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Monday, March 23, 2009

THE RENOVATION (RENEWAL) OF THE ISRAEL MUSEUM is back in the news:
$100 million renovation of Israel Museum to double display space for art and artifacts

12:00 AM CDT on Sunday, March 22, 2009

FROM WIRE REPORTS Gwen Ackerman, Bloomberg News

JERUSALEM – The Israel Museum, with a collection that includes Picasso sculptures, Chagall paintings and the Dead Sea Scrolls, is barely visible behind a jumble of cranes dotting its campus on Jerusalem's Hill of Tranquility.

The 20 acres of galleries, sculpture gardens and research facilities are getting a $100 million facelift to make the museum's collection more accessible.

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The price has risen by $20 million since June of 2007 and has doubled since April of 2006. I hope they're getting their money's worth!