Bible Lands Museum

The Bible Lands Museum is an archaeological museum in , that explores the culture of the peoples mentioned in the Bible including ancient Egyptians, Canaanites, Philistines, Arameans, Hittites, Elamites, Phoenicians, Persians and Jews.
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  • Opening hours:
    9:30 AM—5:30 PM
    Wednesday: 9:30 AM—9:30 PM
    Friday and Saturday: 10:00 AM—2:00 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: аchaeological museum in Jerusalem
  • Also known as: “The Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem”, “The Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem”, and “The Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include The National Library and Israel Museum.

Library
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of Israel, formerly Jewish National and University Library, is the library dedicated to collecting the cultural treasures of and of Jewish heritage. is situated 200 metres north of Bible Lands Museum.

Museum
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The is an art and archaeology museum in . It was established in 1965 as 's largest and foremost cultural institution, and an encyclopedic museum. is situated 300 metres south of Bible Lands Museum.

Museum
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The is a wing of the in the neighborhood of that houses the Dead Sea Scrolls and the Aleppo Codex, among other texts. is situated 170 metres south of Bible Lands Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kiryat HaMemshalah and Nayot.

Suburb
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Kiryat HaMemshala, also known as Kiryat Ben-Gurion, is the government precinct of the State of Israel. It is located in the neighborhood of .

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in south-central established in 1960 by a group of English-speaking immigrants. The neighborhood's population of 2,223 includes a mix of families, young children, and older adults.

Suburb
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is a neighborhood in central . It is the site of , which includes many of Israel's most important national institutions, among them the Knesset, the , the Supreme Court, Bank of Israel, , , one of the campuses of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, and many government ministries' offices.

Bible Lands Museum

Latitude
31.77491° or 31° 46′ 30″ north
Longitude
35.20244° or 35° 12′ 9″ east
Levels
2
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8G3QQ6F2+XX
Open­Street­Map ID
way 216674312
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Wiki­data ID
Q126130
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yiddish—“Bible Lands Museum” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bybellande Museum”
  • Albanian: “Muzeu Tokat e Biblës”
  • Arabic: “متحف بلدان الكتاب”
  • Armenian: “Աստվածաշնչյան երկրների թանգարան”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bible Muzeyi Lands”
  • Basque: “Bibliako Lurraldeen Museoa”
  • Belarusian: “Музей біблейскіх краін”
  • Bengali: “বাইবেল ভূমি জাদুঘর”
  • Bulgarian: “Библейските земи музей”
  • Bulgarian: “Музей на библейските земи”
  • Burmese: “သမ္မာကျမ်းစာပြတိုက်”
  • Catalan: “Bíblia Museu de les Terres”
  • Catalan: “Museu Terres de la Bíblia”
  • Cebuano: “Bible Lands Museum”
  • Chinese: “圣经地博物馆”
  • Chinese: “圣经地政博物馆”
  • Chinese: “聖經地博物館”
  • Croatian: “Muzej biblijskih zemalja Jeruzalem”
  • Croatian: “Muzej biblijskih zemalja u Jeruzalemu”
  • Croatian: “Muzej biblijskih zemalja”
  • Czech: “Muzeum biblických zemí”
  • Danish: “Bible Lands Museum”
  • Dutch: “Bible Lands Museum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف اراضى الكتاب المقدس”
  • Esperanto: “Biblilanda Muzeo”
  • Finnish: “Bible Lands-Museo”
  • Finnish: “Raamatun maat”
  • French: “musée des pays de la Bible”
  • French: “Musée des pays de la Bible”
  • German: “Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem”
  • German: “Bible Lands Museum”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο βιβλικών λαών”
  • Gujarati: “બાઇબલ જમીન મ્યુઝિયમ”
  • Haitian: “Bib Terres Mize”
  • Haitian: “Mize Peyi Bib”
  • Hawaiian: “Baibala Hemolele Aina Aupuni Museum”
  • Hebrew: “ארצות המקרא”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון ארצות המקרא ירושלים”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון ארצות המקרא”
  • Hindi: “बाइबल भूमि संग्रहालय”
  • Icelandic: “Biblíulandasafnið”
  • Indonesian: “Bible Lands Museum”
  • Irish: “Iarsmalann Thíortha an Bhíobla”
  • Italian: “Bible Lands Museum”
  • Japanese: “聖書の土地博物館”
  • Khmer: “ព្រះគម្ពីរដីសារមន្ទីរ”
  • Korean: “이스라엘 성지 박물관”
  • Kurdish: “Muzeya Axên Încîlê ya Orşelîmê”
  • Ladino: “Muzeyo de las Tierras Biblikas”
  • Lao: “Bible Lands Museum”
  • Literary Chinese: “聖經地博物館”
  • Macedonian: “Музеј на Библиската земја”
  • Maithili: “बाइबल भूमि सङ्ग्रहालय”
  • Malay: “Muzium Bible Lands”
  • Maori: “Wharetaonga o ngā Whenua Paipera”
  • Mongolian: “Библи дэх нутгуудын музей”
  • Nepali: “बाइबल संग्रहालय मुलुकमा”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bible Lands Museum”
  • Official Aramaic (700-300 BCE): “ܒܝܬ ܥܬܩܐ ܕܐܪܥܬܐ ܕܐܘܪܝܬܐ”
  • Persian: “موزه بایبل لندز”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Krajów Biblijnych”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Ziem Biblijnych”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Terras da Bíblia”
  • Romanian: “Bible Lands Museum”
  • Russian: “Музей библейских стран”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Taigh-tasgaidh Tìoran a‘ Bhìobaill”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Taigh-tasgaidh Tìoran a’ Bhìobaill”
  • Serbian: “Muzej biblijskih zemalja”
  • Serbian: “Јерусалимски музеј библијских земаља”
  • Serbian: “Музеј библијске земље, Јерусалим”
  • Serbian: “Музеј библијских земаља (Јерусалим)”
  • Serbian: “Музеј библијских земаља Јерусалим”
  • Serbian: “Музеј библијских земаља у Јерусалиму”
  • Serbian: “Музеј Библијских земаља у Јерусалиму”
  • Serbian: “Музеј библијских земаља”
  • Slovak: “Múzeum biblických krajín”
  • Slovenian: “Muzej biblijskih dežel”
  • Spanish: “Museo Tierras de la Biblia”
  • Swedish: “Bible Lands Museum”
  • Tagalog: “Bibliya Lands Museum”
  • Turkish: “Bible Lands Museum”
  • Turkish: “İncil Müzesi Lands”
  • Ukrainian: “Музей біблійних країн”
  • Urdu: “بائبل میوزیم لینڈز”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Bible Lands”
  • Vietnamese: “Bảo tàng Kinh Thánh Lands”
  • Welsh: “Beibl Lands Amgueddfa”
  • Western Frisian: “Museum fan de Bibelske Lannen”
  • Wu Chinese: “圣经地博物馆”
  • Yiddish: “ביבל לענדער מוזיי”
  • Yiddish: “די ביבל לאַנדס מוזיי ירושלים”

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