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ITP 2019 – British Museum Balqees Nakhla Collections Custodian Assistant Birzeit University Museum Palestine

Palestine

My home country is Palestine, its capital is Jerusalem, in western Asia.

Birzeit University Museum

• In 1997, the museum was founded by Vera Tamari. • The museum has two major-big collections; Ethnographic collection and Art collection, with other small collections. • The museum aimed at conserving the unique Tawfiq Canaan Collection of Amulets and Talismans. • In 2019, the museum is working on creating permanent exhibition based on its both Ethnographic and Art collections .

Collections: • Old Storage

New Storage:

Objects

Work Colleagues

Personal & Professional interests Personal Interests: Professional interests: Reading Working in an academic environment Hiking Collections conserving and management Yoga Working on Exhibitions

Balqees Nakhla Collections Custodian Assistant Birzeit University Museum balqis.nakhleh@gmail.com bnakhleh@birzeit.edu