Israel Museum

The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, was founded in 1965 as Israel's national museum.

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Jerusalem - Israel

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The museum comprises of several main sections:

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• The collection of the Bezalel Museum of Fine Arts;
• a vast collection of Judaica and Ethnography, exhibits of items typical of various Diaspora Jewish communities;
• Fine art galleries;
• Period rooms;
• Art objects from Africa, North and South America, Oceania and the Far East;
• An archeological wing containing artifacts from prehistoric times to the 15th century;
• A sculpture garden with over 60 works;
• The Shrine of the Book which houses rare biblical manuscripts, including the Dead Sea Scrolls;
• A youth wing comprising galleries, classrooms and workshops, with an extensive educational program;
 
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