News

6 February 2023

PRESS RELEASE FROM THE TERRA SANCTA MUSEUM ON THE ACTS OF VANDALISM OF THURSDAY 2ND FEBRUARY 2023

The Terra Sancta Museum, as an institution directly involved in the preservation and protection of the Cultural Heritage of the Custody, shares the latter’s feelings of concern and disapproval ...

31 January 2023

Giulia Morotti, Guardian of the Condotte

From at least the 16th century until the 1990s, the friars recorded by hand all donations received for their works in the Holy Land. Their study reveals an untold story of the links between the ...

25 January 2023

The conversion of St Paul by Friedrich Pacher or when the Tyrol invites itself to the museum

25th January marks the feast-day of the conversion of St Paul. The Terra Sancta Museum has a painting representing this episode which will be one of the works displayed in the museum. Let’s discover it.

9 January 2023

Palestinian Craftsmanship on Display in Bethlehem

From December 19, 2022 to January 4th, 2023 an exhibit was shown in Bethlehem called “Minkom wa elaykom”, which is the result of a collaboration between the Terra Sancta Museum (TSM) and the Dar ...

4 January 2023

Benedict XVI, art and liturgy at the service of the faith

[Pope Benedict XVI] Our late Pope was an ardent defender of culture, the arts, beauty at the service of liturgy and the life of faith of believers. During his trip to the Holy Land, he offered several gifts, some of which will be displayed in the Terra Sancta Museum. Discover them in this article as well as the filial link between the Custody of the Holy Land and the Holy Seed.

14 December 2022

Discovering the Palestinian Icons of Jerusalem

[Discovery] We present to you the first discovery tour of Palestinian icons in the Old City of Jerusalem! Organized by the mediation team of the Terra Sancta Museum, this tour makes the Armenian and Greek cathedrals of Jerusalem accessible to the public, and provides a way for visitors of various faiths to understand this sacred heritage.