The Israel Museum is located in Jerusalem’s Givat Ram neighborhood, near the Knesset, the Supreme Court, and the Givat Ram campus of Hebrew University. Founded in 1965, the 50,000-sq meter museum serves as a major center for art (particularly Jewish art) and the archeology in the Middle East. Museum highlights include the Shrine of the Book (a separate structure housing ancient manuscripts), the Bezalel Art Wing with its large collection of European and Israeli art, a Judaica and Jewish Ethnography collection (ancient and modern) drawn broadly from the Jewish Diaspora, the Billy Rose Art Garden (featuring modern and abstract sculpture), and the Second Temple model—a 1:50 representation of Jerusalem as it may have existed before the Great Revolt of 66 CE. The museum also administers Ticho House, which features the art of Anna Ticho and provides a venue for chamber music, and the Rockefeller Archaeological Museum, which houses a major collection of local artifacts excavated during the period of the British Mandate. Facilities include restaurants (in all three locations), gift shop, bicycle parking, and many areas that are handicap accessible. Admission is fee based.
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