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Museums
Man and the Living World Museum, Ramat Gan
As suggested by its name, the Man and the Living World Museum, which is located in the green National Park of Ramat Gan, is dedicated to an array of subjects that are related to the world of nature, such as the development of the creatures that live on our planet, reptiles and dinosaurs, prehistoric man, the human body, communications, reproduction and more.
The Petah Tikva Museum of Art
The Petah Tikva Museum of Art receives many praises and rightfully so.
The Mosaic House
Chaim Weizmann, Ariel Sharon, Chava Alberstein, Ilan Ramon and hundreds of additional leaders, artists, writers, rabbis and other celebrities crowd together on Yehuda HaYamit Street in the home of Yossi Lugasi, in Jaffa, which looks like a shrine to Israeli heritage.
The Museum of Russian Art in Ramat-Gan
The Museum of Russian Art in Ramat-Gan is a lovely and somewhat unusual home to collections of paintings, drawings, designs for the theater and more.
Dialogue in the Dark
Dialogue in the Dark in Holon is the name of an unusual exhibition, one that everyone should experience.
The Herzliya Museum of Art
The Herzliya Museum of Art, founded in 1965, is dedicated to contemporary art by Israeli and International artists.
The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) History Museum
Situated at the old railway station of Jaffa, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) History Museum presents the military history of the State of Israel from its foundation and until the present day.
The Egged Museum of Historic Vehicles
This lovely and modest outdoor museum presents tens of buses from various times that stand here in silence.
The Israeli Museum at the Yitzhak Rabin Center
The Yitzhak Rabin Center in Tel Aviv is a well-know institution, but the museum which has opened in it in 2010 is not as well-known.
The “Nesher” Visitor Center
The “Nesher” Visitor Center in Ramla offers much more than a visit to a company which manufactures cement.
Jaffa Museum of Antiquities
The archeological Jaffa Museum of Antiquities was established in the 1970s at the old Saraya building (the Ottoman government building).
The Museum of Far Eastern Art
The Yechiel Nahari Museum of Far Eastern Art in Ramat Gan was inherited by the city’s municipality from the avid collector after whom this museum is named.
The Children's Museum in Holon
This charming museum offers children their ultimate fantasy: to be inside a story.
The Babylonian Jewry Museum
Zion was the heart’s desire of the Babylonian Exiles already in the 6th century BCE and the Babylonian Jewry Museum in Or Yehuda is dedicated to them.
The Rishon Le-Zion Museum
In Rishon Le-Zion is a hidden surprising attraction that is suitable for the whole family- the Rishon Le-Zion Museum, which tells about the history of Rishon Le-Zion in particular and of the settlement of Israel in general.
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art is Israel’s leading museum of modern and contemporary art, welcoming more than 500,000 visitors each year.
Ben-Zion David - Museum of Yemenite Culture and Gallery for handcrafted jewelry
The Ben-Zion David complex in Kedumim Square in Old Jaffa is dedicated entirely to Yemenite Culture and the art of handcrafted jewelry, which was considered the most distinguished occupation for the man in Yemen.
The Diamond Museum
A real surprise is hidden in the Ramat Gan Diamond complex: a small and charming diamond museum, which does not compromise on the quality of the exhibition and provides valuable information, both visually and textually.
The Palmach Museum
The Palmach Museum, situated in Ramat Aviv, presents the History of the Palmach, the military branch of the Haganah organization, from its foundation in 1941 due to the fear that the Germans with invade Israel and until the height of its activity during the Israeli War of Independence.
The Mikve Israel Visitor Center
The Mikve Israel Visitor Center is the closest thing to a time travel in the central area of Israel, and this is not a clich?.
The “Discover Tel Aviv” Center at the Shalom Mayer Tower
The Shalom Mayer Tower, Israel’s first skyscraper, was raised in Tel Aviv as an office building in 1965 and was considered in those days to be the highest building in the Middle East.
A B See Do (A-Ba-Ga-Da) at Beit Hatfutsot (Diaspora House)
At Beit Hatfutsot (Diaspora House) quite recently a new interactive exhibition has opened that is dedicated to the Hebrew language and makes it into a fun and enriching amusement park- also for the parents who never liked studying it as a subject at school.
The Yedioth Ahronoth (an Israeli daily newspaper) Visitor Center in Rishon LeZion
The world of journalism surrounds us at all times, but it is sometimes worth it to stop for a moment and learn how a newspaper is actually being created, how an item is being written, how a newspaper is being produced and printed.
The Geological Museum in Ramat HaSharon
You will leave the Geological Museum in Ramat HaSharon with greater understanding of everything that has to do with the “inner world” of earth.
The Eretz Israel Museum
The Eretz Israel Museum (the Land of Israel Museum) was founded in 1958 as Ha'Aretz Museum in the north of Tel Aviv.
The Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art
The Helena Rubinstein Pavilion for Contemporary Art, which is a part of the complex that includes the HaBima Theater and the Culture Hall, seems to stand on its own but in fact it is actually a branch of the Tel Aviv Museum of Art.
