Israeli President Shimon Peres, 88, has begun promoting a new vision: An Albert Einstein museum in Jerusalem, that will be in the shape of scientist’s head.
According to the plan, the museum will display the entire bequest of the physicist, including his writings, inventions, clothes, study, telescope and even a mold of his teeth.
The first person to come up with the idea to build the Einstein museum in Jerusalem was Cabinet Secretary Zvi Hauser, who thought the museum should be shaped like the scientist’s brain. Peres fell for the idea, but came up with a design of his own.
In September, he presented the plan to the heads of Hebrew University, which possesses Einstein’s bequest, and some of his staff. Peres envisions a huge museum, which will serve as a global tourist attraction.
“Albert Einstein is the most famous Jew in history since Moses,” Peres said. “Israel must serve as a center of attraction for both creativity and wisdom, and Einstein possesses these two elements … Every single tourist arriving in Israel will want to visit the museum, if only we can get it started.”
The Hebrew Univer-sity representatives told the president they had 45,000 documents, drafts, books and items belonging to the scientist.
“We have a large treasure, which includes all of the original writings of Einstein, who was the university’s founding father, and many of his items — the drafts he wrote about the theory of general relativity, his love letters, clothes and a lot more,” said former Shin Bet Director Carmi Gillon, the university’s vice president of external relations. “At the moment, these items are accessible to
the public only through pre-coordination and very randomly.” — ynetnews.com