The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

| Still/Moving

Place: Nathan Cummings Building for Modern and Contemporary Art

| Israeli Art

Place: Ayala Zacks Abramov Pavilion for Israel Art

| Modern Art

Place: Lotte and Walter Floresheimer Pavilion for Impressionist and Post Impressionist Art
Closing: 01/07/2011

| Model of Jerusalem in the Late Second Temple Period
In the year 66 CE, the Great Revolt against the Romans erupted, resulting in the destruction of the city and the Temple. The ancient city was then at its largest, covering an area of approximately 445 acres. The model thus reflects ancient Jerusalem at its peak. Built at the initiative of Hans Kroch, owner of the Holyland Hotel, in memory of his son Jacob, who fell in Israel's War of Independence, the model opened to the public in the early 1960s on the premises of the hotel, and has now been relocated to the Israel Museum.
Three main sources were used to reconstruct the appearance of the city: writings from the Roman period, ancient cities similar to Jerusalem, and archaeological discoveries from Jerusalem itself. Extensive excavations in Jerusalem have greatly enhanced our understanding of the ancient city and enabled us to update the model, and it is expected that such work will continue in the future.

Place: Mr. and Mrs. Henry R. Kravis Gallery

| A Wandering Bible: The Aleppo Codex
The amazing story of the Aleppo Codex, the most authoritative manuscript of the Masoretic text of the Bible, which was written in Tiberias in the 10th century, preserved by the Jewish community of Aleppo from the 14th century on, and brought to Israel in the 1950s. The Codex is accompanied by rare biblical manuscripts from the Late Second Temple Period and the Middle Ages and by related Jewish and Muslim objects. Shrine of the Book, Lower Level

Place: Shrine of the Book