The Israel Museum presents "Mapping the Holy Land": Cartographic Treasures from the Trevor and Susan Chinn Collection in the Israel Museum
On view through September 19, 2013
The Museum's Norman Bier Section for Maps of the Holy Land has recently been enriched by a veritable treasure trove of ancient maps from the collection of Sir Trevor and Lady Susan Chinn, London. This display is the first in a series of annual exhibitions that will illuminate the different facets of the Museum's extensive collection of maps of the Holy Land.
Image: Robert Sayer, An Exact Draught of the City of Jerusalem and the Appurtenances Belonging to the Temple (detail), 1752. Gift of Trevor and Susan Chinn, London, through the British Friends of the Art Museums of Israel
Sunday, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday 10:00 to 17:00; Tuesday 16:00 to 21:00; Friday 10:00 to 14:00
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