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The Terra Sancta Museum is a network of museums managed by the Custody of the Holy Land and located in the Old City of Jerusalem. [1] [2] It originated from the first "Museum of the Franciscan Fathers" opened in 1902 [3] [4] to exhibit the results of archaeological excavations conducted in the Holy Land by the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum. Today it includes the Terra Sancta Museum - Archaeology situated at the Church of the Flagellation [5] and the Terra Sancta Museum - Art and History located at the Monastery of Saint Saviour. [6]

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Terra Sancta Museum - Archaeology

As the successor to the original museum established in Jerusalem in 1902 by Custos Frediano Giannini, this museum displays the history of the Holy Land and the origins of Christianity through the exhibition of finds from excavations conducted by Franciscan archaeologists of the Studium Biblicum Franciscanum, as well as objects donated to the museum. [7] [8] [9] [10]

The museum's collections are displayed in three wings :

Terra Sancta Museum - Art and History

This museum is currently under construction at the Monastery of Saint Saviour located in the Old City of Jerusalem. The launch of this project was officially announced on March 10, 2013, by Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Custos of the Holy Land at that time. [14] The museum's construction work began in 2018, with an opening to the public anticipated in 2027.

The Terra Sancta Museum - Art and History will display the artistic and cultural heritage preserved by the Custody of the Holy Land from the Middle Ages to the contemporary period. These collections have been showcased to audiences worldwide during several exhibitions while awaiting the museum's opening, notably in France at the Palace of Versailles in 2013, [15] and in Lisbon at the Calouste Gulbenkian Museum in 2023. [16]

The museum's collections will be displayed in three sections :

Selected Exhibitions with Museum Collections

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