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 The Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion Museum in New York 
The HUC-JIR Museum in New York is the visual extension of the spiritual, cultural, and educational life of the College-Institute, which provides graduate and professional programs for students of all faiths. The HUC-JIR Museum, including the Joseph Gallery, Petrie Great Hall, Klingenstein Rare Book Room, Chaim and Rivka Heller Archives Gallery, and Backman Gallery, present exhibitions illuminating Jewish history, culture, and contemporary creativity.Click here for further information about the HUC-JIR Museum in New York. Skirball Museum (Cincinnati) The HUC-JIR Skirball Museum in Cincinnati houses a permanent collection of Jewish archaeological artifacts from The Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology in Jerusalem and Jewish ceremonial and ritual objects. Additional exhibits depict Torah study, American Judaism with an emphasis on Cincinnati and HUC-JIR, aspects of the Holocaust and modern Israel. Click here for further information about the HUC-JIR Museum in Cincinnati. Skirball Museum of Biblical Archaeology (Jerusalem) The Skirball Center for Biblical and Archaeological Research houses the Nelson Glueck School of Biblical Archaeology including the Bergreen Conference Room, laboratories for pottery restoration and for the preparation of archaeological publications. Adjacent to the research center is the Skirball Museum featuring a permanent exhibit of archaeological artifacts discovered during the HUC-JIR excavations from 1963 to the present. The sites represented in the Museum are Tel Dan, Gezer and Aroer. One highlight is a replica of an inscription of the 9th century BCE found at Tel Dan in 1993 which mentions "King of Israel" and "King of the House of David", i.e. Judah. The Museum houses the Horace and Grace Goldsmith Galleries and the Jay Kislak Galleries. Click here for further information about the Skirball Museum of Biblical Archaeology in Jerusalem. |
