The “couriers”: The “guardian angels” of the Terra Sancta Museum Art & History
International exhibitions of the Terra Sancta Museum Art & History collections are not only an opportunity to publicize our project, but also to benefit from the expertise of other museum professionals. The exhibition “Treasures from Kings. Masterpieces from the Terra Sancta Museum” which was held in late 2023/early 2024 at Lisbon's Calouste Gulbenkian Museum, is a case in point.
Vincent Lemire: “A museum steeped in eight centuries of the Old City's history”
Vincent Lemire is a historian specializing in the history of the Middle East, particularly Jerusalem. He is the author of the comic book Histoire de Jérusalem (Les Arènes 2022), which has already been translated into 12 languages. We asked him to cast his eye over the Terra Sancta Museum Art & History to help us understand the contemporary issues surrounding it.
Terra Sancta Museum: the Popes' showcase in the Holy Land
In the Holy Land, the cradle of Christianity, the tomb of Jesus Christ unites Christians of all denominations in a profound act of faith. This ancestral bond has led popes over the centuries to donate precious objects to the Holy Places, affirming the spiritual importance of these sites for the Church as a whole.
The Terra Sancta Museum in Jerusalem, a missionary museum
The Terra Sancta Museum Art & History collection is a living collection! Brother Rodrigo Machado Soares explains why!
“Completing this work in the middle of a war is nothing short of a miracle!”
As the structural work on the Terra Sancta Museum Art & History draws to a close, we met with Leonardo di Marco, Director of the Technical Office of the Custody of the Holy Land...
The female saints of the Holy Land in the museum’s collections
In a previous article, we discovered the great prophets of the Old Testamente through the works of the Terra Sancta Museum. In this article we will be concerned with four major female figures whose ...
