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The story of the reliquary used for the feast of the Invention of the Cross
This morning, the Holy Sepulcher celebrated the feast of the Invention of the Cross by St. Helena (from the Latin invenire: find). On this occasion, a reliquary in gold and precious stones of the ...
Funeral of Christ: Franciscan Treasures of Good Friday
Today churches around the world celebrate and commemorate the Passion and death of Jesus Christ. Each year, on the very site where the historical events took place, in the Holy Sepulcher, a ceremony ...
Go behind the scenes of the Terra Sancta Museum!
Passionate for the History of Art and the Holy Land, a team of volunteers of various nationalities worked for several months at the museum in order to inventory and to exhibit the exceptional ...
Fundraising: When United Kingdom supports the Terra Sancta Museum in Jerusalem
Pro Terra Sancta UK hosted its launch event April 4th to raise funds to complete the new Terra Sancta museum in the old city of Jerusalem. The museum aims to “Build a bridge of ...
A.Sakleh, carpenter in Bethlehem: "My armoires will house a treasure!"
An unusual hubbub reigns in the department of Cultural Goods at the Custody of the Holy Land. The coming and going of volunteers carrying liturgical vestments is mixed up with that of carpenters who ...
Scientific Committee: Terra Sancta Museum receives its roadmap
From Monday 4th to Tuesday 5th March, the Scientific Committee - composed of directors of museums and art historians from all over the world - of the Terra Sancta Museum met in Paris for its fourth ...
The Polish language arrives at the Terra Sancta Museum
On March 7 at the Monastery of the Flagellation in Jerusalem, in the spaces dedicated to the Terra Sancta Museum, the Polish version of the multimedia installation was opened. This initiative was ...
The Treasury of the Holy Sepulchre unveils its collection of liturgical vestments.
Testaments to the dedication of Europe’s sovereigns to the Holy Land, the Custody’s liturgical vestments have attracted the interest of numerous art historians, whose study will help choose ...
Reportage - From the "École du Louvre" to the Terra Sancta Museum
The collections of the Custody of the Holy Land attract every year more and more Art History students. This is the reason for the partnership with the École du Louvre, to send students who are ...
A digital invitation to the Terra Sancta Museum!
The Terra Sancta Museum is most pleased to announce to you the release of its digital application, which will guide you during your visit to the museum! Thanks to our free wifi service, you can ...
The Custody's collection attracts a foreign student
TERRASANCTAMUSEUM/MEETING. During a volunteer experience in the Department of Cultural Goods of the Holy Land, Carlotta Schiavon, a student in Art History, discovered the unique heritage of the ...
Archaeological excavations : « These ceramics are a treasure of historical data”
TERRASANCTAMUSEUM/MEETING: Interview with Stefania Peluso, archaeologist at the Custody of the Holy Land, entrusted with the study of the ceramic collection, dating from the 15th and 16th centuries, ...
