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design by Alfred Mansfeld and Dora Gad. Led CE, and provides historical context to the
by James Carpenter Design Associates of Shrine’s presentation of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
New York and Efrat-Kowalsky Architects of Tel
Aviv, the project also included the complete The Old City
renewal and reconfiguration of the Museum’s Jerusalem is a city with a far-reaching history
Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Archaeology from many eras. The Old City contains the
Wing, Edmond and Lily Safra Fine Arts Wing, Muslim, Christian, Armenian and Jewish
and Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Wing Quarters and is home to several sites of key
for Jewish Art and Life. religious importance: The Temple Mount and
Jerusalem campus is the Shrine of the Book, designed by Rock and al-Aqsa Mosque for Muslims. The

Western Wall for Jews, the Church of the Holy
Sepulcher for Christians, and the Dome of the
Among the highlights of the Museum’s original
Old City's monumental defensive walls and
Armand Bartos and Frederick Kiesler, which
houses the Dead Sea Scrolls—the oldest
city gates were built in 1535–1542 by the
biblical manuscripts in the world—as well as
Ottoman sultan Suleiman the Magnificent.
This is truly one of the most amazing and
rare early medieval biblical manuscripts.
intriguing places on earth!
Adjacent to the Shrine is the Model of
Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period, Jerusalem’s Authentic Dishes
Where Biblical History Converges with the Modern Era which reconstructs the topography and Jerusalem's culinary scene is a fusion of
ancient and modern recipes using both
architectural character of the city as it was
before its destruction by the Romans in 66 Eastern and Western cooking techniques. The
Jerusalem Old City Wall Photo:IMOT Flickr
Mamilla Mall. Photo: Noam Chen, IMOT Flickr

far-ranging collection of nearly 500,000
objects, representing the full scope of
world material culture. In the summer of
2010, the Israel Museum completed the
most comprehensive upgrade of its 20-
acre campus in its history, featuring new
galleries, entrance facilities, and public
spaces.

The three-year expansion and renewal
project was designed to enhance the
visitor experience of the Museum’s
collections, architecture, and surrounding
landscape, complementing its original

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