Dead Sea Scrolls put back on display as Israel Museum set to reopen

President Reuven Rivlin visits the Israel Museum in Jerusalem as the Dead Sea Scrolls are put back on display, after they were put in a safe-room due to the coronavirus pandemic.

The museum is set to reopen on Thursday.

“The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls in the caves at Qumran caused us great excitement in the first decade of the State of Israel. It was a greeting from our predecessors, Jews living in this land over two thousand years ago,” Rivlin says, according to a statement from his office.

He adds: “At times like this we thirst for the works of art and archeology at this special museum, and we have a responsibility to our cultural institutions which are the spiritual foundations of the Jewish and democratic State of Israel.”

The discovery of the Dead Sea Scrolls enthralled us in the first decade of Israeli independence. Delighted to accompany their reinstallation at the Shrine of the Book, ahead of the museum's reopening tomorrow where this priceless cultural asset will be back on public display. pic.twitter.com/izRp9hKTUy

— Reuven Rivlin (@PresidentRuvi) August 12, 2020