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Shrine of the Book

A view of 'Ages of the World' by German sculptor Anselm Kiefer, donated to the museum's permanent collection and on display for the next year, through 2026 (Elie Posner/Israel Museum)
January 17, 2026, 9:42 am
Israel Museum celebrates 60 with towering art, color-drenched canvases and historical prints
Country’s most prominent cultural institution marks milestone with three new exhibits, including ‘Ages of the World,’ an Anselm Kiefer installation donated to the museum
By Jessica Steinberg
Rhonda Spivak
January 3, 2017, 2:17 pm
Rhonda Spivak
Could Israel lose the Dead Sea Scrolls?
UN Resolution 2334 hands Qumran to the Palestinians, raising the absurd specter of the PA appropriating Jewish history
A manuscript from the Dead Sea Scrolls collection on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on September 26, 2011 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
November 6, 2016, 3:07 pm
Israel says Palestinians may try to claim Dead Sea Scrolls
In latest diplomatic tussle over archaeology, Palestinians reportedly raise demand at UNESCO panel; Israel slams fresh bid to deny Jewish ties to the land
By ToI Staff
The world's smallest bible, printed on a silicon chip the size of a grain of sugar. (photo courtesy of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem)
April 28, 2015, 5:22 am
Israel Museum shows world’s tiniest bible
Technion scientists etch entire Old Testament onto a gold-coated silicon chip the size of a grain of sugar
By Gabe Friedman
A manuscript from the Dead Sea Scrolls collection on display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem on September 26, 2011 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
May 28, 2013, 2:26 pm
News of Dead Sea Scrolls for sale highlights complex legal status
Israel might want the treasured fragments, but there is no obvious legal barrier to selling them on the private antiquities market, officials say
By Matti Friedman
Barack Obama visiting Yad Vashem as a senator in 2008. (photo credit: Meir Azulay/Pool/Flash90)
March 18, 2013, 12:36 pm
Where Obama’s visiting in Israel, where he isn’t, and why
Why is the president spending hours at the Israel Museum but not going near the Western Wall? What’s he doing in Bethlehem? A primer on a tour through a diplomatic minefield
By Raphael Ahren
Caves of Qumran (Shmuel Bar-Am)
December 29, 2012, 5:06 pm
Qumran, the land of buried treasure
The world of the Dead Sea Scrolls comes to life in the ancient Essene desert outpost
By Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am
May 10, 2012, 3:53 pm
Four years on the trail of the codex
Matti Friedman, author of ‘The Aleppo Codex,’ explains how he got drawn into a search for the truth about the most revered version of the Hebrew Bible
By Jessica Steinberg
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