The tedious process of preparing and transferring the exhibits of the Palestine Archaelogical Museum to the new building erected with a $2,000,000 endowment from John D. Rockefeller Jr. was under way today. The building will be formally opened next Spring.
The new museum will house in the original only genuine relics unearthed in Palestine since the World War by the various archaelogical expeditions. In addition, reproductions are being made of antiquities unearthed before the war and relics in the possession of other museums throughout the world.
An additional donation of an unnamed sum by Mr. Rockefeller to the museum’s Department of Antiquities for a library in all languages dealing with archaelogy, particularly of Palestine, was announced. John Richmond, head of the department, is preparing the library.
While the museum will confine itself almost entirely to antiquities found in Palestine, exception will be made for relics of extraordinary importance and interest found in neighboring countries.
Some of the relics being reproduced in museums throughout the world, authorities of the museum said, are: the Greek inscription on Herod’s temple forbidding strangers to enter, the inscription of Meshaa, King of Moab; the inscription found in the Shiloah tunnel and the discoveries unearthed in the ancient city of Shomron.
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