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

The Eretz Israel Museum hosts Local Testimony 2025, a moving exhibition of photography documenting war, life, and hope.

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.’
‘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

ANSELM KIEFER’S monumental sculpture ‘Die Erdzeitalter (Ages of the World).’

Anselm Kiefer’s ‘Ages of the World’ sculpture now on view at the Israel Museum

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Israeli delegation brings museum innovation to first ICOM summit in Arab region


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.

Musical magic at Israel Museum

The Jerusalem Jazz Festival at the Israel Museum popped off last week.

 AMERICAN TRUMPETER Dave Douglas.

Jerusalem Jazz Festival returns to Israel Museum

The three-dayer features the likes of stellar American trumpeter Dave Douglas, vocalist Michael Mayo, as well as a cultured foursome led by German pianist Julia Hulsmann.

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