The Lehi Museum named after Avraham Yair Stern
The history of the Lehi Jewish underground organization in the pre-Israeli State period is documented in a roof apartment in Tel Aviv’s Florentin neighborhood, where the founder and commander of the Lehi underground Yair (Avraham Stern) was caught and murdered in 1942 by British policemen.
The Museum of Man and the Environment in Petah Tikva
The Museum of Human Sciences and Environment is modest in size but offers a fascinating content to its visitors.
The Israeli Museum of Caricature and Comics in Holon
If you are not addicted to comics, this is the place to start your journey in this new world.
The Etzel Museum - 1948
A Museum on the southern beach of Tel Aviv for the commemoration of the 41 Etzel soldiers who fell during the battle for Jaffa.
Old Jaffa’s Visitors Center
In Kikar Kdumim (Kdumim Square) one can find what could be called an underground museum.
Bialik House
The Bialik House, which was the home of Israel’s national poet and writer, Haim Nahman Bialik, was built in 1924 when Bialik arrived to Israel.
Beit Mani (Mani House)
Beit Mani (Mani House) in Tel Aviv is located in the heart of the big city, like an enchanted and nostalgic fairy-tale house that is surrounded by skyscrapers.
The Rubin Museum
There is something exciting about walking around the Rubin Museum, which also served as the Artist Reuven Rubin’s home and perhaps as his source of inspiration as well.
The Diaspora Museum (“Beit Hatfutsot”)
The Nahum Goldmann Museum of the Jewish Diaspora presents to its visitors the unique and ongoing story of the Jewish People throughout the generations, using murals, dioramas, three dimensional reconstructions, films, audio-visual displays and interactive multimedia presentations.
The Israel Puppet Center in Holon
The Israel Puppet Center in Holon serves many audiences, among which are artists, craftsmen, teachers, researchers and the general public.
The Israel Post Visitor Center
The Israel Post Visitor Center in Tel Aviv invites you to go on a journey following a letter, and apparently this journey includes some fascinating stops, some of which the public is not really familiar with.
Rokach House
In the 1880s a few of Jaffa’s Jews have already realized a dream: to come out of the Jaffa walls and build an independent and modern Jewish neighborhood.
Beit David Museum
If you always wanted to know whether you are a descendant of King David, you will be able to find that out at the Beit David (House of David) Museum, which opened in 2012 on Brenner Street in Tel Aviv (before that it was located in the Old City of Jerusalem).
The Museum of Israeli Art in Ramat Gan
The Museum of Israeli Art has been housed since 1987 inside a unique looking structure which served in its past as an industrial structure, to which interesting features have been added (such as, for example, a low tower that is adjacent to the museum’s exterior and looks like a watch tower, on which it is written “Emda”, meaning “Post”).
Dizengoff House
On May 14th, 1948, arrived here one after the other the members of the Jewish National Council and the leaders of the Jewish community, and in the afternoon, David Ben-Gurion came up on the stage and declared the founding of the State of Israel.
The Maccabi Sports Museum
The Pierre Gildesgame Maccabi Sports Museum might not be familiar to many, but this does not take anything out of the interest that it raises in the visitors who discover it, especially sport fans.
The Etzel Museum
The Etzel Museum located in Metzudat Ze'ev (Ze'ev's stronghold) at the center of Tel Aviv, presents the history of the Etzel- a Jewish underground military organization that was founded in 1931 in Jerusalem.
The Jabotinsky Museum
The character, activity, ideology and way of Zeev Jabotinsky are presented at the Jabotinsky Museum through fascinating and up to date multimedia exhibitions.
The Holon Design Museum
The first Design museum in Israel opened in 2010 with great clamor, not only due to its being the first of its kind in Israel, but also due to the structure in which it is housed- a unique and first large-scale project of the Tel Aviv-born London-based architect, industrial designer and sculptor, Ron Arad.
The Ben-Gurion House
When David Ben-Gurion, Israel's first Prime Minister, declared: "I hereby bequeath to the State of Israel my house in Tel-Aviv", he did not realize that many of the residents of this “city without interruption”-as it is known- do not know this hidden gem, with its nostalgic direct connection to more na?ve times.
Beit Ha'ir (The City’s House)
Beit Ha'ir (The City’s House) Museum is located inside the old City Hall of Tel Aviv and is a part of the Bialik complex, which was declared a World Cultural Heritage Site by UNESCO and is included in the “White City” list of buildings in Tel Aviv.
The Israeli Center for Digital Art
Beyond the fact that in this special place in the city of Holon the visitors are invited to enjoy an unusual and dynamic art, the Israeli Center for Digital Art is an important place for research, production and multi-disciplinary thinking for artists.
The Hagana Museum named after Eliyahu Golomb
The Hagana Museum on Rothschild Avenue is the central museum for the history of the Hagana, the Jewish military organization for the defense of the Jewish settlements during the time of the British Mandate in the Land of Israel.
Hertzlilenblum Museum
Hertzlilenblum Museum is defined as a museum of banking and Tel-Avivian nostalgia and it is housed in one of Tel-Aviv’s first buildings, which is aimed at preservation.
The Zaritsky Artists House
The Zaritsky Artists House in Tel Aviv includes no less than six art galleries as well as a few art workshops.
