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The Shrine of the Book (Hebrew: היכל הספר, Heikhal HaSefer) is a wing of the Israel Museum in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem that houses the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Aleppo Codex, among others.
Givat Ram, a hill in the west of the city, which had been an assembly point for the Gadna Youth Battalions, was chosen for this purpose. The topography of the site was made up of three ridges, meshed with the idea of establishing three clusters of buildings – the government precinct, a university campus and a museum.
It is situated on a hill in the Givat Ram neighborhood of Jerusalem, adjacent to the Bible Lands Museum, the National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel, the Knesset, the Israeli Supreme Court, and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Israel Museum houses a collection of approximately 500,000 items. [2]
Israel Railway Museum: Haifa: Transportation – railways Israeli Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum: Haifa: Israel Defense Forces – Sea Corps: Israeli National Maritime Museum: Haifa: Maritime history Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space: Haifa: Science and technology, hands-on exhibits 400,000 [11] Moshe Shteklis ...
The blue color of tekhelet was later used on the tallit, which typically has blue stripes on a white garment. From the 19th century at the latest, the combination of blue and white symbolized the Jewish people, [18] and this combination was chosen for the Flag of Israel.
The Bible Lands Museum (Hebrew: מוזיאון ארצות המקרא ירושלים, Arabic: متحف بلدان الكتاب) is an archaeological museum in Jerusalem, that explores the culture of the peoples mentioned in the Bible including ancient Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines, Arameans, Hittites, Elamites, Phoenicians, Persians and Jews.
On the valley's west side is the hill of Givat Ram, with the Israel Museum and the Knesset overlooking the valley. On its east is the neighborhood of Rehavia . The Tzofim scout movement maintains its Jerusalem headquarters in the Valley of the Cross.
The list of outdoor sculptures throughout Israel was created by a team of museum curators and Information Center for Israeli Art staff. This list represents outdoor art created by Israeli artists whose artwork is found within the collections of the Israel Museum , Jerusalem.