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16 August 2023

An important discovery for the Palestinian art of mother-of-pearl

Preparing exhibitions is always an occasion for discoveries or rediscoveries. Only a few hours before the inauguration of “Memories of Saint-Saviour : convent, parish, museum”, while ...

13 July 2023

Behind the scenes of an exhibition, Act II

A part of the masterpieces of the Terra Sancta Museum has flown off to Lisbon to be exhibited from November 2023 at the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. Here we continue our visit behind the ...

7 July 2023

Memories of St Saviour for the inhabitants of Jerusalem

Thanks to the support of the AFD (Agence française de développement) and of the NDC (Ngo for Development Center), the Custody invites inhabitants of Jerusalem, pilgrims and visitors to travel back ...

20 June 2023

University of Bethlehem and the Terra Sancta Museum, a partnership of competences

As part of the "Action for the identity and resilience of East Jerusalem” financed by the AFD - Agence Française de Développement’ and implemented by the NDC – NGO for development center, the ...

31 May 2023

“Memories of Saint Saviour: convent, parish, museum”:

Exhibition from 6th June to 25th July Following in the line of the exhibition “Minkom wa alaikom”, which was held in December 2022 at the Dar al Sabagh center in Bethlehem, the ...

15 May 2023

An unsuspected treasure on the walls of St Saviour’s church

Two large frames with a red background, on which there were very many small metal objects, were recently taken down from the walls of St Saviour’s church. The first aim of the operation was to ...