Sephardic Museum (Granada)

The museum, a private initiative,[2] occupies a typical house in the Realejo – the Jewish quarter of Granada before the expulsion of the Jews in 1492.

Jews have been present in Granada for more than fifteen centuries, during which –and especially during the golden age of Andalusian Jews– they provided the city with many relevant figures, including scientists, writers, politicians and artisans, such as Samuel Ibn Naghrillah, who endowed the city with a system of public baths, or Judah ibn Tibbon, physician, translator, politician and poet.

[3] The Realejo quarter is located in the Old city, southeast of the Alhambra, at the foot of the monumental complex.

The Sephardic Museum of Granada first opened its doors in 2013,[4] the year in which the Spanish government ruled to grant Spanish nationality to descendants of the Sephardi Jews expelled as a result of the Alhambra Decree, signed by the Catholic Monarchs in the very same hometown of this Jewish community.

[1] Highlights in the exhibition include a collection of objects of Jewish worship, a "ceramic kitchen" (complete kitchen equipped with ceramic objects) and a small Sephardic-style courtyard.