In 1855, the English banker and philanthropist Sir Moses Montefiori bought ten acres of land outside the Old City, which was by th …
If you go from Jerusalem in the direction of the Dead Sea, then in a few kilometers you will find yourself in the city of Maale Ad …
The City of David Archaeological Museum is dedicated to the first king of Israel, David. He conquered Jerusalem and made it the c …
The Jerusalem Museum of Nature is located in an ancient mansion of the late XIX century, owned by the rich Armenian merchant Lazar …
The Beit HaSharion Tank Museum is located near the Latrun crossroads. This is a hill opposite the Cistercian monastery, which was …
The Rabbi Cook House Museum is located in the center of Jerusalem, a five-minute walk from Zion Square and Ben Yehuda Street. Rabb …
Tycho House is a popular art museum dedicated to the work of the spouses Anna and Albert Tycho. The House Museum is located in the …
On the Edge Museum in Jerusalem is an extraordinary museum with a unique theme. Its aim is to solve problems from various aspects …
During archaeological excavations in the 1970s-1980s, scientists discovered a lot of interesting things. In the valley found trace …
In the house where the Italian synagogue is now located, then there was a pilgrimage shelter. The mission ceased to exist after t …
The Herzel Museum is dedicated to public and political figure, founder of the world Zionist organization and herald of the Jewish …
The Egged Passenger Transport Museum reveals the history of public transport, from British Army trucks converted to passenger tran …
The Old Yishuv Museum is located in the heart of the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem in a building built in the XVI ce …
The Lady Wolfson Museum of Jewish Rite Art presents ceremonial objects of Judaism. The museum has been housed in the Hechal Shlom …
The Israel Museum is a grand museum complex, one of the leading museums of archaeology and art in the world. The museum opened in …
Not far from the Jerusalem Theatre is the Museum of Islamic Art. Its founder is Vera Bryce Salomons. At the initiative of Mrs. Bry …
The Burnt House Museum, located in the Israeli city of Jerusalem, was opened on the site of a building discovered during excavatio …
The Museum of Musical Instruments is one of the most interesting museums in Jerusalem. The exposition of the museum is located in …
The Franciscan Museum is located in the Muslim Quarter of Israel, on the territory of the Churches of Sacrament and Condemnation ( …
The Museum of Jewish Heritage is housed in a building next to the Great Choral Synagogue. Previously, it was the residence of the …
The museum and memorial on the Arsenal Hill were created in memory of the 182 Jewish soldiers who died during the defense of Jerus …
The Armenian Museum tells about the history of the stay of Armenians in the Holy Land, the establishment of Christianity, and the …
The Jerusalem History Museum is located in the Citadel of David. Visiting it, you will get acquainted with the four thousand years …
The Museum of Biblical Countries is a popular Israeli museum exploring the culture of the peoples mentioned in the Holy Scriptures …
The Shai Agnon House Museum is the home of the Nobel Prize-winning writer for literature, one of the greatest Jewish writers of ou …
The Jerusalem Museum of Psalms presents a unique art collection that opens up new amazing images for visitors. During the inspecti …
The Theatre Museum is located on the territory of the Hebrew University in Jerusalem. The museum opened relatively recently - in …
The Rockefeller Archaeological Museum is located in the eastern part of Jerusalem, opposite the Gate of Herod. There are a huge nu …
The Archaeological Museum is located in the Jewish Quarter, in the Old Town area. This cultural monument presents archaeological f …
The museum is located in the Jewish Quarter. Now it is an expensive area, where there are residential buildings. Narrow stony stre …
The David Palombo Museum is located in his former workshop near the Old City on Mount Zion and houses sculptures and personal belo …
Among the museums of Israel, every traveler will be able to find the most suitable for himself in the theme and content. But there …
The Museum of the Greek Patriarchate is located in the Christian Quarter of the Old City near the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. Th …
On the territory of the old Jewish Quarter of ancient Jerusalem there is a curious museum - the "ennobled" remains of the apartmen …
The name of the museum should not be surprising. The fact is that the Jewish diaspora in Italy for many centuries was one of the m …
Shfela is an interesting historical museum in Israel. It is located 35 kilometers from Jerusalem. In the museum you can see one o …
The Jerusalem Museum of Prisoners of the Underground is located in the premises of the former Russian shelter for pilgrims. It was …
Yad Vashem Museum complex of Holocaust and heroism on the Mount of Memory in Jerusalem. The museum is a huge building made of gray …
The Islamic Museum on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City was founded in 1923 by the Supreme Muslim Council. The museum occup …
Jerusalem is a city where history, religion and art are intertwined at every turn, and it is felt in its museums. A walk through the city’s museums becomes a journey through epochs: from ancient archaeological excavations to modern art and memorials. For those who love deep, emotional excursions, Jerusalem offers unique exposures and an atmosphere that no guidebook can replace.
The city has a huge variety of museums: the Montefiori Museum “Moshe Mill”, the Museum of the artist Moshe Kastel in the Maale Adumim district, the Archaeological Museum “City of David” with finds related to ancient history, and the Museum of Tank Technology Beit HaSharion near Latrun, where rare examples of armored vehicles are collected. In the center are the House-Museum of Rabbi Cook with personal belongings of a famous religious figure, the Jerusalem Museum of Nature in an ancient mansion, the Ein Yael Museum with excavation materials from the 1970s-1980s and the Tycho House-Museum dedicated to Anna and Albert Tycho. The city also houses unusual projects such as the On the Edge Museum, the Herzel Museum and the Egged Passenger Transport Museum, and the L. A. Mayer Museum of Islamic Art and the largest museum complex in the country, the Israel Museum (opened in 1965), are located nearby. Yad Vashem on Mount Memory is a vast Holocaust memorial complex, and the Jerusalem History Museum in the Citadel of David offers an overview of four thousand years of urban history. In the Jewish Quarter there are archaeological collections of the era of Herod and Rockefeller, there are museums of biblical countries, musical instruments, a theater museum (since 1973), the museum of Jewish heritage "Heyhal Shlomo", the Armenian Museum and many others. Outside the city attract the attention of the Shfela Museum, 35 km from Jerusalem and the exposition in Latrun. Among the treasures are archaeological finds, ritual relics, personal belongings of prominent figures and rare art and musical collections.
The museum poster of the city is diverse: temporary exhibitions and imported expositions from major international collections are regularly held here, and archaeological discoveries of the 1970s-1980s continue to give birth to new design exhibitions. The Israel Museum periodically hosts international collections, Yad Vashem organizes commemorative programs and thematic exhibitions, and theater and music museums hold special screenings and performances, drawing on rich foundations and academic research. Keep an eye out for updates to museum posters and calendars – spring and autumn are traditionally rich in inter-museum projects and temporary exhibitions.
Come to Jerusalem to experience the museum life of the city with your own eyes: walks through the expositions will be a bright part of your trip. For a full dive, book a tour with a private guide - local guides know secret routes, little-known stories and will help to make a personal program of visiting museums. Book your tour in advance and make your stay rich, comfortable and truly memorable.
