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Behind the scenes of the management of an immense heritage: the digital database for the cultural heritage of the Custody of the Holy Land
When we enter a museum to admire its collections, we are often unaware of the hard work behind the objects we see on display. However, behind each label, there is a history of study, discoveries and, ...
Art at the service of the liturgy: interview with Brother Jorge Barba, artist of the Custody of the Holy Land
Art and liturgy have been closely intertwined since the early years of the Church's birth. Even if, at certain moments, art history turns to “profane” subjects such as gender, landscape or ...
The registers of conduits: “A gold mine for tracing the history of the museum’s collections!”
Preserved in the archives of the Custody of the Holy Land since the 17th century, the registers of conduits are now being transcribed. True historical treasures, they allow curators to immerse themselves in the history of the Franciscans and of the museum’s collections.
A preview from the historical section of the Terra Sancta Museum: the Byzantine vestment of the Transfiguration
The Byzantine Vestment of the Transfiguration: an embroidered masterpiece from 1935. The expert Maria Pia Pettinau Vescina reveals its secrets in this article.
Cataloging at the Terra Sancta Museum in Nazareth
Michele, an intern at the Cultural Heritage Office of the Custody of the Holy Land, tells us about his experience at the Terra Sancta Museum branch in Nazareth.
Sandals, Beauty and Liturgy: the search for beauty in the sacristy of the Saint Saviour Monastery
The search for beauty in the sacristy of the Saint Saviour Monastery
A museum at the service of education and peace
A museum that is not "just a research laboratory in archaeology" but a place that can "reveal common roots and identities, a knowledge that contributes to peace".
Opportunities and challenges for a volunteer from the Terra Sancta Museum: cataloguing at Gethsemane
Michele Colaianni tells us about the cataloging at Gethsemane
At the school of mother-of-pearl artisans in Bethlehem
Instituted by the Franciscans during the 16th century, mother-of-pearl craftsmanship has been revived in Bethlehem. Concerned about preserving and valuing this Christian and Palestinian cultural ...
The Keys of a Work: the Sanctuary Lamp of the Austrian Empire
On the occasion of the exhibition "Jewelry making: Past and Present" at the Islamic Art Museum in Jerusalem, we present one of the objects that the Custody of the Holy Land lent for the exhibition.
The gifts of Louis XIV offered to the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem
One of the most astonishing collections of French religious orfèverie, offered by Louis XIV to the Holy Land, has been preserved by the Franciscan Custody of Jerusalem since the 17th century. The ...
A museum in a unique place: the Saint Saviour monastery
“The fact of being in the city and not outside the walls, as during the time of their first home on Mount Zion near the Cenacle, meant for the Franciscans a permanent and more regular contact with ...
