The dawn of Jerusalem: from the earliest evidence of the existence of a city in Jerusalem dating as far back as the second millennium BCE, when the Pharaohs ruled the region and the Kings of More Details >

The exhibition follows the significant events which took place in Jerusalem during the First Temple period: the city’s designation as capital by King David; its prosperity under the rule of King Solomon and its establishment More Details >

The exhibit brings under one roof the events, changes and upheavals Jerusalem underwent during the Second Temple period: beginning with the return of the Babylonian exiles to Jerusalem following King Cyrus’ proclamation (6th century BCE), More Details >

Jerusalem, ‘Aelia Capitolina’’, a typical Roman city with pagan temples and imperial statues. The exhibit presents, among other things, the story of the revolt led by Bar Kochba (132 CE) and the strict prohibition against More Details >

The transformation of Jerusalem’s status after Christianity was adopted as the Roman Empire’s official religion (4th century CE) and the city’s religious-Christian reputation attracted pilgrims from near and far. The exhibit includes a one-of-a-kind model More Details >

The exhibit recounts over 400 years of Muslim domination in Jerusalem, beginning in 638 CE, when the city surrendered without battle to the Muslim conquerors and became the third most important religious center for Islam. More Details >

The exhibit explores the Christian character of Jerusalem after the Crusader conquest (July 15, 1099). The city was declared the capital of the “The Latin Kingdom of Jerusalem”, mosques were turned into churches, many monasteries More Details >

The exhibit focuses on the rule of the Ayyubids in Jerusalem beginning with the city’s conquest by Saladin (1187 CE), founder of the Ayyubid dynasty in Egypt. The exhibit follows the long struggle between the More Details >

The exhibition describes Mamluk rule in Jerusalem from 1260 until the city’s conquest by the Ottomans in 1517. The Mamluks, originally slaves who came from the Asian plains, emphasized Jerusalem’s religious status and made the More Details >

On the 400 years of Ottoman rule in Jerusalem (1517 – 1917), in which the city saw days of glory and decline. With the exception the rule of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent, when the city’s More Details >

The exhibition covering key events which took place during the 30 years of British Mandate in Palestine, leading up to the establishment of the State of Israel and Jerusalem as its capital in 1948. The More Details >