Israel Museum

Ancient maps, scorched books, and survival art: Inside Israel Museum’s winter exhibitions

The Israel Museum opens its new winter fare with ancient charts, abstract paintings, compelling graphics, and alfresco beauty.

A New Map of the Promised Holy Land,’ by Dutch father and son Justus Danckert the Elder and Cornelis Danck erts the Younger, dating to around 1700, has our coastline running west to east.
Ticho House in Jerusalem.

Late Blossoms: Imagined encounters in Anna Ticho’s literary salon - book review

Avishai Shaar-Yashuv  documented the first few  months of Emily Damari’s life  following her return from  captivity in Gaza, for ‘The New  York Times.’

Local Testimony 2025: Powerful images of conflict, life, and hope at Eretz Israel Museum

‘Memento Mori’ by Adi Harush and Ben Tzur references Victorian mourning jewelry and the arc between heritage and contemporary works.

Melting Point at the Museum for Islamic Art shows what jewellery can be


Bouncing Bach: The eighth edition of Bach Festival celebrates the composer's work - review

This year's Bach Festival, already in its eighth edition, will see the Jerusalem Baroque Orchestra perform the storied musician's pieces.

 GERMAN TENOR Richard Resch: Baroque poetry has a different vocabulary.

Rare stone box from the Second Temple period discovered in the City of David

The discovery is now on exhibit at the Israel Museum, and it shows evidence of the destruction of Jerusalem 2,000 years ago.

 The box on display at the Israel Museum archaeology gallery.

Jerusalem court acquits man who smashed 'blasphemous' statues at Israel Museum

The president of the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court sent him to involuntary hospitalization for four years, a period equal to the maximum prison sentence for the offense attributed to him.

Broken statues are seen at the Israel Museum on October 5, 2023

Israel's museums enact war protocol to protect most precious treasures

"You really have to choose the finest or the most fragile artifacts," a museum worker said.

 The Hall of the Dead Sea Scrolls at the Israel Museum, on May 2, 2018

Check out Israeli museums amid the ongoing Hamas war

Some museums around Israel have begun opening their gates, and many offer free admission. Others are offering mainly online activities.

 MERAV HEIMAN ‘Photomontage’ 2010, at the Eretz Israel Museum.

Museums provide resources for children, in person and online, amidst the war

Many of the activities first went online during the Covid crisis. Now, in another moment of major disruption, they are coming back into use.

 Getting into a creative mood.

US tourist destroys 'blasphemous' Roman statues at the Israel Museum

An American citizen was detained by security forces in the museum after being observed shattering the statues, which he claimed were "in violation of the Torah."

Broken statues are seen at the Israel Museum on October 5, 2023

Jerusalem highlights August 25 – 31

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

 CELEBRATE MUSIC from the Orient with Linet Mor Menashe.

New York’s Jewish Museum taps former Israel Museum head James Snyder as its next director

“Running a museum today is harder than it’s ever been and James’s experience is a huge asset for us at this time,” Robert Pruzan, the museum’s board chairman, told the New York Times.

 Then the director of the Israel Museum, James Snyder appears at the Rockefeller Museum during a press conference about thirty years of archaeological excavations in Ashkelon which culminated in the discovery of the first Philistine cemetery ever found in Jerusalem, Israel, July 10, 2016.

The glory of ancient feasts is being revived at the Israel Museum

Shikma Brewery to produce exclusive limited-edition beer for the exhibition, based on ancient beer produced in ancient Israel.

 NURIT GOSHEN, curator of Chalcolithic and Bronze Age archaeology at the Israel Museum and curator of The Feast exhibit poses with a set of formal Israeli Foreign Ministry dinnerware displayed at the exhibit.