Archaeological Collection of the Israel Museum
The Archaeological Collection of the Israel Museum is one of the three sub-collections and the four departments of the Israel Museum . It is mostly housed in the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Archeology Wing in the main building of the museum in Jerusalem . The collection consists of two large sub-collections, which in turn are subdivided into smaller sections, from three thematic special collections as well as the Shrine of the Book and the Rockefeller Museum . The collection thus fulfills the role of a National Archaeological Museum. For the area of today's Israel in particular, the museum is one of the most outstanding institutions in the world, but it is also a world-class museum for neighboring cultures and regions. Due to the many cultures that inhabited, ruled or otherwise came into contact with this area, the collection is of extraordinary cultural diversity.
History and structure
The history of the Archaeological Collection of the Israel Museum is closely related to the history of the museum itself. The foundation was made by the children of the Canadian entrepreneur Samuel Bronfman on the occasion of his 70th birthday. The renovation and restructuring was financed by Charles Bronfman and his children.
The collection consists of two parts. On the one hand from permanent loans from the Antiquities Authority of the State of Israel, which mainly includes finds from the regular excavations - these exhibits represent the far greater number of exhibits - and on the other hand from artefacts that are in the museum's possession.
Partial collections
Thematic collections
literature
- Michael Dayagi-Mendels and Silvia Rozenberg: Chronicles of the Land. Archeology in The Israel Museum Jerusalem. 4th edition, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem 2016, ISBN 978-965-278-373-8
