This model of the Ophthalmic Hospital on the Bethlehem Road in Jerusalem is made of repurposed materials including wooden packing boxes and sandpaper. The different levels of the building can be removed to reveal the arrangement of the floors beneath. The 1924 Annual Report notes “The Committee will find it most useful when discussing, at any future time, proposed alterations”.
Howie-Willis, Ian and Matthew Glozier. 'A model humanitarian institution. The scale models of the 'Old' St John Ophthalmic Hospital on the Bethlehem Road and the 'New' Eye Hospital in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem'. In The International Historical Journal of the Most Venerable Order of St John. Volume 7. London: St John International, 2021. https://www.stjohninternational.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/onestjohnvol.7.pdf Pages 51 - 64
Exhibition history
British Empire Exhibition, Wembley Park, 23 April 1924-1 November 1924
Credit line
Gift of Captain C.R.B. Eyre, 1924
The conservation and display of this model has been made possible through a generous donation from Mr Roy Strasburger OStJ., and Mrs Eva Strasburger OStJ.