The Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth, Texas, has extended its exhibition 'The Holy Sepulcher: Treasures from the Terra Sancta Museum, Jerusalem' through July 12, 2025. Originally scheduled to close June 28, the show features over sixty objects in silver, gold, enamel, and precious jewels given by European monarchs to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem. Many of these works, including reliquaries, crosses, and vestments from the 17th and 18th centuries, have never before been seen in the United States and are traveling to only two North American venues.
The extension matters because the exhibition offers a rare public glimpse into a collection of liturgical treasures that were virtually unknown to art historians until the 1980s. These objects, preserved for centuries by the Franciscan Custodia Terrae Sanctae, represent an intersection of European craftsmanship and Holy Land devotion. The show also previews the Terra Sancta Museum in Jerusalem, scheduled to open in 2026, making this a significant cultural and historical event for audiences in the U.S.