Acknowledgements

The Houses of Ancient Israel: Domestic, Royal, Divine
is based on the book Life in Biblical Israel by Philip J. King and Lawrence E. Stager.
John Knox/Westminster Press (2001)

The exhibit has been made possible by the generosity of Malcolm H. Wiener,
Glen R. Dash, Philip J. King, the Friends of the Semitic Museum and
the Museum Loan Network, a national collection-sharing program funded by
the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation and The Pew Charitable Trusts,
and administered by MIT's Office of the Arts .

Curators
Lawrence E. Stager, James A. Armstrong, Joseph A. Greene and Helena Wylde Swiny

Semitic Museum
Dena S. Davis, Kristen K. Vagliardo, Kimberley J. Connors,
Dena Arkin, Charles G. Häberl, Sarah Koplik, Kathleen Mallak,
Rachel Reed, Marcelle Robinson, Kathy Wei and Liang Zhao

Cooperating Institutions
Harvard University Art Museums
Marjorie Cohn, David Mitten, Amy Brauer,
Karen Manning and Toni MacDonald-Fein

Badè Museum, Pacific School of Religion
Aaron Brody and Ruth Ohm

Free Collection, Wheaton College
John Monson and Daniel Master

The Pillared House
Mystic Scenic Studios
Paul Garnett, Cheryl Jeffries, Paul Wilson, Harold Hardy, Cary Atsalis,
Amos Duncan, Harold Hardy, Jr., Scott Forster and Nick Castro

Loom, Weaving and Woodwork
Seddon R. Wylde and François Asselin

Replica Ceramics
Nancy Hocking and Ara Nigogossian (Triskelion Pottery)

Sheep Sculpture
Nantz Comyns

Murals and Gallery Doorway
Diane C. Gilson and Karen Audette

Painting of Solomon's Temple
Christopher Evans

Graphics and Photography
Kristen K. Vagliardo, Charles G. Häberl, Catherine S. Alexander,
Seddon R. Wylde, Frank Moore Cross, Carl T. Andrews, Adam Aja and Erez Cohen

Lighting
Dan Clawson (Advanced Lighting and Production Services)

Conservation
Dennis Piechota and Jane Drake Piechota (Object and Textile Conservation),
Carol Snow and Nina Vinogradskaya (Art Conservation Associates),
Sanchita Balachandran and Tony Sigel (Straus Center for Conservation, Harvard University Art Museums)
and Scott Fulton and Esther Chao (Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology)

Fabrication, Construction and Maintenance
Matthew Stec (FAS Physical Resources), Action Alarm, DeAngelis Iron Work,
Harvard University Facilities Maintenance Operations, Hughes Brothers Painting,
Hunt Hardwood Floors, J & S Carpet, O'Connell Construction, Smallcorp and UNICCO Service Company

Web Design
Matthew Wollman and Kristen Vagliardo

Special Thanks To
Aysar Akrawi, Michal Artzy (University of Haifa),
Itzhaq Beit-Arieh (Tel Aviv University), William Broughton (University of the Holy Land),
Robin Brown, Edward F. Campbell (McCormick Theological Seminary), Annie Caubet (Louvre),
Rupert Chapman (Palestine Exploration Fund), Douglas R. Clark (Walla Walla College),
Felicity Cobbing (Palestine Exploration Fund), Paul Croft, (University of Edinburgh),
Frank Moore Cross (Harvard University), John Curtis (British Museum),
Fiber Loft, Irving Finkel (British Museum), Seymour Gitin (Albright Institute of Archaeological Research),
Arthur and Louise Glickman (Grains Naturally),Jo Ann Hackett (Harvard University),
Iris Hermann, Larry G. Herr (Canadian University College),Joan Jenness, Patricia Kalensky (Louvre),
Susan W. Katzev, Amos Kloner (Bar-Ilan University),Peter Lacovara (Michael C. Carlos Museum, Emory University),
Nancy Lapp (Pittsburgh Theological Seminary),Steven LeBlanc (Harvard University),
Peter Machinist (Harvard University), Amihai Mazar (Hebrew University), Kerry O'Brien,
Bruce Routledge (University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology),
Orit Shamir (Israel Antiquities Authority), Alessandra Swiny, Stuart Swiny (University at Albany, State University of New York),
Nancy Wright (Perennial Designs)and Linda Whiting