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

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ANU - Museum of the Jewish People |  | Tel Aviv | Jewish history | 220,000[1]
Israel Museum |  | Jerusalem (Givat Ram)  | Archaeology, art, sculpture  | ~1,000,000 (2023)[2]
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  | 300,000[3]
Ticho House |  | Jerusalem | Paintings by Anna Ticho, Judaica  |
Tower of David |  | Jerusalem (Old City)  | History of Jerusalem  | 500,000+ (2023)[4][5]
Herzl museum |  | Jerusalem (Mount Herzl)  | Biographical – Theodor Herzl, history of Zionism |
U. Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art |  | Jerusalem | Italian Jewish art, Italian synagogue  | 40,000[6]
Jerusalem Tax Museum[7] |  | Jerusalem (Jaffa Road)  | Historical documents  |
Tel Aviv Museum of Art |  | Tel Aviv | Modern art, contemporary Israeli art  | 1,070,714 (2022)[8]
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 |
Bialik House |  | Tel Aviv | Hayyim Nahman Bialik |
Ben-Gurion House |  | Tel Aviv | David Ben-Gurion |
Hetzel 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 | 100,000[9]
HerzLilienblum Museum of Banking and Tel Aviv Nostalgia[10] |  | Tel Aviv | Banking and old Tel Aviv culture  |
Lehi Museum – Beit Yair |  | Tel Aviv (Florentin)  | Lehi |
The Olympic Experience |  | 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  |
Jaffa Museum |  | Tel Aviv (Old Jaffa)  | Israeli art and culture, antiquities  |
Eretz Israel Museum |  | Tel Aviv (Museum Campus)  | Archaeology, history of Eretz Yisrael |
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  | 400,000[11]
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[12] |
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 (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[13] |  | 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 | 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  |
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[14][15] |  | Umm al-Fahm | Art (Arab)  | 40,000 (2010)[16]
Beit HaTotchan |  | Zikhron Ya'akov | Israel Defense Forces – Artillery Corps |
Urigeller Museum |  | Old Jaffa, Tel Aviv-Yafo  | Art, History  |

## References

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1. ^ Nussbaum Cohen, Debra (May 2021). "Museum of the Jewish People". Hadassah Magazine. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
2. ^ Elia-Shalev, Asaf. "Former director of Israel Museum to lead Jewish Museum in New York". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
3. ^ "Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem". European Science Engagement Association. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
4. ^ "Tower of David Museum | מוזיאון מגדל דוד". Kimmel Eshkolot Architects. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
5. ^ Borschel-Dan, Amanda. "Arabic inscription found under Tower of David rewrites ancient citadel's past". The Times of Israel. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
6. ^ "Museums in Jerusalem: The U. Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art". Jewish Virtual Library. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
7. ^ "Israel's past seen anew, as Jerusalem's historic Custom House reopens". Haaretz.
8. ^ Cheshire, Lee; da Silva, Jose (27 March 2023). "The 100 most popular art museums in the world—who has recovered and who is still struggling?". The Art Newspaper. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
9. ^ Eltes, Julie. "Yitzhak Rabin Center - THE LEGACY LIVES ON". Haaretz. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
10. ^ "Feel the Heartbeat of Old Tel Aviv". Jerusalem Post.
11. ^ "About Madatech". Madatech. Retrieved 8 July 2024.
12. ^ "Arad Doll Museum". ArtPortal.co.il. Israel. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06.
13. ^ "Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art". JewishVirtualLibrary.org.
14. ^ "Israel to get first museum of Arab art and culture". The Guardian. UK.
15. ^ "When Is an Arab Museum Not an Arab Museum?". TheMarker. Haaretz. Retrieved 22 August 2016.
16. ^ O'Sullivan, Arieh. "Palestinian art gets a home". The Jewish Independent. Retrieved 8 July 2024.

## External links

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* Israel's official national museum portal (in English)