Israel Museum, Jerusalem

Israel Museum, Jerusalem The Israel Museum is the largest cultural institution in the State of Israel and is ranked among the leading art and archaeology museums in the world.

Founded in 1965, the Museum houses encyclopedic collections ranging from prehistory through contemporary art and includes the most extensive holdings of Biblical and Holy Land archaeology in the world, among them the Dead Sea Scrolls. In just 50 years, the Museum has built a far-ranging collection of over 500,000 objects through an unparalleled legacy of gifts and support from its circle of patron

s worldwide. The Museum also organizes and presents programming at its off-site locations in Jerusalem at the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum, where it presents archaeological artifacts from the Land of Israel, and at its historic Ticho House in downtown Jerusalem, a venue for exhibitions of contemporary Israeli art.

01/06/2026

FIFA World Cup 2026 at the Ticho House garden ⚽🍺 Come watch screenings of the matches, and enjoy drinks and snacks.

The World Cup games will be broadcast on a big screen in the magical Ticho House garden, in the heart of the city, during the months of June and July. Eser restaurant will be offering beer, wine, alcohol, and nibbles during the games.

Admission is free!

Screening schedule:
20.6 at 20:00 | Netherlands-Sweden
22.6 at 20:00 | Argentina-Austria
29.6 at 20:00 | Last 32
30.6 at 20:00 | Last 32
1.7 at 19:00 | Last 32
4.7 at 20:00 | Round of 16 finals
7.7 at 19:00 | Round of 16 finals

Ticho House, HaRav Agan St. 10, Jerusalem

The Israel Museum will offer all visitors free admission this weekend ✨ as part of the “Israeli Poalim” project sponsore...
28/05/2026

The Israel Museum will offer all visitors free admission this weekend ✨ as part of the “Israeli Poalim” project sponsored by Bank Hapoalim!

Embark on a cross-cultural journey that spans masterpieces of Israeli and international art, significant archaeological findings from the region, and treasures of Jewish culture from both Israel and beyond.

🗓️ Friday-Saturday 29-30.5
🕐 Friday from 10:00-14:00, Saturday from 10:00-16:00

Advance registration required, please visit our website for additional information.
בנק הפועלים Bank Hapoalim

You’ve got mail | Lea Nikel’s letters from the Chelsea HotelNikel spent four years living in Manhattan’s legendary Chels...
26/05/2026

You’ve got mail | Lea Nikel’s letters from the Chelsea Hotel

Nikel spent four years living in Manhattan’s legendary Chelsea Hotel, as of 1973 and until she settled back in Israel in 1977. While there, she was part of the bohemian landmark’s circle of artists, performers, writers, and musicians.

Her works from that period incorporate addressed envelopes, stamps, and masking tape—expressing Nikel’s longing for her family and a strong affinity with Dada. Nikel’s personal form of mail art involves ephemera and paper scraps that attest to relationships with faraway family and friends, and a reckoning with the distance she took in order to develop as an international artist.

Several artworks from this period are now on view in our exhibition, Lea Nikel: Path to Eden.

[Lea Nikel, Untitled, 1975. Collage; envelopes, wrapping paper, and adhesive tape on cardboard. Collection of Noemi Givon, Tel Aviv.]
[Lea Nikel, Untitled, 1974. Collage; envelope, masking tape, sellotape, acrylic, and graphite on paper. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Gift of the artist.]
[Lea Nikel, Untitled, 1974. Collage; watercolor, envelope, masking tape, oil pastel, and silver paint on paper. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Gift of the artist.]

Harvesting the first fruits is a central commandment associated with the Shavuot holiday. The vine holds a place of hono...
21/05/2026

Harvesting the first fruits is a central commandment associated with the Shavuot holiday. The vine holds a place of honor among the land's produce — in the story of the spies sent to scout the land in the biblical Book of Numbers, they returned carrying a cluster of grapes so large that two men were required to carry it.

This story was adopted by the Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts founded in Jerusalem in the early 20th century, and the cluster of grapes became a motif incorporated into many artworks.

These ceramic tiles depict two spies carrying an especially large cluster of grapes, set against a desert landscape. A closer look reveals that pomegranates and fig leaves—among the Seven Species, or agricultural staples noted in the bible—also grow on the vine, emphasizing the land’s abundance. The image of this pair carrying the grape cluster on a pole came to symbolize the harvesting of the first fruits, as seen in this photograph from a Bezalel album, and later continued to represent the land’s bounty for official institutions and many wineries.

[Ceramic Tiles with the Spies Carrying Grapes, ca. 1925. Glazed ceramic]

Happy birthday to German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, born on May 21, 1471!One of Dürer’s best known prints is “Me...
21/05/2026

Happy birthday to German Renaissance artist Albrecht Dürer, born on May 21, 1471!

One of Dürer’s best known prints is “Melencolia I” (1514), which can be interpreted as the artist’s spiritual self-portrait. It features a winged personification of melancholy, that gloomy temperament that often afflicts artists, and she is surrounded by tools associated with architecture, geometry, and artistic pursuits (a testament to Dürer’s interest in scientific calculations and theories of proportion). The Roman number “I” in the artwork’s title likely refers to the first level of melancholy according to a three-part categorization outlined by Renaissance thinkers: melancholy of imagination, reason, and intellect.

