Welcome to the Museum of the Bais Hamikdash.
Below is a list of the museum's galleries and their rooms:
Click on any room
to see the exhibits.
Click on the pictures in the rooms to enlarge them.
If you have any questions please feel free to contact
the museum curator at rlreznick@campsci.com.
ART, ARTIFACTS, AND ARCHITECTURE GALLERY
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Room 1 ~ Coins, coins relating to the
Bais Hamikdash
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Room 2 ~ Columns, remains of columns of the Bais Hamikdash
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Room 3 ~ Sundials, a sundial that was probably used in the Bais HaMikdash
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Room 4 ~ Menorah, images of the Menorah engraved during the time of the
Bais Hamikdash
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Room 5 ~ Temple Stones & Domes, the unique style
of the stone blocks used in the construction of the Bais HaMikdash
and the unique designs carved on the Temple Domes.
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INSCRIPTION GALLERY
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Room 6 ~ The "Korbon" inscription
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Room 7 ~ The "Zikainim" inscription
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Room 8 ~
The "Bais HaT'yikah" inscription
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Room 9 ~
The "Hadrian" inscription
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Room 10 ~ The "Moshiach" inscription
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| Room 11~ The "No Gentiles Allowed"
inscription
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TEMPLE MOUNT GALLERY
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| Room 12 ~ General views
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| Room 13 ~ Outside the Dome of the Rock
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| Room 14 ~ Inside the Dome of the Rock
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| Room 15 ~ The Rock and the Secret Cave
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| Room 17 ~ Hidden walls of the Bais HaMikdash
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| Room 18 ~ El Aksa Mosque, a mosque built from the remains of a Temple
building
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WESTERN WALL GALLERY
You can see a beautiful slide show (in RealPlayer format) of the Western
Wall ( Kotel Ha'Maaravi ) narrated by Steven Hill on our JewishVideo page.
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| Room 19 ~ Robinson's Arch, remains of a Temple archway
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| Room 20 ~ Robinson's
steps
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| Room 21 ~ Tyropean Road, the main road of ancient
Yerushalyim
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| Room 22 ~ Barclay's Gate, an entrance into the
Bais HaMikdash
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| Room 23 ~ Wilson's Arch, remains of a bridge that led onto
Har HaBayis
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| Room 24 ~ The "Hasmonean
Tunnel"
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| Room 25 ~ The "Kiphonus Gate," a Temple gateway mentioned in the
Mishna
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| Room 26 ~ Stores along the Western Wall
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SOUTHERN WALL GALLERY
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| Room 27 ~ General view
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| Room 30 ~ Homes, the remains of homes and their artifacts found in the
shadow of the Temple's southern wall
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| Room 31 ~ Stores along the Southern wall
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| Room 32 ~ The Triple Gate, the main entrance into the
Bais HaMikdash
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| Room 33 ~ The Double Gate, the main exit of the Bais HaMikdash
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| Room 34 ~ The Single Gate, a gateway that led into the
"basement" of the Bais HaMikdash
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| Room 35 ~ The Crusader Tower, a guard tower built against the Southern
Wall of Har HaBayis
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| Room 36 ~ The Southern Stairway, the main stairway of the
Bais HaMikdash
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EASTERN WALL GALLERY
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| Room 37 ~ Southeastern Corner, the largest expanse that can be seen of
original Temple stones
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| Room 38 ~ The Mercy Gate, Shar HaRachamin, originally built by
Shlomo
HaMelech
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| Room 39 ~ The
Shushan Gate, a hidden gateway mentioned in the Mishna
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| Room 40 ~ The Mysterious Eastern Archway
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| Room 41 ~ The "line" in the
wall, what does it mean?
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| Room 42 ~ Warren's Shaft, how far does the wall go down?
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NORTHERN WALL GALLERY
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| Room 43 ~ The Northern Wall Area
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| Room 44 ~ "Biraychas Yisroel," a pool built 2,300 years ago by
Shimon HaTzadik
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UNDER THE TEMPLE MOUNT GALLERY
Note: Rooms 45-48 contain the largest collection of drawings
and photographs of the Bais HaMikdash's underground tunnels and chambers ever
assembled. We do hope you find this intriguing glimpse into the mysterious world
of the subterranean Temple Mount interesting and fascinating.
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| Room 45 ~ The "Chuldah Tunnels," tunnels hidden under Temple
Mount, mentioned in the Mishna
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| Room 46 ~ "King Solomon's Stables," the "basement of the
Bais HaMikdash
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| Room 47 ~ Lower Tunnels, secret tunnels underneath the
"basement"
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| Room 48 ~ Secret Chambers, underground rooms of the
Bais HaMikdash
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REFERENCE LIBRARY
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| Room 49 ~ Virtual
Mishnah, a translation, commentary, visual aids to Tractate Midoth
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| Room 50 ~ History of the Temple Mount
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MAPS & ILLUSTRATIONS GALLERY
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| Room 51 ~ Library, Books & Maps
- an invaluable collection of visual information
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