List of museums in Palestine

There are around thirty museums in Palestine. In 2022, there were 27 in the West Bank and five in the Gaza Strip.[1]

Museums

Museums
Name Image Location Date opened Type Description
Al-Badd Museum for Olive Oil Production Bethlehem, near the Church of the Nativity[2] 31°42′21.32″N 35°12′12.84″E / 31.7059222°N 35.2035667°E / 31.7059222; 35.2035667 Late 18th century Ethnography and archaeology museum
Baituna al-Talhami Museum A sign displaying the museum's name Bethlehem, on Star Street[3] 1979 Folk museum
Palestine Museum of Natural History Bethlehem 2017 Natural history museum Mazin Qumsiyeh and Jessie Chang began developing the museum in 2014 and it was inaugurated in 2017. The museum works with communities facing poverty and records environmental destruction.[4]
Riwaya Museum - Bethlehem Peace Center Manger Square, Bethlehem [5]
Murad Castle Museum for Palestinian Heritage Al-Khader [6][7]
The Palestinian Museum Birzeit 2016 Cultural heritage museum The museum was opened in 2016 and is privately funded.[8][9] Its permanent collections include artworks, books and posters, and ethnographic materials such as clothing.[10] Since 2018, the museum has run a digitisation programme, dealing with items for small institutions and private individuals.[11] It houses the first textile conservation lab in Palestine, which was established in 2022.[12][13]
Birzeit University Museum Birzeit [14]
Qasr al-Basha (Pasha's Palace Museum) Old City of Gaza 20th century Archaeology museum The museum is housed in a historic combining Mamluk and Ottoman architecture. The building was converted into a museum with funding from the United Nations Development Programme and used by the Department of Antiquities to displays artefacts.[15] The museum housed a collection of 17,000 artefacts and was hit by an Israeli airstrike and bulldozed during the Gaza war.[16]
Al Mat'haf Gaza City Archaeology museum
Al Qarara Cultural Museum Al-Qarara, Gaza Strip [17]
Yasser Arafat Foundation – Gaza Office
Hebron University Museum
Dura Museum
Old Hebron Museum [18][19]
Hisham's Palace Museum Jericho 20th century Archaeology museum The museum was renovated in 2000 and displays artefacts discovered at the palace.[20]
Russian Museum Jericho [21]
Islamic Museum East Jerusalem
Abu Jihad Center and Museum for Captives, Al-Quds University [22]
Al-Quds University Science Museum [23]
Meet Math - Mathematics Museum Abu Dis [24]
Palestine Archeological Museum East Jerusalem 1921 Archaeology museum Established in 1901 during Ottoman rule the Imperial Museum. In 1921, during the British Mandate for Palestine, a new museum was opened and the collections relocated. It also housed the Department of Antiquities during the period of the British Mandate. With periods administered by an international board and then Jordan, since 1967 the museum has been run by Israel and is used by the Israel Antiquities Authority. It displays artefacts excavated in Palestine. Following Israel's occupation the Dead Sea Scrolls were removed.[25]
Palestinian Heritage Museum East Jerusalem Heritage museum Before the museum's renovation in 2023 it received around 6,500 visitors per year.[26][27]
Armenian Museum Armenian Quarter, East Jerusalem [28]
Terra Sancta Museum Christian Quarter, East Jerusalem [29]
Samaritans Museum, Mount Gerizim
An-Najah National University's Museum of Palestinian Popular Heritage [30]
Education Museum inside Qalqilya Zoo Qalqilya [31]
Mahmoud Darwish Museum Ramallah [32]
Arafat Museum [33]
Khan Al-Bireh [34]
Tulkarm Museum Archaeology and cultural heritage museum
Al-Mentar / Al-Mintar Tulkarm Museum [35][36]
Tulkarm Archaeological Museum [37]

See also

References

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  10. ^ "Collections". The Palestinian Museum. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
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  14. ^ "Birzeit University Museum". visitramallah.ramallah.ps. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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  27. ^ "UNDP and German development cooperation celebrate the inauguration of the Palestinian Heritage Museum Dar Al-Tifel , preserving and promoting Palestinian Culture in East Jerusalem". United Nations Development Programme. 31 July 2023. Retrieved 19 January 2026.
  28. ^ Aviva and Shmuel Bar-Am. "Visit the Old City monastery that holds Jerusalem's 1,700-year-old Armenian history". The Times of Israel. ISSN 0040-7909. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  29. ^ "The Terra Sancta Museum". www.terrasanctamuseum.org. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  30. ^ "The Museum of Palestinian Popular Heritage | Faculty of Fine Arts". ffa.najah.edu. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
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  32. ^ "Darwish Museum". visitramallah.ramallah.ps. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  33. ^ "Arafat Museum". visitramallah.ramallah.ps. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
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