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Bible Lands Museum
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Basic Information |
| Location 31.7749°N 35.2025°E |
| Phone number 02-5611066 |
| Country Israel |
| City Jerusalem |
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General Information |
| Open to visitors yes |
| Need appointment no |
| Handicap accessibility yes |
| Website http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible_Lands_Museum |
| Geographical Coordinates 31.77537,35.20279 |
31.77537 35.20279
Contents
General
The Bible Lands Museum is a museum in Jerusalem, Israel, that explores the culture of the peoples mentioned in the Bible, among them the ancient Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines, Arameans, Hittites, Elamites, Phoenicians and Persians. The aim of the museum is to put these peoples into historical context. The museum is located on Museum Row in Givat Ram between the Israel Museum, The National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel, and the Bloomfield Museum of Science.
History and time period
The museum was founded by Elie Borowski in 1992 to house his personal collection. On a visit to Jerusalem in 1981, a woman he met at a hotel, Batya Weiss, encouraged him to bring his collection to Israel rather than establish a museum for it in Toronto, Canada, as he had intended. She put him in contact with Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek. Borowski heeded her advice, and built the Bible Lands Museum. The two eventually married.
Exhibits
The main gallery displays hundreds of artifacts: ancient documents, idols, coins, statues, weapons, pottery, and seals from across the ancient Near East. Many topics are elaborated upon in brief articles on the walls (e.g. the origins of the alphabet, embalming, and Abraham's journey). The museum also exhibits scale models of ancient sites in Jerusalem, a Ziggurat at Ur and the pyramids at Giza. While the museum's emphasis is the history of ancient Near Eastern civilizations, the curators draw attention to relevant biblical verses. For example, above a gallery of ancient Anatolian jugs is the verse "Behold, Rebecca came forth with her pitcher on her shoulder; and she went down unto the fountain and drew water" (Genesis 24:45).
General Information
Opening Hours:
Sun., Mon., Tues., Thurs. 9:30 - 17:30
Weds. 9:30 - 21:30
Fri. & Holiday Eves. 10:00 - 14:00
Tickets: Adult 40 NIS Senior Citizen- 30 NIS Child/Student- 20 NIS
Photo Gallery