The Hosmasa Museum
In the city of Holon, on a lovely green hill with pleasant sitting areas, is the curiously named special and modest Hosmasa Museum.
Jerusalem
Museums
The Menachem Begin Heritage Center Museum in Jerusalem
The fascinating life, activity and ideas of Menachem Begin are presented interactively and experientially in the elegantly designed museum of the Menachem Begin Heritage Center.
The Museum of Underground Prisoners in Jerusalem
The Museum of Underground Prisoners is located at the Russian Compound, which served in the 19th century Russian pilgrims and became the central prison of the British Mandatory authorities, where in 1920 - 1948 hundreds of members of the Jewish underground organizations of the Hagana, Irgun and Lehi were imprisoned.
Heichal Shlomo (Solomon's Temple)
The magnificent Heichal Shlomo (Solomon's Temple) was inaugurated in Jerusalem in a ceremony attended by many in 1958, as befitting a place defined as a spiritual center, the Seat of the Chief Rabbinate of Israel.
The Time Elevator
Through this original way of looking at Jerusalem so many intriguing and amazing levels are being revealed, presenting eventful conquests, dark schemes, surprising vicissitudes and various rulers.
The Nature Museum in Jerusalem
It is very easy to miss out on this wonderful gem, which both children and adults will find very interesting for a while.
The Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem
Thousands of years of history spread before the visitors to this wonderful gem of a museum.
The Ein Yael "Hands-on" Museum
The target audience of the Ein Yael "Hands-on" Museum is children and it takes them very seriously.
The Rabbi Kook House
On the second floor of a Jerusalemite building declared for preservation, is the home in which once lived Rabbi Abraham Isaac HaCohen Kook, who is better known as Rabbi Kook.
The Herzl Museum
The new Herzl Center that is dedicated to Benjamin Ze’ev Herzl, the "Visionary of the Jewish State", and to his multi-layered heritage was inaugurated in 2005.
The Old Yishuv Court Museum
At the edge of the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem, very close to the Jewish Quarter, is the ethnographic Old Yishuv Court Museum which present to its visitors the way of life of those who were called the Old Yishuv people in Jerusalem.
The Israel Museum
The Israel Museum is the largest in the Middle East and one of the best in the world for archeology and art.
The S. Y. Agnon House
The house in which lived S. Y. Agnon- one of the most important modern Hebrew writers and receiver of the Nobel Prize for Literature- in the Talpiot Neighborhood in Jerusalem for 40 years, serves today as a museum which commemorates the man and his writings.
The Franciscan Museum in Jerusalem
At the Via Dolorosa which is in the Old City of Jerusalem, where according to Christian tradition Jesus walked, carrying his cross, on his way to his crucifixion, was founded in 1901 a school for Biblical studies that served Catholic monks from the Franciscan Order.
Museum on the Seam
The intriguing name of this special museum, which is also housed inside a special structure that was built in 1932, hints at its content.
Siebenberg House
In the Jewish Quarter in Jerusalem, where once lived the wealthiest of the people at the time of the Second Jewish Temple, is the Siebenberg House, which serves as a small and fascinating Archaeological Museum.
The Museum for Islamic Art
The Museum for Islamic Art is an architectural jewel in the heart of Jerusalem.
Yad Vashem
Yad Vashem (meaning: a memorial and a name) is Israel's official memorial site to the six million Jews who were murdered by the Nazis during World War II and the Holocaust.
The Theater Archives and Museum
Even though it is not famous, extravagant or glamorous, the fascinating Theatre Archives and Museum is a real treasure for those who like theater specifically and culture in general.
The Katros House – the Burnt House
The Katros House, or the Burnt House, is a typical residential structure from the time of the Second Jewish Temple, which was destroyed in the great fire that swept through vast areas of Jerusalem during the Great Revolt (70 CE).
Chamber of the Holocaust
On top of Mount Zion in Jerusalem is found a somewhat different Holocaust Museum, especially due to the fact that this is an Ultra-Orthodox Jewish Museum.
Moshe Castel Museum of Art
In a large impressive structure in Ma'ale Adumim, from where one can see the views of Jerusalem, is housed the Moshe Castel Museum of Art, which opened in 2010 and is dedicated to the well-known Israeli artist, Moshe Castel.
The Bloomfield Science Museum
So how does a light bulb work? How are signals being transferred on a telephone? How do cranes work? How are optical illusions created? These basic questions are answered in a tangible, interactive and sometimes especially amusing way at the charming Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem, which can provide for half a day of fun to a family with children.
The Rockefeller Museum
The Rockefeller Museum, located in front of Herod's Gate (the Flowers Gate) opened to the public already in 1938.
The Tower of David Museum
The Tower of David Museum of the History of Jerusalem is located in the medieval citadel known as the Tower of David and presents a permanent exhibition which tells the story of Jerusalem throughout its history.
Wohl Archeology Museum
For those who want to get an idea about the glory days of the wealthiest Quarter at the time of King Herod (the Herodian Quarter), it is recommended to visit this special archeological museum in Jerusalem, which is led to through an underground basement.
