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The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

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Glass in the Israel Museum

  • Date iconMarch 20 2002 - May 5 2003
  • Curator(s): Yigal Zalmona and Yael Israeli
  • Glass
  • : Dale Chihuly, Alvar Aalto
The exhibition highlighted the Museum's extensive glass collections, representing over 3,000 years of glass production - from antiquity to the present - through 150 examples of ancient glass displayed together with glass works from the Museum's Departments of Judaica, Fine Art, and Design, alongside modern masterpieces by Dale Chihuly and Alvar Aalto. Glass works from different periods and cultures were displayed side by side to illuminate similarities and differences in material properties, manufacturing techniques, and function.