The Museum - The Alley (Kucha)


The alley exhibited in the Museum is a reconstruction
of one of the side-streets in the Jewish Quarter of
Baghdad at the beginning of the 20th century. Here
one can see typical houses with their overhanging
balconies, and workshops on the lower levels demonstrating
all kinds of industries.

There is a Tel embroidery workshop displaying clothes
and various hand-craft. Further on are gold and
silversmith workshops showing the various stages of the
craft up to the finished objects. Along the alley one
comes across colorful cloth and spice dealers' shops
and a reconstructed Baghdadi Jewish coffee house.