The Israel Museum was ranked the 17th largest in the world based on a recent Newsweek publication. The museum, which has been open since 1965, sits in Jerusalem and houses archaeology, contemporary works, fine art, and Jewish ritual pieces sit in a 199,000 square foot gallery. The museum holds approximately 500,000 objects, though not all are on exhibit.
The museum which landed in first place was the Louvre in France, which sits on 782,910 square feet of land, though is said to hold only 38,000 pieces. Other notable museums featured were The Vatican, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Tokyo National Museum, and the Museo Nacional de Antropologie in Mexico.
Not only on the leading list of global culture, but The Israel Museum is also “the largest cultural institution in the State of Israel,” and in the Middle East, featuring “the most extensive holdings of biblical and Holy Land archaeology in the world.”
The space highlights various spaces, such as The Shrine of the Book, which houses the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Billie Rose Art Campus, an esteemed outdoor sculpture garden, and the Ruth Youth Wing for Art Education, which sees about 100,000 students per year.
