Mishkan Museum of Art
Mishkan Museum of Art (Mishkan LeOmanut) is an Israeli art museum located on the grounds of Kibbutz Ein Harod Meuhad.
History[]
Mishkan LeOmanut was the first rural museum in Israel and the first museum run by a kibbutz. One of the kibbutz members, painter Chaim Atar, organized an "art corner" in a small wooden hut which developed into a museum specializing in the work of Jewish artists from the Diaspora and Jewish folk art.[1][2] Today it is one of Israel's major art institutions.[2]
The museum was established in 1937, first housed in a three-room wooden shed and later in a structure that became a source of inspiration for some of the 20th century's leading architects, among them Louis Kahn and Renzo Piano.[3]
See also[]
- List of Israeli museums
- Israeli art
References[]
- ^ Encyclopedia Judaica, Art at Ein Harod, 1973 Yearbook, 1973, Keter Publishing, Jerusalem
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Mishkan LeOmanut" Archived 2012-09-07 at archive.today Museum of Art, Ein Harod
- ^ Mishkan Le’Omanut and the Ideal of the 20th-Century Museum
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