The Jerusalem Artists House
The beautiful Jerusalemite stone structure of the Jerusalem Artists House, with the Menorah at its top, served through its various incarnations a few famous cultural milestones.
The Armenian Museum
In the southern part of the Armenian Quarter in Jerusalem is one of its most beautiful structures: a two floors stone house with an inner courtyard, a small garden and an old tall cypress tree.
Haifa
Museums
Chagall Artists House, Haifa
The Jewish painter, Marc Chagall (1887-1985), one of the most important surrealist painters, is commemorated in the name of the modestly and pleasantly designed Chagall Artists House.
The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art
The charming Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art is considered one of a kind in the Middle East and it aims, among other things, at distributing the multi-layered Japanese culture.
The Hannah Szenes House Museum, Kibbutz Sdot Yam
The famous poetess and parachutist Hannah Szenes is commemorated where her home used to be, in Kibbutz Sdot Yam.
“Yad LaMeyasdim” (The Founders’ Memorial) in Zikhron Ya'akov
Not far from the central bus station, where in far away days the young colony’s granary was located, a museum in the size of a small hall was built with the purpose of displaying and commemorating the history of Zikhron Ya'akov.
Yad LaBanim in Daliat El-Carmel
“Yad LaBanim” in Daliat El-Carmel is housed in the old building in which lived Sir Laurence Oliphant, an Englishman with Zionist views, with his wife Alice in the years 1882-1886.
The Aaronsohn House, Zikhron Ya'akov
The story of “Nili”, the Jewish espionage network from the days of World War I, is considered to be one of the most fascinating ones of its kind in the history of Zionism. Zikhron Ya'akov served as an important center of activity for the members of the group, and especially its leaders.
Mane-Katz Museum, Haifa
From the Man?-Katz Museum one does see the magnificent views of Haifa’s Bay, but the main thing here are the beautiful exhibits.
The Haifa Museum of Art
Not many know that the Haifa Museum of Art is one of the largest in Israel and it presents mostly Israeli and International contemporary art.
The First Aliyah Museum in Zikhron Ya'akov
On the surface its name is not especially inviting, but this museum, located at the heart of the town of Zikhron Ya'akov, adds a special and exciting dimension to the story of the First Aliyah.
The Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum
The Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum, which is in the city of Haifa, is dedicated to the marine military history of Israel.
The Shtekelis Prehistory Museum, Haifa
A visit to a museum that deals with Prehistory always makes children happy and fascinates grownups, perhaps due to the fact that such a museum allows one a glimpse into the first days of humanity.
The Haifa City Museum
The Haifa City Museum is located in the former Templer community center building in the elegant German Colony.
The Plants of Prey Farm
The Plants of Prey Farm in Moshav Talmei Elazar, in Ada Barak’s yard, presents a great variety of plants of prey and reptiles.
The Janco Dada Museum
Art lovers will enjoy their visit to the beautiful and spacious Janco Dada Museum, which was founded in 1983 in the heart of the picturesque Ein Hod Artists' Village.
Madatech
The Madatech is the Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space, which is housed in the historic building that served as the first home of the Technion- Israel Institute of Technology.
The National Maritime Museum
What is the connection between Maritime archeology and pirates? The sea, of course.
Beit HaGefen Art Gallery
During the annual festival “The Holiday of Holidays”, which takes place in December in Wadi Nisnas in Haifa and is dedicated to the three major religions, Beit HaGefen Art Gallery gets many visitors.
The Israeli Personal Computer Museum
Those of you who still played Atari, or those who were already born into the Internet age, can all enjoy very much a nostalgic visit to the Israeli Personal Computer Museum.
The Israel Railway Museum
A real surprise awaits those who arrive at this hidden place in Haifa.
The Hecht Museum
On the ground of the University of Haifa, high up on the Carmel, is located the unique and hidden Hecht Museum, which deals mainly with archeology.
The Dead Sea
Museums
The Masada Museum in Masada National Park
It was only a matter of time until someone realizes that one of the most toured sites in Israel needs a museum for the better preservation of its heritage.
The Good Samaritan
The museum, which is situated within the Inn of the Good Samaritan site, near Ma'ale Adumim, is the only mosaic museum in Israel and one of only three in the whole world.
Sea of Galilee
Museums
Beit Gordon (Gordon House) in kibbutz Degania Alef
This place was founded in order to create a "house of nature, agriculture and knowledge”, as is defined in its official name.
The "Casa Dona Gracia" Museum
This small museum which is housed in a hotel by the same name is dedicated to the 16th century Jewish-Portuguese leader- Dona Gracia, whose financial empire spread over many countries and who has done a lot for the Jews all around Europe.
Beit HaOganim (The House of Anchors) Museum at Kibbutz Ein Gev
Fishing in the Sea of Galilee is as ancient as human settlement in the area.
The Kinneret Museum at the Moshava Kinneret
The Moshava (farming community) of Kinneret, which was founded in 1908, also marks the beginning of many Zionist, social and cultural ideas that are apparent to date in various Israeli government and cultural institutions.
The Yigal Alon Center
The Yigal Alon Center is located in kibbutz Ginosar on the shore of the Sea of Galilee.
