Beituna al- Talhami Museum, West Bank, Palestinian Territories
4.5 (7 reviews) Spent Ranking #15 in Bethlehem Speciality Museums
A worthful collection to cherish traditions
I loved my visit to Beituna Al-Tahimi <3 The collection they store is amazing and tells so much about not only the traditional Palestinian embroidery but about how peopled lived, build their houses and cooked their meals as well! So much details, original items, pictures. It's impressive and educational. I really recommend a visit to this museum ánd to their shop: you won't believe your eyes when you see so much Palestinian embroidery (: And a special shout out to the older woman who gave me the tour. Every question I asked was answered with a smile, kindness and patience. She demonstraded some items, how things worked in these days. It was really a great visit!
Address
Star Street, Bethlehem, Palestinian Territories.
Website
http://www.bethawu.org
Current local date and time now
Sunday, May 12, 2024, 5:08
User Ratings
4.5 based on (7 reviews)
Reviews
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5Fuad K 5:00 PM Nov 25, 2013
Old Bethlehem Folklore Museum
Just off the Manger Square in an old Palestinian house where the Arab Women’s Union mounted a small and interesting museum with typical embroidery Silver jewelry old photographs of Palestinian families oil lamps and other items of a bygone Era. Beituna Al Talhame will transport you through time to a typical Palestinian home of the 19th century. It has a collection of traditional Palestinian household items displayed in an old house dedicated to the project where a living room and a kitchen were reconstructed. Immerse yourself in the past of Bethlehem by visiting this Ethnographic Museum the heritage museum is run by the Arab Women’s Union a non-profit charitable, social and cultural society, founded in 1947 in Bethlehem. Its first mission was to support needy Palestinian Women by providing them jobs that enable them to have a descent life. Traditional handmade embroidery is on sale here. The Museum is located in the heart of Bethlehem’s Old City, next to Star Street and a five minute walk from the Basilica of the Nativity. The place is open every day from 8 am till noon and from 2 pm till 5 pm, except Sundays. Ticket costs $2.5 or 2 Euros. . You need to combine this visit with the Church of St. Catherine, the Basilica Milk Grotto and Mar Saba Monastery by spending one night in Bethlehem.
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5Charles_Brewer 5:00 PM Feb 20, 2019
Delightful insight
We only decided to visit the museum because we had a little more time than expected after the Church if the Nativity. It was a lucky accident. I had been reading TE Lawrence's Seven Pillars of Wisdom for much of the time we travelled on buses around Israel and was delighted to find the scenes of local dignitaries and British administrators from the early 1920s included Colonel Storrs, one of Lawrence's colleagues and supporters, and to see the way in which he tried to incorporate all of the factions. It was fascinating to see the domestic progression from the late Ottoman period, which looked as though nothing had changed for centuries, through the early modern period of British administration, womens' clothes went from oppressive and huge to clothes that would not have been out of place in Bloomsbury at the same time. The reconstruction of the house and salvaging of everyday objects was delightful, and our guide - who had a most acute sense of history and change was excellent.
