List of Israeli museums
Below is an incomplete list of museums, some of which are located in East Jerusalem.
Name | Location | Primary display/topic | Annual visitors | |
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ANU - Museum of the Jewish People
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Tel Aviv | Jewish history | ||
Israel Museum | Jerusalem (Givat Ram) | Archaeology, art, sculpture | 827,254 (2012)[1] | |
Yad Vashem | Jerusalem (Mount Herzl) | Holocaust | ~1,000,000 | |
Rockefeller Museum
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Jerusalem (East Jerusalem) | Archaeology | ||
Siebenberg House | Old City )
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Archaeology | ||
L. A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art
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Jerusalem (Katamon) | Islamic art, antique clocks & watches | ||
Gush Katif Museum | Jerusalem (Nachlaot) | History (Gush Katif) | ||
Heichal Shlomo Jewish Heritage Museum | Jerusalem (King George Street) | Judaica
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Menachem Begin Heritage Center | Jerusalem | Biographical – Menachem Begin | ||
Friends of Zion Museum
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Jerusalem | Jewish history | ||
Beit Agnon
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Jerusalem (Talpiot) | Biographical – Shmuel Yosef Agnon | ||
Museum of Underground Prisoners | Morasha )
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Jewish resistance in the British Mandate | ||
Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem
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Jerusalem (Givat Ram) | Biblical history, archaeology | ||
Bloomfield Science Museum | Jerusalem (Givat Ram) | Hands-on science and technology | ||
Ticho House | Jerusalem | Paintings by Anna Ticho, Judaica | ||
Tower of David | Old City )
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History of Jerusalem | 450,000 (2017)[2] | |
Herzl museum
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Jerusalem (Mount Herzl) | Biographical – Theodor Herzl, history of Zionism | ||
U. Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art | Jerusalem | Italian Jewish art, Italian synagogue | ||
Jerusalem Tax Museum[3] | Jerusalem (Jaffa Road) | Historical documents | ||
Tel Aviv Museum of Art | Tel Aviv | Modern art, contemporary Israeli art | 750,000 (2012)[1] | |
Frenkel Frenel Museum | Safed | Art of Franco-Israeli painter and sculptor, Isaac Frenkel Frenel | ||
Independence Hall | Tel Aviv | History of Israel (independence) | ||
Batei HaOsef | Formerly Tel Aviv, now being transferred to Latrun | Israel Defense Forces | ||
Bauhaus Museum | Tel Aviv | White City of Tel Aviv
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Bialik House | Tel Aviv | Hayyim Nahman Bialik
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Ben-Gurion House | Tel Aviv | David Ben-Gurion | ||
Etzel Museum | Tel Aviv | Irgun pre-state Jewish underground | ||
Etzel House (Beit Gidi) | Tel Aviv | Irgun – Operation Hametz | ||
Steinhardt Museum of Natural History | Tel Aviv | Natural history | ||
Yitzhak Rabin Center | Tel Aviv | Yitzhak Rabin | ||
HerzLilienblum Museum of Banking and Tel Aviv Nostalgia[4] | Tel Aviv | Banking and old Tel Aviv culture | ||
Lehi Museum – Beit Yair | Tel Aviv (Florentin) | Lehi
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The Olympic Experience | Tel Aviv (Hadar Yosef) | Sports | ||
Nahum Gutman Museum of Art | Tel Aviv (Neve Tzedek) | Art by Nachum Gutman | ||
Farkash Gallery collection
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Tel Aviv (Old Jaffa) | Posters | ||
Ilana Goor Museum | Tel Aviv (Old Jaffa) | Israeli art and culture | ||
Jaffa Museum | Tel Aviv (Old Jaffa) | Israeli art and culture, antiquities | ||
Eretz Israel Museum | Tel Aviv (Museum Campus) | Archaeology, history of Eretz Yisrael
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Beit HaPalmach
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Tel Aviv (Ramat Aviv) | Jewish resistance during the British Mandate – Palmach | ||
Haifa Museum
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Haifa | Contemporary Israeli art | ||
Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art | Haifa | Japanese art | ||
