On Thursday, June 18, Honorary Charles Gaetan Xavier Luc Duval, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Tourism & External Communications for the Republic of Mauritius (an Island nation off the coast of Africa) paid a visit to the Bethlehem Museum.
Hon. Duval was in Bethlehem attending the United Nations World Tourism Organization’s International Conference on Religious Tourism, which was held in Palestine for the first time on June 15th. He received a
On Friday, June 12, a group of sixty Palestinian youth from across the Palestinian territories came together to explore their common ancestry in Bethlehem’s newest museum — the Bethlehem Museum. These students came as participants of a Youth Christian Students of Palestine (JEC) summer camp, which was held in Beit Sahour between Wednesday, June 10 and Sunday, June 14.
The students, who were accompanied by Youth Christian Students Spiritual Advisor Father
On March 24, the Bethlehem Museum featured a photography exhibition: Romero: Voice and Look of the Museum of the Word and Image (MUPI), of El Salvador. And the screening of the documentaries: "Remembering Romero," and "Romero: Voice of the Voiceless."
His Holiness Pope Francis declared Oscar Romero of El Salvador a martyr February of this year, the same month that he announced the upcoming canonization of two Palestinian nuns, Blessed Mary Al...
After 30 years of patient determination, the Bethlehem Museum for History, Heritage and Culture finally opened on February 28, 2015. The Arab Women's Union of Bethlehem (AWU) initiated the Museum in 1977, but it was held from completion due to a variety of obstacles. The Holy Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF) saw the Museum's potential and knew it fit perfectly with the organization's mission. In 2012 HCEF partnered with AWU to bring the Bethl...
