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The Fine Arts Museum
Housed in a beautiful new building on the main Bethlehem-Hebron road,near he Jacir Palace-Inter Continental hotel,the Fine Arts Museum was opened in the last week of July with funding from the Japanese government through the UNDP.The museum is one of the projects of the Arab women's society in Bethlehem,and will be managed by the arts department in the Palestinian ministry of culture.This museum is the first of its kind in Palestine and will feature contemporary works of art in addition to artwork that reflects on Palestinian life and culture.Currently it is exhibiting 48 paintings reflecting on life in Bethlehem from the 16th -19th centuries. Museum of Olive oil production This museum is located in An Najajreh street in the old city of Bethlehem and is another project funded by the Japanese government through UNDP.Housed in one of the historical buildings in Bethlehem dating back to he 18th century,"Badd Giacaman"is a unique museum in the way it presents Palestinian rural economy and the history of development of the olive oil production industry which goes back to more than 5000 years in Palestine.The "Badd"museum (the Arabic word 'Badd"means the traditional equipment used to extract oil from fresh olives)shows the traditional olive oil production methods and the various handicrafts related to it.