Israel Railway Museum | Haifa | Transportation – railways | ||
Israeli Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum | Haifa | Sea Corps
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Israeli National Maritime Museum | Haifa | Maritime history | ||
Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space | Haifa | Science and technology, hands-on exhibits | ||
Moshe Shteklis Museum of Prehistory | Haifa | History – prehistory | ||
Hecht Museum | Haifa | Archaeology, Art | ||
Munio Gitai Weinraub Museum of Architecture | Haifa | Architecture | ||
Mane-Katz Museum
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Haifa | Art | ||
Arad Bible Museum | Arad | Archaeology | ||
Arad Doll Museum | Arad | Comedia del arte figures, handcrafted dolls[5]
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Arad Glass Museum | Arad | Glass sculpture | ||
Arad Museum of Art | Arad | Art | ||
Beit HaGdudim | Avihayil | Jewish Legion | ||
Ashdod Museum of Art | Ashdod | Art | ||
Karin Maman Museum | Ashdod | Archaeology | ||
Negev Museum of Art | Beersheba | Art | ||
Biblical Museum of Natural History | Beit Shemesh | Hands-on animals, Torah, history and science | ||
Ralli Museum
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Caesarea | Art | ||
Ein Harod Museum of Art (Mishkan) | Ein Harod | Art | ||
Sturman Museum | Ein Harod | Natural history | ||
Janco Dada Museum | Ein Hod | Art (Israeli) | ||
Wilfrid Israel Museum | HaZore'a | Art (Asian) | ||
Israeli Air Force Museum | Hatzerim Airbase | Israel Defense Forces – Air Force | ||
Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art[6] | Herzliya | Art (contemporary Israeli) | ||
Holon Children's Museum | Holon | Children; visually impaired; hearing impaired | ||
Design Museum Holon | Holon | Design | ||
Egged Historical Vehicle Museum | Holon | Transportation – buses | ||
Yad La-Shiryon | Latrun | Armor Corps
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Mini Israel | Latrun | Miniature park, architecture | ||
Ghetto Fighters' House | Lohamei HaGeta'ot | Jewish Resistance
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Museum of Prehistory of the Hulah Valley
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Ma'ayan Barukh
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Archaeology | ||
Masada Museum | Masada | History of Masada | ||
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame | Netanya | Sports | ||
Petah Tikva Museum of Art | Petah Tikva | Art | ||
Museum of Israeli Art | Ramat Gan | Art (Israeli) | ||
Museum of Russian Art | Ramat Gan | Art (Russian) | ||
Yehiel Nahari Museum of Far Eastern Art | Ramat Gan | Art (Far Eastern) | ||
Yemenite Jewish Heritage Center and Museum | Rehovot | Yemenite Jewish Heritage | ||
Rishon LeZion City Museum | Rishon LeZion | City | ||
The Arab Museum of Contemporary Art
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Sakhnin | Art (Contemporary Arab, Israeli and Mediterranean Art) | ||
Museum for Archaeology and Knowledge of Israel | Sasa | Archaeology | ||
Qassam Museum | Sderot | Qassam rockets | ||
German-Speaking Jewry Heritage Museum Tefen | Tefen Industrial Zone | Jewish history | ||
Umm al-Fahm Art Gallery[7][8] | Umm al-Fahm | Art (Arab) | ||
Beit HaTotchan | Zikhron Ya'akov | Israel Defense Forces – Artillery Corps | ||
Urigeller Museum | Old Jaffa, Tel Aviv-Yafo | Art, History |
References
- ^ a b www.theartnewspaper.com https://web.archive.org/web/20150102172933/http://www.theartnewspaper.com/attfig/attfig12.pdf. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2015.
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(help) - ^ Riba, Naama (May 15, 2018). "$40 Million Expansion-renovation Planned for Jerusalem's Tower of David Museum". Haaretz. Retrieved June 4, 2018.
- ^ "Israel's past seen anew, as Jerusalem's historic Custom House reopens". Haaretz.
- Jerusalem Post.
- ^ "Arad Doll Museum". ArtPortal.co.il. Israel. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06.
- ^ "Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art". JewishVirtualLibrary.org.
- ^ "Israel to get first museum of Arab art and culture". The Guardian. UK.
- ^ "When Is an Arab Museum Not an Arab Museum?". TheMarker. Haaretz. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
External links
- Israel's official national museum portal (in English)