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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.
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]
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.
The Hebrew word for peace is shalom which is derived from one of the names of God. Hebrew root word for "complete" or "whole" implying that according to Judaism and the teachings of the Torah, only when there is a true state of "wholeness" meaning that everything is "complete" does true "peace" reign.
The Knesset compound sits on a hilltop in western Jerusalem in a district known as Sheikh Badr before the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, now Givat Ram. The main building was financed by James de Rothschild as a gift to the State of Israel in his will and was completed in 1966.
The aim of the museum is to put the various peoples covered into historical context. [1] The museum is located on Museum Row in Givat Ram, [2] between the Israel Museum, the National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel, and the Bloomfield Science Museum.
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 ...
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.