List of Israeli museums
Below is an incomplete list of Israeli museums, some of which are located in East Jerusalem.
Name | Location | Primary display/topic | Annual visitors |
---|---|---|---|
Israel Museum | Jerusalem (Givat Ram) | Archaeology, art, sculpture | 827,254 (2012)[1] |
Yad Vashem | Jerusalem (Mount Herzl) | Holocaust | ~1,000,000 |
Rockefeller Museum | Jerusalem (East Jerusalem) | Archaeology | |
Siebenberg House | Jerusalem (Old City) | Archaeology | |
L. A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art | Jerusalem (Katamon) | Islamic art, antique clocks & watches | |
Jerusalem (Nachlaot) | History (Gush Katif) | ||
Heichal Shlomo Jewish Heritage Museum | Jerusalem (King George Street) | Judaica | |
Menachem Begin Heritage Center | Jerusalem | Biographical – Menachem Begin | |
Friends of Zion Museum | Jerusalem | Jewish history | |
Beit Agnon | Jerusalem (Talpiot) | Biographical – Shmuel Yosef Agnon | |
Museum of Underground Prisoners | Jerusalem (Morasha) | Jewish resistance in the British Mandate | |
Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem | 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 | Jerusalem (Old City) | History of Jerusalem | 450,000 (2017)[2] |
Herzl museum | Jerusalem (Mount Herzl) | Biographical – Theodor Herzl, history of Zionism | |
Jerusalem | Italian Jewish art, Italian synagogue | ||
[3] | Jerusalem (Jaffa Road) | Historical documents | |
Tel Aviv Museum of Art | Tel Aviv | Modern art, contemporary Israeli art | 750,000 (2012)[1] |
Independence Hall | Tel Aviv | History of Israel (independence) | |
Batei HaOsef | Tel Aviv | Israel Defense Forces | |
Bauhaus Museum | Tel Aviv | White City of Tel Aviv | |
Bialik House | Tel Aviv | Hayyim Nahman Bialik | |
Ben-Gurion House | Tel Aviv | David Ben-Gurion | |
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 | |
Tel Aviv (Hadar Yosef) | Sports | ||
Nahum Gutman Museum of Art | Tel Aviv (Neve Tzedek) | Art by Nachum Gutman | |
Farkash Gallery collection | Tel Aviv (Old Jaffa) | Posters | |
Ilana Goor Museum | Tel Aviv (Old Jaffa) | Israeli art and culture | |
Tel Aviv (Old Jaffa) | Israeli art and culture, antiquities | ||
Eretz Israel Museum | Tel Aviv (Museum Campus) | Archaeology, history of Eretz Yisrael | |
The Museum of The Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot | Tel Aviv (Museum Campus) | A pluralistic and diverse experience of the Jewish people | |
Beit HaPalmach | Tel Aviv (Ramat Aviv) | Jewish resistance during the British Mandate – Palmach | |
Haifa Museum | 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 | Israel Defense Forces – Sea Corps | |
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 | Haifa | Art | |
Arad Bible Museum | Arad | Archaeology | |
Arad Doll Museum | Arad | Comedia del arte figures, handcrafted dolls[5] | |
Arad Glass Museum | Arad | Glass sculpture | |
Arad Museum of Art | Arad | Art | |
Avihayil | Jewish Legion | ||
Ashdod Museum of Art | Ashdod | Art | |
Ashdod | Archaeology | ||
Negev Museum of Art | Beersheba | Art | |
Biblical Museum of Natural History | Beit Shemesh | Hands-on animals, Torah, history and science | |
Ralli Museum | Caesarea | Art | |
Ein Harod Museum of Art (Mishkan) | Ein Harod | Art | |
Sturman Museum | Ein Harod | Natural history | |
Janco Dada Museum | Ein Hod | Art (Israeli) | |
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 | |
Holon | Transportation – buses | ||
Yad La-Shiryon | Latrun | Israel Defense Forces – Armor Corps | |
Mini Israel | Latrun | Miniature park, architecture | |
Ghetto Fighters' House | Lohamei HaGeta'ot | Holocaust and Jewish Resistance | |
Museum of Prehistory of the Hulah Valley | Ma'ayan Barukh | Archaeology | |
Masada Museum | Masada | History of Masada | |
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame | Netanya | Sports | |
Petah Tikva Museum of Art | Petah Tikva | Art | |
Harry Oppenheimer Diamond Museum | Ramat Gan | Diamonds | |
Museum of Israeli Art | Ramat Gan | Art (Israeli) | |
Ramat Gan | Art (Russian) | ||
Ramat Gan | Art (Far Eastern) | ||
Rehovot | Yemenite Jewish Heritage | ||
Rishon LeZion City Museum | Rishon LeZion | City | |
The Arab Museum of Contemporary Art | 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 | Jewish history | ||
Umm al-Fahm Art Gallery[7][8] | Umm al-Fahm | Art (Arab) | |
Zikhron Ya'akov | Israel Defense Forces – Artillery Corps |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b http://www.theartnewspaper.com/attfig/attfig12.pdf Archived January 2, 2015, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ 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.
- ^ "Feel the Heartbeat of Old Tel Aviv". 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?". Haaretz. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
External links[]
- Israel's official national museum portal (in English)
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