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First inventory of Franciscan monasteries in Jaffa discovers new sacred objects
From the 5th to the 9th of November, two students from the Ecole du Louvre and an Italian researcher in goldsmithing travelled to Jaffa to make an inventory of the sacred objects held in the ...
Terra Sancta Museum, work begins at St. Savior’s Monastery
The Scientific Committee of the Terra Sancta Museum gathered at the St. Savior’s Monastery in Jerusalem, from Sunday, September 23, to Wednesday September 26, for the third meeting dedicated to the ...
A photographic exhibit on the daily life of the friars of the Custody
The daily life of the Franciscan friars of the Custody of the Holy Land is recounted by the shots taken by Thomas Coex, a photographer for Agence France Presse. From June 11 until the end of October, ...
The Chasuble of the “Immacolata”, an exclusive preview from the first book of the “Catalogues of the Terra Sancta Museum”
On the occasion of the Marian Month, we offer the description of a precious vestment from the 17th century as a preview of the first volume of the new book series dedicated to the Terra Sancta ...
The SBF Archeological collections for the Terra Sancta Museum: new findings and works for the archeological section
Whoever enters the Convent of the Flagellation today will notice a new name on some doors: SBF Archaelogical Collections. This will be the name of the new section of the Terra Sancta Museum which, ...
Resumption of work for the Historic section of the Terra Sancta Museum: study of spaces and scenographic project.
A new stage of work has just been completed for the Historic section of the Terra Sancta Museum at the Saint Saviour Convent in Jerusalem. "The primary objective of these new meetings was to check ...