The Israel Museum is the largest cultural institution in Israel and is ranked among the leading art and archaeology museums in the world
The Israel Museum is the largest cultural institution in Israel and is ranked among the leading art and archaeology museums in the world. It includes the Shrine of the Book, an architectural icon, which is home to the renowned Dead Sea Scrolls, representing the oldest surviving copies of biblical texts. The Shrine complex also incorporates a large-scale model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple period.