Israel Museum
Overview
Israel's national museum on the Hill of Tranquility, crowned by the Shrine of the Book's white dome sheltering the Dead Sea Scrolls. The Kedron Valley model of Second Temple Jerusalem, Billy Rose's sculpture garden with an original Picasso chapel, and world-class archaeology from the Chalcolithic hoards to Islamic art.
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