The Scots Hotel Visitors' Center
The Scots Hotel in Tiberias is located on the shore of the Sea of Galilee inside a stone structure which was built as a hospital of the Scottish Church in the 19th century.
HaRishonim (Founders) Museum in the Kibbutz of Dgania A (Alef)
In the heart of the Kibbutz of Dgania A (Alef) is the authentic Founders' Courtyard (“Hatser Rishonim”), which looks as if it was taken right out of the beginning of the 20th century.
The Golan Heights
Museums
Beresheet Visitors' Center
Those of you who want to learn about the long way which the fruit goes through from the initial planting of the tree and until the fruit arrives at the marketing chains are invited to the Beresheet Visitors' Center at kibbutz Merom Golan which is in the Golan Heights.
Golan Magic Visitor Center
The Golan Magic Visitor Center, located about 2 kilometers east of Katzrin, is dedicated entirely to the Golan Heights, Israel’s north-eastern region.
The Golan Archeological Museum
The Golan Archeological Museum in Katzrin presents the continuous human inhabitance of the Golan region starting with prehistoric times and until the Mishnah and Talmud periods with the help of numerous finds which were excavated in the areas along the yeas.
The Ancient Katzrin Park
The special Ancient Katzrin Park offers among other things an experiential visit to an ancient synagogue, a reconstructed residential structure and an olive press.
“Kol Shofar” – Visitor Center
So how do you actually make a shofar (a blowing horn used in Jewish religious services)? From the horns of what animals and how is a Yemenite shofar differs from an Ashkenazi shofar? At the Visitor Center of “Kol Shofar” (Sound of the Shofar), a shofar producing factory in moshav Giv’at Yoav which is in the Golan Heights, you will be told all of this and additional anecdotes and interesting facts about shofars in a lecture given by Shimon Kinan, the factory’s manager and shofar maker.
The Golan Olive Oil Mill
The Golan Olive Oil Mill, located in Katzrin’s industrial area in the Golan Heights, is a factory that produces olive oil from the olives that come from the olive groves of the Golan Heights.
The Galilee
Museums
The Circassian Museum in Rehaniya
The Circassian Museum in the village of Rehaniya which is in the Galilee region, designed to preserve and promote Circassian heritage, will introduce you to those who live here but are rarely heard: the Circassians- who are spread around the world and of whom a minority reached Israel at the end of the 19th century.
The Memorial Museum of Hungarian Speaking Jewry
There is no need to be alarmed by the very specific name of the Memorial Museum of Hungarian Speaking Jewry, as this Museum offers a cultural experience not only to those of Hungarian descent, but also to all those who are interested in Jewish Diaspora.
The Circassian Museum in Kfar Kama
The Circassian Museum in Kfar Kama, like its equivalent in Rehaniya, provides an interesting glimpse into the life of this intriguing ethnic group which has tied its fortunes with the State of Israel.
Kfar Tavor Village Museum
You pass by it on the way to the Sea of Galilee, but Kfar Tavor in general and the Village Museum in particular are worth a couple of hours stop.
The Beit HaShomer (Watchman House) Museum in Kfar Giladi
This museum is mostly dedicated to the secret Bar-Giora group and to the "HaShomer" organization- pioneers from the “Second Aliya” who acted in order to free the Land of Israel from its foreign occupation.
Beit HaMeiri (HaMeiri House)
Beit HaMeiri (HaMeiri House) Museum is one of the more interesting places for learning the multifaceted history of the Jewish settlement in Safed.
The Museum of Photography in the Industrial Park of Tel-Hai
One of the most recommended museums in the Galilee region, which includes an exhibitions wing and a youth wing (which suits adults as well).
The Ben-Zvi Hut
The Ben-Zvi Hut in Kibbutz Beit Keshet in the Lower Galilee is dedicated to Yitzhak Ben-Zvi, the second President of the State of Israel.
John Deere Land
John Deere Land is the name of a tractors and agricultural machinery museum in Kfar Tavor (Tabor Village) in the north of Israel.
Beit Ussishkin (Ussishkin House)
Sometimes the smallest, unfamiliar and unadvertised places offer a different, original and almost underground-like experience.
The Dobrovin Farm
There are places and sites that have become with the years associated with certain periods in time due to the uniqueness of what they offer to their visitors.
Zooharakim
In our daily lives we prefer to avoid face to face encounters with reptiles and insects, but it was actually the public’s interest that made Meital Laboratories, which researches insects, open the lively visitor center of Zooharakim (Harakim means insects in Hebrew).
The Doll Museum
Many tens of special porcelain dolls can be found in this surprising Doll Museum, which was founded by the local artist, Mila Rozenfeld.
The Yedioth Ahronoth (an Israeli daily newspaper) Visitor Center at the Bar-Lev Park
The world of journalism surrounds us at all times, but it is sometimes worth it to stop for a moment and learn how a newspaper is actually being created, how an item is being written, how a newspaper is being produced and printed.
The Kiryat Shmona History Museum
Everyone can enjoy this small museum dedicated to the history of Kiryat Shmona, which was declared a city in 1974 but was founded in 1949 as a Ma’abara (a temporary camp for the Jewish immigrants who arrived to the newly founded State of Israel).
