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Curacao Maritime Museum

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Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Curacao Maritime Museum
Phone:
+599 9 465 2327

Hours:
SundayClosed
MondayClosed
Tuesday9am - 4pm
Wednesday9am - 4pm
Thursday9am - 4pm
Friday9am - 4pm
Saturday9am - 4pm


The history of the Jews in Curaçao can be traced back to the mid-17th century, when the first Jewish immigrants began to arrive. The first Jews in Curaçao were Sephardi Jewish immigrants from Netherlands, Portugal, and Spain. These immigrants founded Congregation Mikvé Israel-Emanuel, the oldest continuously used synagogue in the Americas. The first Jew to settle in Curaçao was a Dutch-Jewish interpreter named Samuel Cohen, who arrived on board a Dutch fleet in 1634. By the mid-1700s, the community was the most prosperous in the Americas and many of the Jewish communities in Latin America, primarily in Colombia and Venezuela, resulted from the influx of Curaçaoan Jews. In the 20th century Ashkenazi Jews from Eastern Europe immigrated to Curaçao, establishing their own traditions and a school. As of 2013, the Jewish population is around 350.
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