List of museums in the State of Palestine

This is a list of museums in the State of Palestine:

Pasha's Palace Museum (Qasr al-Basha), in Gaza City

The Hebron University Museum

Mosaic at Hisham's Palace, in Jericho

The Islamic Museum, Jerusalem

Entrance to the Mahmoud Darwish Museum, in Ramallah

Bethlehem

• Al-Badd Museum for Olive Oil Production, Bethlehem
• Baituna al-Talhami Museum, Bethlehem
• Palestine Museum of Natural History, Bethlehem
• Riwaya Museum - Bethlehem Peace Center, Manger Square, Bethlehem^[1]
• Murad Castle Museum for Palestinian Heritage, Al-Khader^[2][3]

Birzeit

• The Palestinian Museum, Birzeit^[4]
• Birzeit University Museum^[5]

Gaza Strip

• Qasr al-Basha (Pasha's Palace Museum), Gaza City
• Al Mat'haf, a small, private, archaeology museum in Gaza City
• Al Qarara Cultural Museum^[6]
• Yasser Arafat Foundation – Gaza Office

Hebron

• Hebron University Museum
• Old Hebron Museum^[7][8]

Jericho

• Hisham's Palace's museum
• Russian Museum, Jericho^[9]

Jerusalem

• Islamic Museum, Jerusalem
• Abu Jihad Center and Museum for Captives, Al-Quds University^[10]
• Al-Quds University Science Museum^[11]
• Meet Math - Mathematics Museum, Abu Dis^[12]
• Palestine Archeological Museum, East Jerusalem^[13]
• Palestinian Heritage Museum, East Jerusalem^[14]
• Armenian Museum, Armenian Quarter, East Jerusalem^[15]
• Terra Sancta Museum, Christian Quarter, East Jerusalem^[16]

Nablus

• Samaritans Museum, Mount Gerizim
• An-Najah National University's Museum of Palestinian Popular Heritage^[17]

Qalqilya

• Education Museum inside Qalqilya Zoo^[18]

Ramallah

• Mahmoud Darwish Museum, Ramallah^[19]
• Arafat Museum^[20]
• Khan Al-Bireh^[21]

Tulkarm

• Al-Mentar / Al-Mintar Tulkarm Museum^[22][23]
• Tulkarm Archaeological Museum^[24]

See also

•  Palestine portal

• List of museums
• List of libraries in the State of Palestine

References

1. "The Bethlehem Peace Center". enjoybethlehem.com. Retrieved 2023-10-02.
2. "Al-Khader". Welcome To Palestine. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
3. "Murad Castle Museum for Palestinian Heritage". The Israel Guide. 2015-02-03. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
4. "Museum Review". This Week in Palestine. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
5. "Birzeit University Museum". visitramallah.ramallah.ps. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
6. "In Gaza, a museum filled with history 'picked up' along the way". Christian Science Monitor. 2021-09-14. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2022-11-14.
7. "Where to Go". This Week in Palestine. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
8. "The Opening of the Old Hebron Museum | UNESCO". www.unesco.org. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
9. "Russian Museum & Tree of Zacchaeus | Jericho, Palestinian Territories | Attractions - Lonely Planet". www.lonelyplanet.com. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
10. aqu2020 (2021-08-29). "Abu Jihad Museum". Al-Quds University. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
11. aqu2020 (2021-09-19). "Science Museum". Al-Quds University. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
12. aqu2020 (2021-08-30). "Meet Math Museum". Al-Quds University. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
13. Irving, Sarah (2012). Palestine. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-84162-367-2.
14. "Palestinian Heritage Museum | East Jerusalem, Jerusalem | Attractions". Lonely Planet. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
15. Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am. "Visit the Old City monastery that holds Jerusalem's 1,700-year-old Armenian history". www.timesofisrael.com. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
16. "The Terra Sancta Museum". www.terrasanctamuseum.org. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
17. "The Museum of Palestinian Popular Heritage | Faculty of Fine Arts". ffa.najah.edu. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
18. "Ministry of Tourism & Antiquities - Museums". www.travelpalestine.ps. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
19. "Darwish Museum". visitramallah.ramallah.ps. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
20. "Arafat Museum". visitramallah.ramallah.ps. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
21. Raed. "Khan al-Bireh". Rozana Association. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
22. "Museum displays Palestinian heritage". BBC News. Retrieved 2022-12-20.
23. "The Palestinian Museum Digital Archive - أرشيف المتحف الفلسطيني الرقمي : Browse Objects". palarchive.org. Retrieved 2023-09-29.
24. Irving, Sarah (2012). Palestine. Bradt Travel Guides. ISBN 978-1-84162-367-2.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Museums in Palestine.

• Heritage Centers and Museums in Palestine