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 ...
“Few museums in the world can boast of having such collections”
Pedro M. Escudero Díez is a restorer. A native of Valladolid, in Spain, he generously offered his skills and his professionalism to the service of the museum this summer. He shares his impressions ...
When an art history thesis tells the story of the “birth of a museum-sacristy”
Interview with Marie Vergnes, who brilliantly defended her thesis entitled: “pivot and heart of worlds”: use, display and preservation of Catholic objects in the basilica since 1847 .
