Alexander Schick, director of the Qumran and Bible Exhibition, alerted me to the fact that a new model of Jerusalem as it was about 2000 years ago has been placed inside the Arrival Hall at Ben Gurion Airport, Israel’s main international airport. It is a smaller wooden version of the well-known model of Jerusalem of the Second Temple period that used to be located at the Holyland Hotel, but has been moved a few years ago to the Israel Museum. It was designed in the 1960’s by the late Prof. Michael Avi-Yonah.
This new model appears to have been designed by the Israel Museum to attract people to go and visit this famous museum in Jerusalem. It is well worth a visit!
It is unfortunate, however, that most people are in such a hurry to get to their transportation that they can easily miss this new model.
They should put it in the departure hall! People can change shifts standing in line and looking at the model. Besides that is it much more didactical: after their visit people will understand better what they see.
No longer in the hall exhibited since February 2015! Very sad!
Alexander Schick