When Collections Enter into Dialogue: Cultural Mediation at the Terra Sancta Museum Intensifies
Hakayet Turath, literally “Stories of Heritage” in Arabic, is an educational and cultural initiative led by the NGO Pro Terra Sancta and funded by the European Union. Built around the Terra Sancta Museum’s collections, the program seeks to make culture accessible to all.
Denise Marie Scalzo: “Promoting a Culture of Peaceful Encounter Between Palestinians and Israelis”
International exhibitions always give us the opportunity to meet inspiring people. In this interview, Denise Marie Scalzo, a founding member of the Franciscan Foundation for the Holy Land (based in San Diego, California), looks back on her long relationship with the Holy Land.
Artist and Franciscan: Art as a Path of Evangelization
The Terra Sancta Museum - Art & History is not the only artistic work of the Custody of the Holy Land. The Magnificat music conservatory and its choir, as well as individual friars, explore the relationship between art and mission. We meet one of them, Brother Balu.
The Terra Sancta Museum through the eyes of an Israeli Archaeologist
David Gurevich is the director of the Institute of Archaeology at Ariel University. He loves fascinating discoveries in Jerusalem and he is a licensed tour guide for over 20 years.
New York, 2025: Christian religious art in the spotlight!
The Frick Collection in New York rolled out the red carpet for the Treasure of the Holy Sepulcher by inaugurating the exhibition “To the Holy Sepulcher: Treasures from the Terra Sancta Museum” on October 2. This is the first exhibition of its kind on American soil, and certainly not the last!
Benoît Constensoux, a spiritual perspective on art
Art is not just a technical matter; it has a soul. This is what Benoît Constensoux, an art historian with a passion for the Holy Land and co-curator of our upcoming exhibition at the Frick Collection in New York, reveals to us.