The Sindyanna of Galilee Visitor Center
Sindyanna of Galilee in Kfar Manda is first and foremost an organization which promotes fair trade and economic and employment opportunities for Arab women.
The Frenkel Frenel Museum
Yitzhak Frenkel Frenel was born in Odessa, Ukraine, in 1899 and is considered to be one of the founders of the Artists' Colony in Safed.
Beit Vilkomitz (Vilkomitz House)
Beit Vilkomitz (Vilkomitz House) is a two floors reconstructed stone house, which is located in front of the famous Alter Schwartz Hotel and looks over to the south and the mountain slope on which is located the Rosh Pina Cemetery.
The Prehistoric Man Museum in the kibbutz of Ma'ayan Baruch
According to researchers, Prehistoric Man flourished in our area and also left behind him many traces in the shape of various remains.
The Bar David Museum for Jewish Art and Judaica
The Bar David Museum for Jewish Art and Judaica is dedicated to the Jews of Brezezany who perished in the Holocaust and is located in Kibbutz BarAm, close to the northern border of Israel with Lebanon.
Beit HaIkar (the Farmer's House) Museum, Metula
In the town of Metula, which was founded in 1896 in a place which was then considered to be at the end of the world, in an old house which once served as the home of the town’s Rabbi and that has maintained its look and character despite the passing time, is now housed Beit HaIkar (the Farmer's House) Museum.
Elsaraya Gallery
The special Elsaraya Gallery is housed in a structure in Nazareth which was built by no other than the Bedouin ruler of the Galilee in the 18th century, Daher El-Omar.
The Western Galilee
Museums
The Tefen Industrial Park
Do not let the unattractive name of “Industrial Park” deceive you.
The Treasures in the Wall Museum
The Treasures in the Wall Museum is located inside the eastern wall of the Old City of Acre, a wall which was built by Jezzar Pasha, the Ottoman ruler of Acre after Napoleon’s attempt at conquering the city.
The Museum for the Jewish Resistance Prisoners in Acre
The Museum for the Jewish Resistance Prisoners is located in the citadel of Acre which was built in the Ottoman period in the northern part of the Old City.
The Okashi Art Museum
The unique Okashi Art Museum is located in a magnificent old Ottoman structure in the heart of the Old City of Acre (Akko).
Nazareth
Museums
Musmar Pottery
Musmar Pottery is a family pottery making factory in Nazareth, which was established over a hundred years ago by Hannah Saeed Musmar, who started to make pottery already when he was a child.
Prison service's heritage house
Prison service's heritage house was established in order to preserve, document and research the history of prisons in the past and in the present. The side as founded by the lieutenant Arye Bibi
The International Mary of Nazareth Center
The International Mary of Nazareth Center is a renovated and renewed structure that is dedicated to the Virgin Mary and is located at the center of the Nazareth market.
Abraham Krinitzi's House
The house of Abraham Krinitzi was built in 1925 by Abraham Krinitzi himself, who had been the mayor of the city "Ramat-Gan" for 43 years. His tenure was cut short in 1969 because of a tragic car accident in which he died
Caesarea & Netanya
Museums
The Israel Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center
The Israel Sea Turtle Rescue and Rehabilitation Center was established in Mikhmoret in the end of the 1990s, and it serves mainly for the rescuing of injured turtles which are brought to it- from the moment the turtles arrive here, through their veterinary treatment and until they are returned to nature, if their condition allows that.
The Caesarea Antiquities Museum
Throughout long periods in history Caesarea was an important city.
Ralli Museum in Caesarea
The Ralli Museum, which spreads over two structures, focuses on Latin-American art.
HaShomer HaTzair Museum - Yad Yaari
The Givat Haviva Yad Yaari’s Center for the Research and Documentation of HaShomer HaTzair Movement presents the history of HaShomer HaTzair Movement, as well as that of the movements which came out of it, such as the Kibbutz Artzi Federation, various cooperatives, the Sifriat HaPoalim Publishing Group, HaShomer HaTzair political party, Mapam (the United Workers Party), Meretz political party and even the “Tzavta” Theater.
The Feinberg House
The Feinberg House is one of the first houses of the 19th century town of Hadera and it is considered to be one of the most beautiful houses of this time in this country.
The "K'han" Museum of Hadera
The "K'han" Museum of Hadera is located at the K'han national site, in the historic center of the city, which was the only structure in the city of Hadera when it was founded as a farming community in 1891.
Orot Rabin Visitor Center, Hadera
The innovative and sophisticated visitor center at Israel’s largest power station, Orot Rabin, deals with electricity production.
The “Collection of Tractors” in Ein-Vered
The “Collection of Tractors” in Ein-Vered moshav of the Sharon Plain is a real treat for enthusiasts of engines, tractors, nostalgia and everything else in between.
Beit Terezin (Beit Theresienstadt)
Beit Terezin (Beit Theresienstadt) which was founded in 1975 in Kibbutz Givat Haim Ihud in memory of the Jewish Martyrs of the Theresienstadt Ghetto includes an impressive collection of items and artworks.
Qedem Museum
The town of Qedumim that is in the Shomron area has given much to archeologists who have found in it many finds from various periods in history.
