Israel Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Museums=== {{Main list|List of Israeli museums}} [[File:Billy Rose Art Garden (14755133799).jpg|thumb|[[Shrine of the Book]], repository of the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]] in Jerusalem]] The [[Israel Museum]] in Jerusalem is one of Israel's most important cultural institutions<ref name="imj">{{cite web |url=http://www.english.imjnet.org.il/page_1465?c0=14896&bsp=14393 |publisher=The Israel Museum, Jerusalem |title=About the Museum |access-date=13 March 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130302154234/http://www.english.imjnet.org.il/page_1465?c0=14896&bsp=14393 |archive-date=2 March 2013 }}</ref> and houses the [[Dead Sea Scrolls]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imj.org.il/eng/shrine/index.html |publisher=The Israel Museum, Jerusalem |title=Shrine of the Book |access-date=13 August 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709044752/https://www.imj.org.il/eng/shrine/index.html |archive-date=9 July 2007 }}</ref> along with an extensive collection of [[Judaica]] and [[European art]].<ref name="imj"/> Israel's national [[The Holocaust|Holocaust]] museum, [[Yad Vashem]], is the world central archive of Holocaust-related information.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/about/index.asp |publisher=Yad Vashem |title=About Yad Vashem |access-date=20 March 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120314132026/http://www1.yadvashem.org/yv/en/about/index.asp |archive-date=14 March 2012 }}</ref> [[ANU - Museum of the Jewish People]] on the campus of [[Tel Aviv University]], is an interactive museum devoted to the history of Jewish communities around the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bh.org.il/about-us.aspx |publisher=Beth Hatefutsoth |title=Museum Information |access-date=13 August 2007 }}</ref> Israel has the highest number of museums per capita.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://travel.cnn.com/best-israel-museums-361281/ |title=10 of Israel's best museums |last=Ahituv |first=Netta |date=29 January 2013 |publisher=CNN |access-date=9 January 2017}}</ref> Several Israeli museums are devoted to Islamic culture, including the [[Rockefeller Museum]] and the [[L. A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art]], both in Jerusalem. The Rockefeller specializes in archaeological remains from Middle East history. It is also the home of the first [[hominid]] fossil skull found in Western Asia, called [[Galilee Man]].<ref>{{cite book|url={{Google books|4Z0YrPfeHa8C|page=|keywords=|text=|plainurl=yes}}|title=Through the Ages in Palestinian Archaeology: An Introductory Handbook |page=50|first=Walter E.|last=Rast|year=1992|isbn=978-1-56338-055-6|publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group}} "Galilee man" (lowercase "m") in this source is a typo β ref. [[Solo Man]], [[Peking Man]] and so forth.</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page