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Israeli Museums - Museums in Israel

If you can't visit them in person, check out the online sites of some of Israel's finest museums - art at the Tel Aviv Museum, archaeology at the Israel Museum, culture at the Babylonian Heritage Center, and the history of our people - at Beit Hatefusoth.
All Israel Museums
This site is the best source of information about Israel museums and about their exhibitions online. Each museum edits information about itself and its exhibitions in this site.
Beth Hatefutsoth: Museum of the Jewish People
Beth Hatefutsoth is a cultural and educational institution providing multiple avenues of personal historical identification.
Bible Lands Museum in Jerusalem
This museum focuses on biblical history through ancient Near Eastern art, from the dawn of civilization through the early Christian era. The Bible Lands Museum illustrates the cultures of all the peoples mentioned in the Bible - Egyptian, Philistines, Arameans, Hittites, Elamites, Persians, Mesopotamians, Phoenicians, Israelites and more.
Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem
The Bloomfield Museum shows Science as an integral part of Jewish and Israeli culture and shows its relation to daily life. The Museum specializes in interactive exhibits, making the museum visit as exciting and hands-on experience.
Chagall Windows in Jerusalem
To see the magnificent Chagall Windows, visit the synagogue of the Hadassah-Hebrew University Medical Center in Jerusalem.
Hecht Museum in Haifa Archaelogy
The exhibition of the Hecht Museum is based on the collection of the Museum's founder, Dr. Reuben Hecht.
Tel Aviv Museum of Art
The Tel Aviv Museum of Art is Israel's main art museum, presenting local and foreign artists.
The Israel Museum in Jerusalem
The Israel Museum, founded in 1965, has become a world-class cultural institution and encylopedic museum of art and archeology.
The Jabotinsky Museum
This museum offers a permanent exhibition of a three-dimensional audio-visual called "Ze'ev Jabotinsky - Historical Life-Span". Interchaning exhibitions about Jabotinksy are also available. The Museum offers extensive educational programs for Israelis and tourists.
The Menachem Begin Heritage Museum in Jerusalem
Via pictures, reconstructions, artifacts, films, dramatizations and more, The Museum of the Menachem Begin Heritage Center utilizes an experiential process to tell the story of one of the most important leaders in the history of the state of Israel.

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