Terra Sancta Museum

Notice of temporary closure

In accordance with directives issued by the Government, the museum will remain closed from today until further communication.

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Medicine in the Terra Sancta: Symbol of International and Interreligious Charity

Jerusalem, 1785

In 1785 an epidemic of the plague swept the Holy Land. Years later, in 1898, Paolo Gaidano immortalized in a painting, ..

Design of the sacred: the new catalogue of liturgical vestments and fabrics

The new catalogue of the Terra Sancta Museum dedicated to sacred vestments, edited by Maria Pia Pettinau Vescina with the contribution of ..

From the Ecole des Chartres to Jerusalem to study a 15th century manuscript

Interview with Geneviève Alday, student and archivist and paleographer in Paris, came to Jerusalem to make studies on a manuscript from ..

Preparing the opening of the Terra Sancta Museum: The restoration of a mosaic found on Mt. Sion

The archaeologist Daniela Massara, researcher and curator of the archaelogical collection of the Terra Sancta Museum, brings us the discovery of a mosaic found in 1930.

Reopening of the construction site of the archaeological section of the Terra Sancta Museum

The first tasks dedicated to the consolidation and creation of new structures for the future museum displaying the archaeological discoveries of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum have begun.

The Terra Sancta Museum

Located in the heart of the old city of Jerusalem, the Terra Sancta Museum exhibits Christianity’s archaeological and artistic heritage, which has been carefully preserved for 800 years by the Franciscans.

The multimedia and archeological sections will gradually be opened to visitors eager to discover the roots of Christianity in their homeland. The opening of the historical section is scheduled for 2021, which will reveal the many donations made by the Royal Courts of Europe over the centuries.

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Notice of temporary closure

Medicine in the Terra Sancta: Symbol of International and Interreligious Charity

Design of the sacred: the new catalogue of liturgical vestments and fabrics

From the Ecole des Chartres to Jerusalem to study a 15th century manuscript

Preparing the opening of the Terra Sancta Museum: The restoration of a mosaic found on Mt. Sion

Reopening of the construction site of the archaeological section of the Terra Sancta Museum

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