The vision of the museum is to increasing understanding of Palestinian Heritage, Culture and Art through the Palestinian Christian national experience, highlight the Palestinian people who are behind the Basilica of the Nativity and their role in preserving Christianity for over 2000 years, bringing the Palestinian treasures that have been scattered around the world back to Palestine and delivering prosperity and peace to the region.
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...
