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


Were the Qumranites preparing for the War of Gog and Magog?

A visit to Qumran National Park and the history of the Dead Sea Scrolls

The site of the Qumran Scrolls, known as the Dead Sea Scrolls

Israel Museum to reopen on Tuesday

Although it briefly reopened in the summer, Israel’s flagship museum, has been closed most of the time since the beginning of the pandemic in March.

The Peter and Pan exhibition at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem

Israel Museum goes remote for exhibit at Ticho House

Somehow, the “impersonal” digital presentation fit the bill to a tee, in more than one sense.

 ARTIST INBAL Hoffman talks about her installation-based offering ‘Mundane Heights.’

Sotheby's auctioning 18th-century Torah shield for $1 million

The items are part of a trove from the Sassoon family, a wealthy family originally from Iraq, that the auction house is bringing for sale next month.

Sotheby jewelery auction

Israel Museum to reopen thanks to $4 million grant

The grant will be transferred soon, a representative for the museum said, and the museum will reopen shortly.

THE ISRAEL MUSEUM – to reopen.

With coronavirus restrictions lifted, why is the Israel Museum closed?

While some smaller museums have been able to reopen a few of their galleries, Jerusalem’s Israel Museum has remained closed to visitors

THE ISRAEL MUSEUM – to reopen.

Israel Museum celebrates a decade of supporting local artists collection

Opening later this month, some of the works will be on display at the Israel Museum as part of the 'Shutters and Stairs: Elements of Modern Architecture in Contemporary Art' exhibition.

EILAT CARMI and Merav Hyman, Israel Trail: The Parade, 2018, multichannel video installation.

3,400-year-old Egyptian artifact uncovered in Israel on display in Jerusalem

The artifact was spotted by chance by an Israeli veterinarian swimming off the shores of Atlit, south of Haifa.

3,400-year-old Egyptian anchor uncovered in Israel on display at the Israel Museum.

Grapevine: Human mosaic

IN THE days when he was director of the Israel Museum, one of the people with whom James Snyder worked closely was Dan Meridor, who at the time was chairman of the museum’s board.

ROCKEFELLER MUSEUM, east Jerusalem

New exhibition reveals the secrets of the Israeli ‘Mayflower’

On December 19th, 1919, Ruslan, carrying 600 travelers from Odessa, docked at the port of Jaffa. It has been dubbed “the Israeli Mayflower,” because many of its passengers entered Israel's pantheon.

THE ‘RUSLAN’ anchors at the port of Istanbul on its way from Odessa to Israel in 1919.