The Museum of Jewish Theatre in Romania – opened in Iaşi, the city where the first professional Yiddish language theatre in the world was founded in 1876 – aims to reconstruct important moments in the history of Jewish theatre and capitalize on the legacy of cultural institutions representative for it in Romania. Located on the ground floor of the House of Museums, it includes a permanent exhibition distributed over 11 rooms. The Abraham Goldfaden room illustrates, through a manuscript notebook, photographs and posters, the birth of Yiddish theatre in the world and the life of its founder, Abraham Goldfaden, considered the Father of Jewish Theatre. Two halls are dedicated t...o the beginnings of Jewish theatre (19th and 20th centuries) and contain posters and other original documents, which testify to the performances of Goldfadenʼs troupe around the country, in the period after the performances at the “Pomul Verde” Garden in Iaşi. The permanent exhibition continues with four rooms dedicated to the State Jewish Theatre of Iaşi (1949-1963), which contain advertising posters of the institutionʼs first years, a puppet show set, props, programmes, a costume workshop, models of the building demolished in 1963, and a gallery with photographs of the State Jewish Theatre of Iaşi company. The next two rooms are dedicated to the Barascheum Theatre, a Jewish variety theatre, active in Bucharest between 1941 and 1945. Here the visitors can find photos, a replica of a costume belonging to Sara Kanner, playbills and programmes. The room dedicated to the State Jewish Theatre of Bucharest reflects the history of this cultural institution, established on August 1, 1948, still operating today, with an uninterrupted activity since establishment. Props, photographs, posters, and a screen on which movies and filmed shows will be projected are the main features of this room. The last room is interactive, with the walls lined with posters of Jewish performances in Iaşi and Bucharest; here, children will be able to interact and engage in various theatre-related activities.
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