Palestine Museum of Natural History
The Palestine Museum of Natural History is a natural history museum in Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine. Founded in 2013, it opened to the public in 2017.- Opening hours: 24/7
- Email: info@palestinenature.org
- Type: Museum
- Description: natural history museum in Bethlehem
- Also known as: “PMNH” and “PMNH of Bethlehem University”
- Address: Caritas Street
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rachel’s Tomb and Church of the Nativity.
Rachel’s Tomb
Place of worship
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Rachel's Tomb is a site revered as the burial place of the Biblical matriarch Rachel. The site is also referred to as the Bilal bin Rabah mosque. The tomb is held in esteem by Jews, Christians, and Muslims. Rachel’s Tomb is situated 360 metres northwest of Palestine Museum of Natural History.
Church of the Nativity
Church
The Church of the Nativity, or Basilica of the Nativity, is a basilica located in Bethlehem, West Bank, Palestine. The grotto holds a prominent religious significance to Christians of various denominations as the birthplace of Jesus. Church of the Nativity is situated 1½ km south of Palestine Museum of Natural History.
Caritas Baby Hospital
Hospital
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
The Caritas Baby Hospital is the only purely pediatric hospital in the Palestinian territories. It falls into the jurisdiction of the Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and is sustained by the Catholic non-profit organizations Kinderhilfe Bethlehem and Aiuto Bambini Betlemme in Switzerland, Germany and Italy. Caritas Baby Hospital is situated 300 metres north of Palestine Museum of Natural History.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bethlehem and Beit Jala.
Bethlehem
Bethlehem is a small city located some 10 km south of the Old City of Jerusalem within the West Bank, in an "Area A" zone administered by the Palestinian Authority.
Beit Jala
Town
Photo: Gilabrand, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Beit Jala is a Palestinian Christian town in the Bethlehem Governorate of Palestine, in the West Bank. Beit Jala is located 10 km 10 km south of Jerusalem, on the western side of the Hebron road, opposite Bethlehem, at 825 meters altitude.
Homat Shmuel
Suburb
Har Homa, officially Homat Shmuel, is an Israeli settlement in southern East Jerusalem, near the Palestinian city of Beit Sahour. The settlement is also referred to as "Jabal Abu Ghneim", which is the Arabic name of the hill.
Palestine Museum of Natural History
- Categories: natural history museum, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Palestine, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.71786° or 31° 43′ 4″ northLongitude
35.20541° or 35° 12′ 20″ eastOperator
Palestine Institute for Biodiversity and SustainabilityOpen location code
8G3QP694+45OpenStreetMap ID
node 6002018186OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q109803747
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Portuguese—“Palestine Museum of Natural History” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متحف فلسطين للتاريخ الطبيعي”
- French: “Musée d’histoire naturelle de Palestine”
- French: “PMNH”
- German: “Palästinensisches Museum für Naturgeschichte Bethlehem”
- German: “Palästinensisches Museum für Naturgeschichte”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון הטבע הפלסטיני”
- Indonesian: “Museum Sejarah Alam Palestina”
- Portuguese: “Museu de História Natural da Palestina”
- Portuguese: “PMNH of Bethlehem University”
- Portuguese: “PMNH”
Notable Places Nearby
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