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Tower of David Museum

A photo of the Western Wall from the 1920s (AO Freedman)
June 5, 2026, 1:27 am
Tower of David Museum wants your old Western Wall photos
Request for people to search for images comes as Jerusalem institution prepares 2027 exhibit for 60th anniversary of city’s reunification following 1967 Six Day War
By Jessica Steinberg
A capital decorated with menorahs dating to the 2nd-4th centuries CE has been uncovered in the Motza neighborhood in Jerusalem, the Israel Antiquities Authority announced on April 29, 2025. (Arkady Ostrovsky/Israel Antiquities Authority)
December 15, 2025, 2:36 pm
Festival of archaeology? Five ways to explore Hanukkah history in Jerusalem
From the arrowheads used by a Greek army to menorahs, the city offers antiquities enthusiasts many opportunities to celebrate
By Rossella Tercatin
The Rockefeller Museum. (Shmuel Bar-Am)
December 13, 2025, 9:34 am
Jerusalem’s ‘cursed’ antiquity museum reopens its doors amid rumors it may become a hotel
The Rockefeller Archaeological Museum stores some 60,000 artifacts spanning millennia, including unique decorations from the Al-Aqsa Mosque and the Church of the Holy Sepulcher
By Rossella Tercatin
"Yehoram Gaon – The Exhibition," opened at the Tower of David Museum on July 11 and will be on display until December 25, 2025 (GIl Volfson)
July 15, 2025, 10:38 am
Tower of David exhibit tunes in to cultural icon Yehoram Gaon
Jerusalem mayor Moshe Lion calls Gaon’s songs ‘the soundtrack of Israel’ at festive exhibition opening
By Jessica Steinberg
Jerusalem's Tower of David Museum will host an accessibility conference December 4-5, 2024 (Credit Ricky Rachman)
December 2, 2024, 10:08 am
Jerusalem ancient citadel museum to host accessibility conference
Tower of David will mark International Day of Persons with Disabilities with 2-day gathering to examine use of technology to bring heritage sites within the reach of all
By Jessica Steinberg
'On the Other Side,' a collection of artist Zadok Ben-David's installations at the Tower of David Museum, open from September 18, 2024. (Courtesy)
October 20, 2024, 4:32 pm
Vivid sculptures displayed in ancient Jerusalem citadel reflect post-Oct. 7 life cycle
London-based Israeli artist Zadok Ben-David brings his singular metalworks to the Tower of David Museum: ‘Shows how quickly but gradually things change’
By Jessica Steinberg
Curators Adina Kamien (left) and Malu Zayon at their 'Umbilicus' art exhibit at Kishle in Jerusalem's Tower of David Museum, opened July 9, 2024 (Oded Antman)
July 22, 2024, 9:24 am
Contemporary art exhibit takes visitors to the ‘navel’ of ancient Jerusalem
‘Umbilicus’ opens in the Kishle, a former British Mandate prison and active archaeological dig, part of the Tower of David Museum
By Jessica Steinberg
Curator Tal Kobo at the Tower of David Museum's new exhibit, 'Spirit of the Stone,' which opened March 7, 2024 (Courtesy Ricky Rachman)
March 27, 2024, 6:59 am
Exhibit looks at 100 years of Jerusalem through the eyes of its artists
Set in new Tower of David pavilion in Old City and nearby Hamiffal art space, show serves up shot of history chased by exploration of the city’s complicated contemporary realities
By Jessica Steinberg
Rotem Sapir from Kfar Maimon celebrated her bat mitzvah at the Tower of David Museum, with a free photo shoot offered for evacuees from the October 7, 2023, Hamas attacks; her mother, Liat Sapir, commented, 'When we put our story in the perspective of 2,000-plus years, how much hope it gives' (Courtesy Tower of David Museum/Sharon Marks Atshul)
October 26, 2023, 1:36 pm
Museums rush to offer welcome activities online and, where possible, in person
Cultural institutions in most places remain shuttered, while those in Jerusalem can reopen; all are providing online distractions geared especially to displaced Israeli families
By Jessica Steinberg
A woman at the annual Gay Pride Parade in Jerusalem, on June 2, 2022, holds up a sign with the biblical phrase 'Love thy neighbor as thyself.' (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2023, 1:22 pm
Daily Briefing June 1: PM kicks coalition issues down the road; Gay Pride in capital
Legal reporter Jeremy Sharon looks at PM’s move to shut down partners’ proposals and senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur discusses politics of negotiation at judicial overhaul talks
By ToI Staff
The interactive globe at the newly renovated Tower of David Museum in Jerusalem, reopening June 1, 2023 (Courtesy Ricky Rachman)
May 29, 2023, 5:12 pm
Modern and ancient coexist in $50 million Tower of David renovation
Museum in age-old citadel becomes capital’s official gateway to the Old City
By Jessica Steinberg
Restoration work at the Tower of David, near the Jaffa Gate entrance in the Old City of Jerusalem, June 23, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 25, 2023, 6:07 pm
Israeli experts removed, rebuilt top of iconic Tower of David amid fears of collapse
Channel 12 TV report details complex, highly sensitive renovation at ancient site alongside Jaffa Gate entrance to Jerusalem’s Old City
By David Horovitz
Five-year-old Geffen Kan Tor explores the newly renovated Tower of David Museum in December 2022 with her father (Courtesy Ricky Rachman)
January 23, 2023, 11:16 pm
Elevators added to Tower of David museum, making ancient citadel accessible
Museum staff, Antiquities Authority and architects collaborated to safeguard archaeology while finding creative solutions for making museum navigable for people with disabilities
By Jessica Steinberg
Dance piece 'She Looks Like She’d Be An Animal In Bed' by Batsheva dancer Béatrice Larrivée, is a site-specific piece for Ticho House, performed as part of the 'From Jaffa to Agrippas' festival December 30, 2022 (Courtesy Adi Admoni)
December 30, 2022, 8:40 am
Cravings and cultural identity on display in Jerusalem end-of-year dance fest
This year’s ‘From Jaffa to Agrippas’ dance event from the Catamon Dance Group moves from its home in the market to new museum spaces
By Jessica Steinberg
Jessica Lewinsky (left), a conservator, and Ravit Ninner-Soriano, a curator with the Tower of David, pack up the arrowheads to get ready for installation into their permanent display case on December 13, 2022 in Jerusalem. (Melanie Lidman/Times of Israel)
December 13, 2022, 4:09 pm
Surprise Maccabean-era arrowheads discovered while cleaning house at Tower of David
Some 60 bronze and iron arrowheads were forgotten in a box for decades, but will take center stage in newly renovated museum during Hannukah
By Melanie Lidman
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