The Rockefeller Museum, one of the most important institutions in the entire Near East, was officially transferred today to the Palestine government.
The inauguration ceremony upon completion of the museum building, which was to have taken place this week, has been postponed. It will be held in the near future with High Commissioner Wauchope officiating.
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