“Melencolia I” is one of the artist’s master prints, in which he elevated engraving to a high art form. Dürer helped shape and expand the potential of European printmaking, turning the medium into a powerful tool for spreading ideas.

Come see Dürer’s prints on view in our exhibition, The Medium and the Message: Six Centuries of Printmaking.

[Albrecht Dürer, Melencolia I, 1514. Engraving. The Vera and Arturo Schwarz Collection of Dada and Surrealist Art in the Israel Museum.]

International Museum Day at the Israel Museum ✨ Free admission!Monday, May 18, 10:00–16:00We welcome you to join guided ...
17/05/2026

International Museum Day at the Israel Museum ✨ Free admission!
Monday, May 18, 10:00–16:00

We welcome you to join guided tours throughout the museum to view masterpieces, rare archaeological finds, and prized objects of Jewish culture.

On International Museum Day we’ll be offering a special tour, The Museum Connects: Communities, Identities, and Memories. We will observe how a collective Israeli story was formed here, through worldwide Jewish communities, objects, traditions, and artworks.

Please find more details on the museum website.

13/05/2026

Voice from the Desert: The Great Isaiah Scroll will reopen to the public on Friday, May 15!

This exhibition, which displays the oldest known manuscript of a complete biblical book, will reopen to the public after being shuttered on the morning of February 28 following the outbreak of war. All displays were transferred into museum storage for protection at that time.

They have not been on view since, out of our commitment to preserve one of the museum’s most sensitive and significant objects, which holds great meaning for the Jewish people and the world at large.

The reopening of the exhibition on Friday, May 15 will once again allow for an encounter with the original Isaiah Scroll, and the fascinating tale of its discovery in the Qumran Caves.

The scroll will be on display for 4 months only! Due to conservation considerations, attendance is limited and timed-entry visits are required. Please reserve tickets in advance on the museum website.

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The Israel Museum will open with free admission ✨ as part of the “Israeli Poalim” project.For three weekends in May, the...
12/05/2026

The Israel Museum will open with free admission ✨ as part of the “Israeli Poalim” project.

For three weekends in May, the museum will offer all visitors free admission — sponsored by Bank Hapoalim!

Embark on a cross-cultural journey that spans masterpieces of Israeli and international art, significant archaeological findings from the region, and treasures of Jewish culture from both Israel and beyond.

🗓️ Friday-Saturday, 15-16.5, 29-30.5
🕐 Fridays from 10:00-14:00, Saturdays from 10:00-16:00

Advance registration required, please visit our website for additional information.
בנק הפועלים Bank Hapoalim

⁨ לכבוד חודש הבגרויות אנחנו מאחלים בהצלחה לכל הנבחנים.ות! 📚✏️באוסף המוזיאון נמצא לוח חרס קטן מלפני כמעט 4000 שנה, עם תרג...
08/05/2026

⁨ לכבוד חודש הבגרויות אנחנו מאחלים בהצלחה לכל הנבחנים.ות! 📚✏️

באוסף המוזיאון נמצא לוח חרס קטן מלפני כמעט 4000 שנה, עם תרגילי חשבון, לוח הכפל, של תלמיד מהעולם הקדום בכתב יתדות ממסופוטמיה.
ובאחד התרגילים… יש אפילו טעות!

מוזמנים להגיע לאגף לארכיאולוגיה, לגלריות התרבויות השכנות, לנסות למצוא את לוח הכפל ולפתור את התרגילים.
(אל תדאגו לצד החפץ יש גם תעתיק בעברית)

טבלת לוח הכפל חקוקה בכתב היתדות
בבל (עיראק), האלף השני לפני הספירה, טין
מתנת נורולה אלגאניאן, ניו-יורק, לידידי מוזיאון ישראל בארה״ב
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“My art can never be anything but my sense of life, whatever form I give it.” – Menashe KadishmanMenashe Kadishman: Urba...
07/05/2026

“My art can never be anything but my sense of life, whatever form I give it.” – Menashe Kadishman

Menashe Kadishman: Urban | Nature
Opening on May 10

From drawings on telephone books to interventions in the urban landscape, this exhibition presents a riveting and lesser-known chapter in the work of Menashe Kadishman, a prominent and beloved figure in Israeli art.

The decade between 1969 and 1979 was an experimental and groundbreaking period in Kadishman’s work. In the late 1960s, he adopted the telephone directory as a central medium since, as he later recalled, it was often the only book present in the hotel rooms where he stayed, mostly in New York. Through a nearly obsessive practice of concealing and revealing the pages of these telephone books, he explored his dreams and studies in color and form.

Alongside his work with telephone directories, Kadishman created interventions in nature. “I wanted to work with the forest made by the Creator, the organic forest, and integrate a manmade mechanical forest within it, with forms that contrast with nature,” he explained.

The works presented in this exhibition explore the relationships between artistic creation, life, and forces of nature – fundamental elements at the heart of Kadishman’s lifelong practice.

[Menashe Kadishman, Yellow Tree, 1974. Silkscreen on paper. Gift of the artist.© The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Elie Posner]

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