Museum on the Seam

The Museum on the Seam is a socio-political contemporary art museum in Jerusalem, Israel. Founded in 1999, it is housed in the home of the family of its original architect, Andoni Baramki, a Palestinian Arab whose property was appropriated by Israel after 1948. According to its website it focuses on "controversial social issues for public discussion,” with exhibitions on social issues like the right to protest, the decline of Western hegemony, and state/private home relationships. It has been lauded by The New York Times as one of the world's 29 cultural 'one must-see-before-I-die dedstinations.' According to its public presentations, it brings social and moral change in face of a complex and conflict-ridden reality.

The museum was initiated and established by Raphie Etgar who serves as its Artistic Director, and has been supported for some decades by the Holtzbrink Family Foundation. through the Jerusalem Foundation.

The various exhibitions displayed at the museum are participated by some of today's leading artists, such as: Anselm Kiefer, Bruce Nauman, Bill Viola, Christian Boltanski, Sophie Calle, Wim Wenders, Thomas Hirschhorn, Gilbert & George, Paul McCarthy, Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Douglas Gordon, William Kentridge, Santiago Sierra, Alfredo Jaar, Edward Burtynsky, Yael Bartana, Michal Rovner, Dani Karavan, Moshe Gershuni, Micha Ullman, Joshua Neustein, Larry Abramson, Sigalit Landau, Tsibi Geva, Menashe Kadishman, Miki Kratsman, Gilad Ophir, Michal Na'aman and many others.

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