Albert Einstein will have a museum in Jerusalem

JERUSALEM, Oct. 23 (DPA/EP) -

The Government of Israel has approved a project to build a museum dedicated to the German physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955) for a total of 18 million dollars on the grounds of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Einstein was born in Ulm, Germany, but as a Jew he fled to the United States to escape the Nazi regime. He was one of the founders of the Hebrew University and bequeathed his writings and possessions to the institution, which opened in 1925. Einstein received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1921.

The museum project, led by the Jerusalem Ministry of Affairs and Heritage and the Hebrew University, includes the construction of a unique building on the Safra campus in the Givat Ram neighborhood to house all of Einstein's archives, it has reported. University.

The archives will be accessible to the general public in digital format and the museum will also serve as an innovative space for science and technology education, according to the statement.

The Albert Einstein Museum will showcase Einstein's research, activities, and legacy through state-of-the-art exhibition techniques, scientific demonstrations, and original documents.

The museum also plans to highlight the scientist's deep connection to the fate of the Jewish people, the State of Israel and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Visitors will be able to tour a reconstruction of Einstein's library and office and see several of his original documents. The directors of the project hope that the Albert Einstein Museum will become a major tourist attraction for Israel.