object of the Jewish presence in Livorno, in wood covered in gold, decorated with coins, foliations, and garlands, which was present in the first Synagogue of Livorno, an office in via Ferdinanda. Livorno’s history passes through this museum, where you can see the Livornine, signed by Grand Duke Ferdinando: the paper representation of the Machiavellian policy of the Medici, at the moment when they were creating the city of Livorno and its population.