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Builders laid terraces by hand, incorporating artisanal knowledge and skill. Outdoor garden spaces extend interior spaces to facilitate outdoor exhibitions and blend the building with its environment. The building's interior contains galleries, educational and research facilities, and administrative
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Located atop a terraced hill, the museum building overlooks the Mediterranean. With a design inspired by the surrounding rural landscape, the building integrates seamlessly into its environment. The building's facade is made of local limestone and its cascading gardens represent the history of
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Representing the history and aspirations of the Palestinian people, the Palestinian Museum aims to discuss the past, present, and future of Palestine. The museum's research programs develop knowledge that is relevant inside and outside Palestine. Through its digital platforms and international
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was appointed as Director General in September 2018. She developed the first five years programs strategy of the museum, and established two new departments focusing on curating, and on research and knowledge programming. She led the museum's
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lockdown programming in 2020, that enabled it to increase and continue providing its activities online without interruption, while diversifying its audiences. On October 3, 2023, the museum board announced interdisciplinary visual artist
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Gold certification. The building design and operations take sustainability into account. To reach LEED standards, the builders needed to implement systems control technologies that were new to the area's building industry.
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before that and after that … take that history and that memory as a means to reflect on what's happening today and as a way to think through ideas, concepts and propositions for the future."
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near Ramallah, and the cost of the building is estimated at US $ 24 to $ 30 million. Funds were contributed by "over 30 private Palestinian families and institutions", including the
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partners, the museum aims to connect with about 10 million Palestinians scattered around the world, and with all those interested in Palestine.
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on 18 May 2016, but it was "plagued by a series of cost overruns and delays", with some blaming Israel Customs authorities for those delays.
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The idea of developing a museum was initiated in 1997 by the London-based Welfare Association to commemorate the
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The museum aims to transcend political and geographical borders, and address the mobility issues due to the
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as director, who was ousted by the board after three and a half years. Writer and academic Dr.
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Artforum Hanan Toukan and Adila Laïdi-Hanieh on the Palestinian Museum
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The museum building is built on nearly ten acres of land donated by
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The Palestinian Museum, in Birzeit, West Bank, State of Palestine
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Palestinian museum, located in Birzeit, West Bank, Palestine
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The Palestinian Museum is notable as a winner of the 2019
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A People by the Sea: Narratives of the Palestinian Coast
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Labour of Love: New Approaches to Palestinian Embroidery
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The architectural firm responsible for the building is
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Birzeit
West Bank
Palestine
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Amer Shomali
palmuseum.org/en
Birzeit
West Bank
State of Palestine
Palestine
Jerusalem
Aga Khan Award for Architecture
Israeli–Palestinian conflict
Nakba
Palestinians
Jack Persekian
Mahmoud Hawari
Jack Persekian
Adila Laïdi-Hanieh
COVID-19
Amer Shomali
Heneghan Peng
Grand Egyptian Museum
Aga Khan Award for Architecture
LEED
Birzeit University
A. M. Qattan Foundation

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