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The Israel Museum in Jerusalem , was founded in 1965 as Israel 's national museum.
The museum comprises of several main sections:

The collection of the Bezalel Museum of Fine Arts;

a vast collection of Judaica and Ethnography, exhibits of items typical of various Diaspora Jewish communities;

Fine art galleries;

Period rooms;

Art objects from Africa, North and South America, Oceania and the Far East;

An archeological wing containing artifacts from prehistoric times to the 15th century;

A sculpture garden with over 60 works;

The Shrine Of The Book which houses rare biblical manuscripts, including the Dead Sea Scrolls ;

A youth wing comprising galleries, classrooms and workshops, with an extensive educational program;

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