List of Israeli museums
List of Israeli museums
(Redirected from List of museums in Israel)
Jump to navigation
Jump to search
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 | |
Gush Katif Museum | 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 | |
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Jerusalem Tax Museum[3] | Jerusalem (Jaffa Road) | Historical documents | |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] |
Independence Hall | Tel Aviv | History of Israel (independence) | |
Batei HaOsef | Tel Aviv | Israel Defense Forces | |
Etzel Museum | Tel Aviv | Irgun pre-state Jewish underground | |
5708 Etzel Museum – Beit Gidi | Tel Aviv | Irgun – Operation Hametz | |
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 | |
The Olympic Experience | Tel Aviv (Hadar Yosef) | Sports | |
Nachum Gutman Museum | 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 | |
Jaffa Museum | Tel Aviv (Old Jaffa) | Israeli art and culture, antiquities | |
Eretz Israel Museum | Tel Aviv (Ramat Aviv) | Archaeology, history of Eretz Yisrael | |
The Museum of The Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot | Tel Aviv (Ramat Aviv) | 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 | |
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 | Caesarea | Art | |
Ein Harod Museum of Art | Ein Harod | Art | |
Janco Dada Museum | Ein Hod | Israeli art | |
Israeli Air Force Museum | Hatzerim Airbase | Israel Defense Forces – Air Force | |
Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art[6] | Herzliya | Contemporary Israeli art | |
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 | 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) | |
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 | 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 |
References[edit]
^ ab 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..mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
^ "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[edit]
Israel's official national museum portal (in English)
Categories:
- Museums in Israel
- Lists of buildings and structures in Israel
- Lists of museums by country
- Israel education-related lists
- Lists of tourist attractions in Israel
- Lists of museums in Asia
(window.RLQ=window.RLQ||).push(function()mw.config.set("wgPageParseReport":"limitreport":"cputime":"0.640","walltime":"0.694","ppvisitednodes":"value":558,"limit":1000000,"ppgeneratednodes":"value":0,"limit":1500000,"postexpandincludesize":"value":10728,"limit":2097152,"templateargumentsize":"value":110,"limit":2097152,"expansiondepth":"value":7,"limit":40,"expensivefunctioncount":"value":1,"limit":500,"unstrip-depth":"value":1,"limit":20,"unstrip-size":"value":18560,"limit":5000000,"entityaccesscount":"value":0,"limit":400,"timingprofile":["100.00% 434.573 1 -total"," 88.34% 383.908 1 Template:Reflist"," 51.27% 222.799 4 Template:Cite_news"," 13.40% 58.231 1 Template:Webarchive"," 11.64% 50.588 3 Template:Cite_web"," 11.60% 50.417 1 Template:En_icon"," 11.01% 47.862 1 Template:Link_language"," 8.39% 36.478 1 Template:Category_handler"," 1.22% 5.287 1 Template:Column-width"," 1.05% 4.571 1 Template:Main_other"],"scribunto":"limitreport-timeusage":"value":"0.274","limit":"10.000","limitreport-memusage":"value":2654194,"limit":52428800,"cachereport":"origin":"mw2164","timestamp":"20180929154113","ttl":1900800,"transientcontent":false);mw.config.set("wgBackendResponseTime":96,"wgHostname":"mw2269"););