Visitors’ guide

Welcome, once more, to the Museum. These pages are meant to give you some information, so that you can enjoy the collection better as a visitor.

The Museum hall: glass showcases and wooden cabinets, with the copy of the Ghassul star painting on the far wallPhoto: Pontifical Biblical Institute, Jerusalem

The mummy of the Pontifical Biblical Institute

The Egyptian collectionMost of our visitors come to see the mummy, the only mummy in any museum in Israel. But the collection goes beyond it, from prehistory to Coptic Egypt.7 objects

Watercolour reproduction of the great wall painting, the “Ghassul star”

Teleilat Ghassul collectionFinds from the Institute’s excavations at Teleilat Ghassul (1929–38, 1959–60), a major Chalcolithic site that remains the type-site for the period.11 objects

Plan of the Museum with the Egyptian showcases E1 to E7: E1 to E4 in the inner room, E5 to E7 in the main hall — Plan of the Egyptian showcases, E1–E7Photo: Pontifical Biblical Institute, Jerusalem

Plan of the Museum with the Ghassul showcases G1 to G11 — Plan of the Ghassul showcases, G1–G11Photo: Pontifical Biblical Institute, Jerusalem

Some general information for visitors to prepare your visit.

This Visitors’ guide is compiled and edited by Rev. Prof. Josef Mario Briffa SJ.
Copyright: Josef Mario Briffa SJ and the Pontifical Biblical Institute, Jerusalem, 2017–2025.