National Maritime Museum

The National Maritime Museum is located in Haifa and presents many items that tell about the rich history of navigation and the rapid development of shipbuilding in the Mediterranean basin and in the Red Sea. Such interesting exhibits are ancient coins, anchors, maps, Phoenician ports, stamps on the sea theme, as well as types of naval battles, architecture, Jewish navigation.

The exhibition occupies the entire four-storey building. On the ground floor there are temporary exhibitions, namely, works by various artists on marine themes, auditoriums, offices, the John Cohen Library and research facilities. On the upper floors there is a permanent exhibition of the museum, which tells about the almost 5,000-year history of human relations with the sea in chronological order.

Opening hours: from Sunday to Thursday - from 10 to 4 hours, and on Saturday - from 10 to 1 p.m.