The Glass Factory Museum (HaMizgaga)
The beautiful stone structure of the Glass Factory Museum (HaMizgaga) in Nahsholim (near the Tantura Beach), started its life in 1891 as a glass bottle factory for the Carmel Mizrachi Winery.
The Ghetto Fighters' House named after Itzhak Katzenelson
The Ghetto Fighters' House named after Itzhak Katzenelson is considered to be the first Holocaust Museum in the world.
The Hadera Paper Visitor Center
Like many other companies, the Hadera Paper Group has also opened a visitor center which offers tours for the public.
The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, Wingate Institute
It is a great surprise to discover at the heart of the Wingate Institute a museum (or actually a mini-museum) that is dedicated to sport.
The Archeological Museum
It is very surprising to find in Kfar Saba a museum that is dedicated to the local archeology.
Jewish Battalions Museum
The Jewish Battalions Museum, located north of Netanya on top of a hill that overlooks the Hefer Valley and the Sharon, displays exhibitions that are dedicated to the Jewish Battalions who fought as a part of the British Army in World War I.
The Keren Sahar Vintage Auto Museum
Fans, renovators and collectors of cars are very special people.
The Judean Lowland
Museums
Yad LaShiryon- The Armored Corps Memorial Site and Museum at Latrun
One of the more prominent symbols of Yad LaShiryon- the Armored Corps Memorial Site and Museum at Latrun is an old “Sherman” tank on top of a high concrete tower.
The Clore Garden of Science
Inside the serious looking Weizmann Institute of Science, in the open, spreads the Clore Garden of Science which is a unique and entirely outdoor science museum.
The Tnuva Visitor Center in Rehovot
The Tnuva Visitor Center in Rehovot takes its visitors on a fascinating tour following the milk, from the milking and until it reaches your refrigerator at home.
The Archaeological Park in the Afridar Center
In the Archaeological Park in the Afridar Center, on HaGefen Street, is found a concentration of archeological finds which also includes two of the most magnificent sarcophagi (coffins) that were found in Israel.
The Yoav Fortress and Givati Museum
Yoav Fortress is one of 36 police stations which the British built during the 1936–1939 Arab Revolt.
The Ekron Museum of the History of Philistine Culture
The Ekron Museum of the History of Philistine Culture in kibbutz Revadim near Gedera, offers its visitors finds which were collected during the years 1981-1996 in archeological excavations that took place in Tel Miqne, which is found in the kibbutz area.
The Museum of the History of Gedera and the Biluim
Gedera and the Biluim movement are inseparable.
Kibbutz Yad-Mordehai Museum - "From Holocaust to Revival"
The Kibbutz Yad-Mordehai Museum tells the story of the Jewish people in Israel and outside of it from the beginning of the 20th century, through the Holocaust and until the founding of the State of Israel.
The Ashdod Museum of Art - Monart Center
The Ashdod Museum of Art - Monart Center is one of the interesting art museums in the area, if not the most fascinating of them.
The Ramla Museum
As one discovers at the Ramla Museum, the city of Ramla has a surprisingly rich history.
Hasmonean Village
The Hasmonean Village, near moshav Shilat, portrays the way of life of the people in the Land of Israel in ancient times.
Dondikov House
The Dondikov House was the third house that was built in Rehovot.
The Ashdod's Korin Maman Museum
3,000 years ago the Philistines came to the area where today’s Ashdod is located, and ruled this region fiercely for many generations.
The Eran Shamir Village Museum
In 1883, with the generous aid of the Baron Edmond de Rothschild, the moshava (village) of Mazkeret Batya was founded, which even today, more than a hundred years later, still mostly maintains its nostalgic atmosphere.
The Open Museum in Kibbutz Negba
Kibbutz Negba, which is located in the Negev, was founded as a Tower and Stockade settlement in 1939 by HaShomer HaTzair youth movement.
The Beit Miriam Museum
Marine archeology is one of the most fascinating and imagination provoking fields of archeology.
The Ashkelon Khan and Museum
At HaAtzma’ut (Independence) Square, at the site of the big mosque of the previous Arab village of Majdal, now stands the Ashkelon Khan and Museum, which tells about the history of the city.
The Museum of Jewish Heritage
The small Museum of Jewish Heritage, which is surrounded by a lovely well-kept garden, is a surprise at the heart of the city of Lod.
The Ayalon Institute Museum
The “Ayalon Institute” perhaps sounds innocent and does not mean a lot to many, but it was the same in the 1940s when only a few knew what this “Ayalon Institute” was: a top secret, underground factory for the manufacturing of bullets for the Sten sub-machine gun which was used by the “Hagana”.
The Weizmann Institute of Science
The Weizmann Institute of Science, which is situated in the city of Rehovot, is a research institute that specializes in the fields of the Natural Sciences and Mathematics.
Beit She'an & the Valleys
Museums
The Archaeological Museum at Kibbutz Ein Dor
At the foot of Mount Tabor (Tavor), surrounded by the peaceful views of the Lower Galilee, is the hidden lovely Archaeological Museum of Kibbutz Ein Dor which celebrates the local archeology.
