Museum on the Seam in Jerusalem
Jerusalem’s ancient and turbulent history creates an intense fusion of cultures like no other place in the world. It might not be surprising, then, that in a country so filled with top hotels and great museums, that one museum might devote itself exclusively to the ideas of tolerance, to the goals of understanding each other, and to living in peaceful co-existence.
Museum on the Seam is such a place, a socio-political contemporary art museum which exhibits modern art that addresses specifically the issues of war and conflict resolution. Even the location of this museum works as a kind of metaphor for its objectives: Museum on the Seam lies on Highway One, which was built over the line that separated Israeli Jerusalem from Jordanian Jerusalem between the years 1948 and 1967.
Artists from Israel and across the world respond with their work to the tensions between and inside groups, asking visitors to examine the influence of the social environment on each individual, and the influence of the individual on the social environment.
The museum was established at the turn of the century, in 1999, and, over the years, has held exhibitions that reflect concerns with human rights, that deals with work and slavery, examining life in a world of globalization and migration. Currently, the museum is exhibiting “HomeLessHome,” to consider the relationship between the private home and the state.
In a land filled with antiquities and diverse spiritual beliefs, the museum is an experience that will leave you thinking long after you’ve returned to your room in any number of Jerusalem hotels .
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