Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaïsme : Professionnels du tourisme

TourismOrganising a group visit

Guided visits for groups of ten to twenty-five

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All group visits to the museum must be booked in advance. Groups of up to twenty-five are admitted.

Contact
Marjolaine LEVY, Chargée des réservations
Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme
71, rue du Temple
75003 Paris

Telephone from Monday to Friday: 10.00 to 17.00 : 33 (0)1 53 01 86 62
Fax : 33 1 (0)1 53 01 86 63
Email : groupes

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Speaking aloud is restricted to curators, teachers accompanied by students, tour guides, and lecturers with professional credentials.

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Museum Monday to Friday 11.00 to 16.00
Sundays from 10.00 to 14.00.
Closed on Saturdays and for the festivals of Rosh ha-Shanah, Yom Kippur, 1^st January and 1^st May.

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Bookshop : accessible without a ticket.
Free audio tours in 5 languages (English, German, Spanish, French and Hebrew) for the permanent collections tour.

There is disabled access to main areas of the museum. The museum holds the “Tourism and handicap” label for the hard of hearing.

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Charge for a guide : 120 €
Entrance admission : 5 €/pers.

Duration : 1.30 hour

The Museum

The Museum of Jewish Art and History is situated in one of the finest private mansions in Paris. Here discover in a warm and quiet atmosphere, the development of Jewish communities through their cultural heritage and traditions.
Enjoy precious religious art objects, textiles and manuscripts, and witness unique documents about intellectual, artistic and historic movements – including the archives of the Dreyfus affair.

Intervenants : Sandrine Adass, Yaël Baranès, Katia Gloger, Elisabeth Kurztag, Betty Lau, Raphaëlle Laufer-Krygier, Isabelle Pleskoff-Berkowitz, Déborah Sicsic.

Visits in french, english, hebrew, spanish or german.

To know

The documentation centre, freely open to the public, is a resource centre on Jewish culture. It contains a book library, video library and photo library.
Numbers of documents are in English: www.rachelnet.net

Guided Tours

fleche The museum’s collection
Visit proposed in English, Spanish, Hebrew, with native speaking guides

This visit traces the development of Jewish culture through the study of diverse objects, documents and artworks in Mahj’s collection spanning the Middle Ages to the 20^th century. Appreciate how Jewish communities have preserved their traditions while at the same time adapting to and adopting the dominant cultures in the Diaspora.

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Visit proposed in English, Spanish, Hebrew, with native speaking guides

You will discover the significance and meaning of holidays in the Jewish calendar an key moments in the cycle of life and their rites through the museum’s collection of ritual and objects.

fleche Jews, Christians and Muslims
Visit proposed in English, Hebrew, with native speaking guides

Jews, Christians and Muslims all claim a common ancestor, Abraham and the same concept, monotheism. What is unique to each religion? And beyond their differences, what values, emblematic figures, and rites do all three religions share? You will consider the museum collection through a comparative perspective and in their historical and cultural contexts.

Outside

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Visit proposed in English, Hebrew - non native speaking

Following the guide in the Marais district in Paris, you will discover a place where Jews used to live since the Middle Ages. This will make an introduction to the history of the French Jews.