The Thomas Lemay Art Gallery
The Thomas Lemay Art Gallery is situated in the Artists’ Center of the picturesque Templer Colony in Bethlehem of Galilee.
The Golani Brigade Memorial Museum
At the Golani Junction, one of the central and more well-known junctions in the north of Israel, was established in 1982 the Golani Brigade Memorial Museum under the supervision of the architect and artist Joseph Assa.
The Wilfrid Israel Museum
Before getting to the abundant and magnificent art at the Wilfrid Israel Museum, located at the pleasantly pastoral Kibbutz HaZore’a, one should stop for a moment to enjoy its architectural design.
The Elite Visitor Center
The Elite Visitor Center in Nazareth Illit (Upper Nazareth) creates a sweet experience which you will remember for a long time, especially if you are of the right age (young and also young at heart).
The Marzipan Museum
If you feel like something sweet- for your eyes as well as your tongue, go to the Marzipan Museum in Kfar Tavor.
The “Mekorot Eshkol” Visitor Center
The Mekorot Eshkol Visitor Center of "Mekorot", Israel’s national water company, is one of the company’s several visitor centers, and it too, of course, deals with the world of water.
The Beit Sturman (Sturman House) Museum
Beyond the unexciting name of “Beit Sturman” (Sturman House), and behind an ordinary fa?ade, is revealed a rich world of zoological and historical items which are connected with the history of the Harod Valley.
The Tnuva Visitor Center in Alon Tavor
The Tnuva Visitor Center at the Alon Tavor dairy production plant at the foot of Mount Tabor invested much in presenting to its visitors the process which the milk goes through from its arrival in containers from the dairy farm and until it reaches the stores.
The Museum of Art (Mishkan LeOmanut) Ein Harod named after Chaim Atar
The periphery is surprising. This is perhaps the first feeling that one gets when entering the pleasant and aesthetic spaces of the Museum of Art (Mishkan LeOmanut) in the kibbutz of Ein Harod- an excellent northern museum with quite a few exhibition spaces (14 to be precise) in which are presented permanent as well as changing exhibitions.
The Tower and Stockade Museum
Not a smaller scale model, but almost the real thing- the Tower and Stockade Museum in Nir David, located in HaShlosha National Park (HaSakhne), is an exact reproduction of Tel Amal, the first of the Tower and Stockade settlements.
A House and a Story - the Visitors Center in Bethlehem of Galilee
In the mid 19th century rose in Germany a group of Christians that called itself the Templers.
Museum of Regional and Mediterranean Archaeology
On a mound located in the eastern part of Gan HaShlosha (the Sakhne) was founded the Museum of Regional and Mediterranean Archaeology in 1963.
The Joara Museum
On the grounds of the Joara “Gadna" camp in Ramot Menashe, inside an Ottoman period stone building, is the Joara Museum, also called the Joara Haganah Museum.
The Museum of Pioneer Settlement in the Valley
The Jezreel Valley is home to many historical stories, some of which one can learn at Kibbutz Yif'at’s Museum of Pioneer Settlement in the Valley, the purpose of which is to document, present and describe the story of those who settled the area from the beginning of the 20th century and until 1951.
The Hebrew Policemen and Guards Museum
The Hebrew Policemen and Guards (HaShoter VeHaNoter HaIvri) Museum is located near Beit She'arim, where the historic Nahalal police station used to be.
The Negev
Museums
The Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Visitor Center
The Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Visitor Center in Ramat Hovav, which is in the Negev region, opened its gates to the public in 2011 and it provides answers to a variety of fascinating questions on the subjects of medicine and treatments: how are medicines produced, what does it take to develop a new medicine, what is a generic medicine and more.
The Cochin Jewish Heritage Museum
The Cochin Jewish Heritage Center - a museum and a synagogue – which is in the Moshav of Nevatim is a unique and interesting place.
The Ramat Hovav Visitor Center
The Ramat Hovav Visitor Center in the Negev, near Be’er Sheva, teaches its visitors in an interesting and experiential way about the close (and quite complicated) relation between industry and the environment.
The Negev Museum of Art
The Negev Museum of Art is located in the Old City of Beer Sheva, in a structure that was used in the past as home to the Turkish governor, during the Ottoman reign in Israel. The structure was built in 1906 next to the grand mosque and other governmental buildings.
The Israeli Air Force Museum
The Israeli Air Force Museum presents its airplanes and helicopters.
The Joe Alon Center
The Joe Alon Center is an education and tourism center for Regional and specifically Negev Studies, in the heart of Lahav Forest.
The Yair Research and Development Station
At the basis of the initiative for the founding of the Yair Research and Development Station stand, among others, the notion of the spreading of agricultural knowledge.
The Glass Art Museum
At the heart of the Artists’ Quarter of the city of Arad, inside a big impressive industrial structure, is the Glass Art Museum, which could be considered a large gallery.
The Omer Industrial Park
Not far away from Be’er Sheva is the Omer Industrial Park, and like other Industrial Parks founded by the industrialist Stef Wertheimer, the Omer Industrial Park is characterized by the right combination of art, education and culture, in a way which will suit family trips as well as more thorough visits.
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