International Museum Leader to Head Jewish Museum. James S. Snyder, 71, after a long career split between MoMA and the Israel Museum, will lead one of the largest museums dedicated to Jewish ...

After the Hamas attack on Oct. 7, curators in Israel raced to lock their most precious museum items into safe storage. In Gaza, the fighting has caused damage to more than 100 cultural landmarks.

The Israel Museum has always been a place of creativity and dialogue, and that spirit must remain at its core.” As the institution enters its seventh decade, ...

Israel Museum Jerusalem: Guarding the past, shaping the future - interview Suzanne Landau, director of The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, reflects on the institution’s past, present, and future.

Ziva Jelin and her family survived Hamas' brutal attack on Kibbutz Be'eri on Oct. 7. So did the 61-year-old artist's painting Curving Road, which now hangs in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

Jerusalem’s Israel Museum will launch its 60th anniversary with a free, one-time event on June 12 held into the wee hours of the night, featuring live art throughout the museum galleries and ...

The director of the Israel Museum, Denis Weil, has resigned just a year and a half after taking up the position, the museum announced Sunday. No specific reason was given for Weil’s departure.

A recent finding by the Israel Antiquities Authority is now on full display at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. The item on display is an ancient stone box dating back 2,000 years.

Photo by John Williams/The Israel Museum. The display of three bronze portraits of Emperor Hadrian (117 – 138 CE) marks his symbolic return to Jerusalem, showcasing the complex legacy of a ruler known ...

The Israel Museum did not immediately respond to a request for further comment from NBC News. The man’s lawyer, Nick Kaufman, said the statues his client was accused of knocking down were second ...