A shofar is there too, an ancient musical instrument made from a ram’s horn. Talk about giving meaning to Old Testament stories.

This one is 12 inches and curved with a label saying the shape symbolizes a contrite heart bent in repentance.

Not sure I can claim those traits after shrimp cake eggs benedict, but I truly was thankful for the experience of this museum. A guided tour of the Synagogue is possible too for the $5 suggested donation, a lovely place with many architectural features in a smallish space.

The antique maps, prints and books John and Ginger Duncan love so much is just a block away, so history, heritage, antiques, artifacts and a genuine love of what happens in their space every day join this museum and the shop, both in sight of Monterey Square.

A different kind of style blends a tearoom and shopping place two blocks and one square north.

Madison is the name of the square and Gryphon Tea Room serves Thai lemon and Himalayan strawberry tea, plus salads and sandwiches. Breakfast too. I didn’t eat, but did gaze a long time.

Go inside. Stained glass ceiling, windows overlooking Madison Square and Bull Street, Honduran mahogany, Tiffany-style lamps and a clock with carved mahogany griffins.

This used to be a pharmacy, filling prescriptions and serving ice cream since 1913. Now it’s owned by the Savannah College of Art and Design, as is the good-looking shop across the street.

Hand crafted art for sale, for using as much as admiring, in Shop SCAD on Madison Square.

Crowded, jam-packed is the opposite feature in a long-time family business a few blocks further along Bull, turning west on State Street. Wright and Johnson squares are the landmarks.

Go here with three purposes: order up an extra copy of your house key, enjoy local colorful people and places and contemplate bringing back the dead.

William Houdini Bradley owns the Lock & Key Shop and he’s proud of the photos of Harry Houdini and his wife on the walls, loaded with locks and keys, Halloween decorations, horse bridles and historic tools of many decades.

His family has owned the shop for 130 years so far and his dad was a hypnotist too.

“My father was particularly interested in séances to bring back the dead,” today’s Bradley says. “As far as I know, he never did.”

But he did receive a photo autographed by Bess Houdini, wife of the master magician, illusionist and folk hero. And gave his son a middle name.