Museo Ebraico di Roma

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Lonely Planet review

The historical, cultural and artistic heritage of Rome's Jewish community is chronicled in this small but engrossing museum. Housed in the city's early-20th-century synagogue which, since a terrorist attack in 1982, has a permanent carabinieri guard stationed outside, it presents harrowing reminders of the hardships experienced by Europe's oldest Jewish community.

Exhibits include copies of Pope Paul IV's papal bull confining the Jews to the Ghetto and relics from the Nazi concentration camps.

You can take a one-hour guided walking tour of the Ghetto from here; these usually leave the museum at and Mon-Thu and Sun, and at on Fri, though the schedule can be inconsistent. The cost is around €7 for adults and around €5 for children; you must book at least 30 minutes in advance.