The museum received NIS 4 million - and they will allow it to open its doors after it has been closed throughout the corona period • The museum's director general: "It fills us with excitement and great joy"
The Israel Museum, the only major museum not yet opened since the outbreak of the Corona crisis, will open to the public tomorrow (Thursday), thanks to the generosity of the museum's friends in the United States, who awarded a special $ 4 million grant to open and return all employees, of course subject For necessary adjustments to the purple character.
The Israel Museum reopens // Photo: Eli Posner, Israel Museum
More than a third of the Israel Museum's budget is based on self-revenue, most of which ceased with the outbreak of the corona plague, so the gates of the place remained locked for a considerable period. The museum, which was founded in 1965 and has become one of the largest cultural institutions in the State of Israel, is visited every year by about a million visitors from Israel and the world. Due to the corona crisis and the loss of income from visitors from Israel and abroad, it was estimated that the Israel Museum could reach a deficit of about NIS 50 million by the end of 2022, so without promising an immediate sum of money, it has not been possible to open so far.• Another cultural protest: "The artists are held captive by the government" The
amount of the donation promised by the museum donors in the US, which will cover about a quarter of the said deficit At this time breathing space to start the activity of the place. "We are proud that we have fulfilled our commitment to return all employees without exception, and we are excited about the possibility of opening the museum in the next two weeks," said Prof. Ido Bruno, director of the Israel Museum "to Israel Today."
" On "Last Thursday we received a special $ 4 million grant from the Friends of the Museum in the United States." Special working teams are now being set up to reopen the museum to the general public, taking all the necessary steps from a health point of view. This fills us with excitement and great joy. "