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The Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel is the future building of the Israel Antiquities Authority. Ground was broken in 2010, and construction began in 2012 in Jerusalem. The building will concentrate all centralized administrative offices into one structure, currently at 3 locations throughout Jerusalem: Har Hotzvim, Israel Museum, and the Rockefeller Museum. The campus is being built on 20,000 square meters located between the Israel Museum and the Bible Lands Museum. It was designed by Moshe Safdie. The Visitor Experience center at the Campus is expected, as of March 2026, to be fully built by the end of 2026 and open to visitors in early 2027.
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