Museum

Poland’s Jewish museum director returns, seven years after being pushed out by nationalist politics

Dariusz Stola steered the Polin Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw from its founding in 2014 to become a breakthrough in Poland’s recognition of its extinguished Jewish past. 

Dariusz Stola receives the appointment as the Museum of the History of Polish Jews' director from Marta Cienkowska, the Polish minister of culture and national heritage, in February 2026.
Kikar Hamusica: View of Jerusalem’s Music Square with its various restau rants and outdoor music performance spaces.

Saved by a square: A rainy-day miracle at Jerusalem’s Hebrew Music Museum

Front entrance to Jerusalem’s Rockefeller Museum, opened in 1938.

A Jerusalem gem: Rediscovering the Rockefeller Museum’s treasures in Israel's capital

A New Map of the Promised Holy Land,’ by Dutch father and son Justus Danckert the Elder and Cornelis Danck erts the Younger, dating to around 1700, has our coastline running west to east.

Ancient maps, scorched books, and survival art: Inside Israel Museum’s winter exhibitions


Suspect charged for stealing Egyptian artifacts from Australia museum, citing church ties - report

The stolen artifacts included a 26th Dynasty rare painted wooden Egyptian cat figure, a 3,300-year-old necklace, a collar, and a mummy mask.

An ancient Egyptian collar stolen from the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology in Caboolture, Australia, February 20, 2026.

Jerusalem highlights: February 20-26

What's new to do in Israel's capital?

Red Tent’ exhibition of works by Michal Tamir  (see Saturday).

'Genocide, baby killers': Holocaust survivor, rather than harassers, kicked out of Madrid museum

The women, who were wearing Stars of David and carrying an Israeli flag, were expelled from the Reina Sofía National Museum of Art in Madrid on Sunday for "disturbing visitors."

A view of the skyline of Madrid, Spain January 5, 2026.

British Museum removes the term Palestine from certain Middle East exhibits

The museum told The Jerusalem Post that the term Palestine no longer holds a neutral designation and may be understood in reference to political territory.

London, England, General view of the British Museum with visitors, Bloomsbury, March 2025.

Activists urge Jewish Museum to help preserve Wilbur J. Cohen Building at risk of demolition

Activists are urging the Jewish Museum to step in and help preserve the historic Wilbur J. Cohen Building in Washington, DC, home to murals by prominent Jewish artists, now at risk of demolition.

The Wilbur J. Cohen Federal Building, set for sale and likely demolition, houses murals by multiple Jewish artists.

Holocaust education: Why telling Lithuania’s Jewish story matters more than ever - opinion

The Lost Shtetl Museum in Lithuania is significant because it reflects international cooperation and interest.

 The main entrance to the Vilnius Ghetto in Lithuania during World War II.

Melting Point at the Museum for Islamic Art shows what jewellery can be

Melting Point brings artists together to show how jewellery evolves into storytelling, emotion, and cultural memory in a time of rupture and renewal.

‘Memento Mori’ by Adi Harush and Ben Tzur references Victorian mourning jewelry and the arc between heritage and contemporary works.

Fifty years of work, wit, local vision: Dorin Frankfurt at Ashdod Museum of Art

Fashion trailblazer Dorin Frankfurt weaves five decades of memory, craft, and creativity into a compelling new exhibition at the Ashdod Museum of Art.

From Dorin Frankfurt’s 2015 Fashion Week ‘Zelda’ collection, inspired by the poet Zelda.

Israel's ‘palace’ of art and architecture in Ma’aleh Adumim marks 15 years

The Moshe Castel Museum of Art marks 15 years of presenting the works of underappreciated Israeli artists to the public.

 SELF-PORTRAIT of Pinchas Shaar (1923-1996).

Dancing for health in museums with dance activist Roberto Casarotto - interview

In the last two decades, Casarotto has visited Israel several times, including during the war, to show support and respect for the Israeli dance community and his Israeli colleagues.

The writer with Roberto Casarotto during the interview.