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Israel Museum
The Israel Museum in Jerusalem, was founded in 1965 as Israel's national museum. The museum comprises of several main sections:
- The collection of the Bezalel Museum of Fine Arts;
- a vast collection of Judaica and Ethnography, exhibits of items typical of various Diaspora Jewish communities;
- Fine art galleries;
- Period rooms;
- Art objects from Africa, North and South America, Oceania and the Far East;
- An archeological wing containing artifacts from prehistoric times to the 15th century;
- A sculpture garden with over 60 works;
- The Shrine of the Book which houses rare biblical manuscripts, including the Dead Sea Scrolls;
- A youth wing comprising galleries, classrooms and workshops, with an extensive educational program;
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