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Contact: Sandra Goren, Canadian Friends of Israel Museum
phone: 416-782-0020
email: norsan@rogers.com
The Israel Museum
Founded forty years ago, The Israel Museum is the leading cultural institution of Jerusalem. Its first wing was the Samuel Bronfman archaeological wing, which presents the largest and most significant collection of archaeology found in the land of Israel from the earliest periods through the Second Temple. The Foundation is providing endowment funds as well as the necessary capital to renovate the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Archaeological Wing with the latest technological advances and ideas.
Founded forty years ago, The Israel Museum is the leading cultural institution of Jerusalem. Its first wing was the Samuel Bronfman archaeological wing, which presents the largest and most significant collection of archaeology found in the land of Israel from the earliest periods through the Second Temple. The Foundation is providing endowment funds as well as the necessary capital to renovate the Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Archaeological Wing with the latest technological advances and ideas.
As you can read via the link to the Museum’s website:
The Wing is currently closed for comprehensive renewal and will reopen to the public in 2009-2010.The new permanent display will reveal the story of the Land of Israel through its unique archaeology. Embracing some 8,000 objects over 4,000 square meters of gallery space, it will present the cultures of the Land in seven chapters, from Prehistory through Biblical and Herodian times to the Islamic period, together with an accompanying display of the neighboring civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Persia, Greece, and Rome. Special galleries will also be devoted to ancient glass, coins, and Hebrew script.
