The Museo Sefardí, in Toledo, Spain, occupies the old one of the Convent of Knights of Calatrava, annexed to the Synagogue of El Tránsito, and it shows historical, religious aspects and of the customs of the Jewish past in Spain, as well as of the Sephardic, the descendants of the Jews who lived in the Iberian peninsula until 1492.
In 1964, it was decided that the Synagogue of El Tránsito or synagogue of Samuel ha-Leví be the seat of the Sephardic Museum, which aims to preserve the legacy of Hispanic-Jewish and Sephardic culture to be integrated as an essential part of Spanish Historical Heritage, task that plays until the present time. In accordance with Royal Decree 1305/2009, of July 31, creating the Spanish Museum Network, the Museo Sefardí is one of the National Museums owned and managed by the State, attached to the Ministry of Culture.
Museo Sefardí was created by Royal Decree in 1964 and housed in the Sinagoga del Tránsito. It was opened to the public in 1971. Since then Spanish museography has developed significantly through national reforms from 1986 to 1994 and from 2001 to 2003.
The synagogue was built in the middle of the 14th century by Samuel Leví, a diplomat and treasurer to King Pedro I. Due to various historical vicissitudes this building became a church, the archive for two military orders, a simple place of worship, a military barracks and last but not least, our Museo Sefardí.
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