About The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Overview
The Israel Museum is the largest cultural institution in the State of Israel and is ranked among the world’s leading art and archaeology museums. Founded in 1965, the Museum houses encyclopedic collections, including works dating from prehistory to the present day, in its Archaeology, Fine Arts, and Jewish Art and Life Wings, and features the most extensive holdings of biblical and Holy Land archaeology in the world. In nearly seventy years, thanks to a legacy of gifts and generous support from its circle of patrons worldwide, the Museum has built a far-ranging collection of nearly 500,000 objects, representing the full scope of world material culture.
Source: Museum website
Governing entity
Israel Antiquities Authority
Israel Antiquities Authority, P.O. 586, Jerusalem, Sultan Suleiman, 9100402, Israel
Artifacts in this museum
The Great Inscription of King Tukulti-Ninurta I
Alabaster stone
Cite this page
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "The Israel Museum, Jerusalem." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 06 Jun. 2020, omnika.org/stable/590. Accessed 13 Nov. 2024.
OMNIKA (2020, June 06). The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/590
OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. "The Israel Museum, Jerusalem." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created June 06, 2020. Accessed November 13, 2024. https://omnika.org/stable/590.
