The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

The Israel Museum is Israel’s leading encyclopedic museums. The museum’s collections include the archaeology of the Holy Land, Jewish Art and Life and Fine Arts.

The museum’s Fine Arts departments include Israeli Art; European Art; Modern Art; Contemporary Art; Prints and Drawings; Photography; Design and Architecture; Asian Art; African Art; Oceanic Art; and Arts of the Americas.

An urn-shaped building on the grounds of the museum, the Shrine of the Book, houses the Dead Sea Scrolls and artifacts discovered at Masada.

Highlights of the Israel Museum, Jerusalem

• “Love” sculpture by Robert Indiana
• Venus of Berekhat Ram
• The interior of a 1736 Zedek ve Shalom synagogue from Suriname
• Necklaces worn by Jewish brides in Yemen
• Islamic prayer niche from 17th-century Persia
• Heliodorus Stele
• Second Temple model
• The Death of Adonis by Peter Paul Rubens

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

• Museum:                  Israel Museum, Jerusalem
• Hebrew:                   מוזיאון ישראל
• Country:                   Israel
• Established:             1965

Israel Museum, Jerusalem Map 

Israel Museum, Jerusalem 360 External view

Israel Museum, Jerusalem 360 Internal View

Israeli Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings

• Israeli Proverbs, Quotes, and Sayings

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Israel Museum

Israel Museum

Model of Ancient Jerusalem – Israel Museum

A Tour of Jewish Museums and Holocaust Memorial Museums

• Jewish Museum, NYC
• William Breman Jewish Heritage Museum
• Jewish Museum of Australia
• Jewish Museum London
• Jewish Museum, Berlin
• Jewish Museum in Prague
• Jewish Museum of Greece
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
• The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

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 “L’Chaim!”
– Traditional Jewish toast

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