David Ibgui, Chief Curator of the Youth Wing, has completed his tenure at the Museum after thirty-two years on the Museum staff, in order to begin working independently as a consultant in the field of museum education. Over many years, David served the Youth Wing as a highly respected educator and curator and, in his capacity as Chief Curator over the past three years, continued the Wing’s impressively long tradition of excellence in art education. While the search for David’s successor as Chief Curator takes place, Eldad Shaltiel, Curator of Art Courses, serves as Acting Chief Curator.

Dr. Silvia Rozenberg, Senior Curator of Classical Archaeology, has published the fourth volume in the series of reports on the Jericho excavations carried out since 1973 by a Hebrew University team led by Prof. Ehud Netzer. The finds of the Jericho excavations, many of them part of the Israel Museum’s permanent archaeological display, are outstanding in both quality and quantity. This impressive volume, entitled “Hasmonean and Herodian Palaces: The Decoration of Herod’s Third Palace at Jericho,” includes finds belonging to the interior decoration of the palace.