| The museum's permanent exhibition is housed in several guard rooms of the old citadel, and tells the eventful 3,000-year-long story of Jerusalem. While exploring the permanent exhibition, the visitor becomes aware of the continuous ''dialogue'' between it and the citadel, and studying the one becomes an intriguing architectural exploration of the other as well. |
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The exhibition offers primary sources for the existence of Jerusalem as far back as the Canaanite period, and illustrates the city's history through to early 20th century. |
| Each room is devoted to a particular historical period and highlights the central events of the time. |
| Clearly reflected is the historical process whereby Jerusalem became sacred to Judaism, Christianity and Islam, a phenomenon that lies at the very heart of Western civilization. |
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The exhibit embraces a wide range of visual aids, like models, replicas, holograms, dioramas and various media techniques. Together they create the experience of an odyssey back into time.
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