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{| class="wikitable sortable"
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!Name
!Name!!Location!!Primary display/topic!!data-sort-type="number"|Annual visitors
! !!Location!!Primary display/topic!!data-sort-type="number"|Annual visitors
|-
|[[ANU - Museum of the Jewish People]]
|
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|[[Jewish history]]
|220,000<ref>{{cite web |last1=Nussbaum Cohen |first1=Debra |title=Museum of the Jewish People |url=https://www.hadassahmagazine.org/2021/05/05/connecting-unites-us/ |website=Hadassah Magazine |access-date=8 July 2024 |date=May 2021}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Israel Museum]]
|[[Israel Museum]]
|
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Givat Ram]])
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Givat Ram]])
|Archaeology, art, sculpture
|Archaeology, art, sculpture
|~1,000,000 (2023)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Elia-Shalev |first1=Asaf |title=Former director of Israel Museum to lead Jewish Museum in New York |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/former-director-of-israel-museum-to-lead-jewish-museum-in-new-york/ |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=8 July 2024}}</ref>
|827,254 (2012)<ref name="theartnewspaper">{{cite web |url=http://www.theartnewspaper.com/attfig/attfig12.pdf |title= |website=www.theartnewspaper.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150102172933/http://www.theartnewspaper.com/attfig/attfig12.pdf |archive-date=January 2, 2015}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Yad Vashem]]
|[[Yad Vashem]]
|
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Mount Herzl]])
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Mount Herzl]])
|[[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]
|[[The Holocaust|Holocaust]]
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|-
|[[Rockefeller Museum]]
|[[Rockefeller Museum]]
|
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[East Jerusalem]])
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[East Jerusalem]])
|Archaeology
|Archaeology
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|[[Siebenberg House]]
|[[Siebenberg House]]
|
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Old City (Jerusalem)|Old City]])
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Old City (Jerusalem)|Old City]])
|Archaeology
|Archaeology
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|[[L. A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art]]
|[[L. A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art]]
|
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Katamon]])
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Katamon]])
|Islamic art, antique clocks & watches
|Islamic art, antique clocks & watches
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|[[Gush Katif Museum]]
|[[Gush Katif Museum]]
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|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Nachlaot]])
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Nachlaot]])
|History ([[Gush Katif]])
|History ([[Gush Katif]])
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|[[Heichal Shlomo]] Jewish Heritage Museum
|[[Heichal Shlomo]] Jewish Heritage Museum
|
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[King George Street (Jerusalem)|King George Street]])
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[King George Street (Jerusalem)|King George Street]])
|[[Judaica]]
|[[Judaica]]
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|[[Menachem Begin Heritage Center]]
|[[Menachem Begin Heritage Center]]
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|[[Jerusalem]]
|[[Jerusalem]]
|Biographical – [[Menachem Begin]]
|Biographical – [[Menachem Begin]]
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|[[Friends of Zion Museum]]
|[[Friends of Zion Museum]]
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|[[Jerusalem]]
|[[Jerusalem]]
|[[Jewish history]]
|[[Jewish history]]
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|[[Beit Agnon]]
|[[Beit Agnon]]
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|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Talpiot]])
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Talpiot]])
|Biographical – [[Shmuel Yosef Agnon]]
|Biographical – [[Shmuel Yosef Agnon]]
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|[[Museum of Underground Prisoners]]
|[[Museum of Underground Prisoners]]
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|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Musrara, Jerusalem|Morasha]])
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Musrara, Jerusalem|Morasha]])
|Jewish resistance in the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate]]
|Jewish resistance in the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate]]
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|[[Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem]]
|[[Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem]]
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|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Givat Ram]])
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Givat Ram]])
|Biblical history, archaeology
|Biblical history, archaeology
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|[[Bloomfield Science Museum]]
|[[Bloomfield Science Museum]]
|
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Givat Ram]])
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Givat Ram]])
|Hands-on science and technology
|Hands-on science and technology
|300,000<ref>{{cite web |title=Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem |url=https://eusea.info/member/bloomfield-science-museum-jerusalem/#:~:text=BSMJ%20is%20a%20leading%20informal,all%20sectors%20of%20Israeli%20society. |website=European Science Engagement Association |access-date=8 July 2024}}</ref>
|
|-
|-
|[[Ticho House]]
|[[Ticho House]]
|
|[[Jerusalem]]
|[[Jerusalem]]
|Paintings by Anna Ticho, Judaica
|Paintings by Anna Ticho, Judaica
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|-
|[[Tower of David]]
|[[Tower of David]]
|
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Old City (Jerusalem)|Old City]])
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Old City (Jerusalem)|Old City]])
|History of Jerusalem
|History of Jerusalem
|500,000+ (2023)<ref>{{cite web |title=Tower of David Museum | מוזיאון מגדל דוד |url=https://www.kimmel.co.il/project/tower-david-museum#:~:text=The%20museum%20includes%2010%20exhibition,receives%20over%20500%2C000%20visitors%20annually. |website=Kimmel Eshkolot Architects |access-date=8 July 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Borschel-Dan |first1=Amanda |title=Arabic inscription found under Tower of David rewrites ancient citadel’s past |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/as-tower-of-david-looks-to-future-excavations-rewrite-ancient-citadels-past/ |website=The Times of Israel |access-date=8 July 2024}}</ref>
|450,000 (2017)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/40m-expansion-renovation-planned-for-history-of-jerusalem-museum-1.6091820|title=$40 Million Expansion-renovation Planned for Jerusalem's Tower of David Museum|author=Riba, Naama|work=[[Haaretz]]|date=May 15, 2018|access-date=June 4, 2018}}</ref>
|-
|-
|[[Herzl museum]]
|[[Herzl museum]]
|
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Mount Herzl]])
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Mount Herzl]])
|Biographical – [[Theodor Herzl]], history of [[Zionism]]
|Biographical – [[Theodor Herzl]], history of [[Zionism]]
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|[[U. Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art]]
|[[U. Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art]]
|
|[[Jerusalem]]
|[[Jerusalem]]
|Italian Jewish art, Italian synagogue
|Italian Jewish art, Italian synagogue
|40,000<ref>{{cite web |title=Museums in Jerusalem: The U. Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art |url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/the-u-nahon-museum-of-italian-jewish-art |website=Jewish Virtual Library |access-date=8 July 2024}}</ref>
|
|-
|-
|[[Jerusalem Tax Museum]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-s-past-seen-anew-as-jerusalem-s-historic-custom-house-reopens.premium-1.431161 | title=Israel's past seen anew, as Jerusalem's historic Custom House reopens | publisher=[[Haaretz]] }}</ref>
|[[Jerusalem Tax Museum]]<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-s-past-seen-anew-as-jerusalem-s-historic-custom-house-reopens.premium-1.431161 | title=Israel's past seen anew, as Jerusalem's historic Custom House reopens | publisher=[[Haaretz]] }}</ref>
|
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Jaffa Road]])
|[[Jerusalem]] ([[Jaffa Road]])
|Historical documents
|Historical documents
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|-
|[[Tel Aviv Museum of Art]]
|[[Tel Aviv Museum of Art]]
|
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|Modern art, contemporary Israeli art
|Modern art, contemporary Israeli art
|1,070,714 (2022)<ref>{{cite web |last1=Cheshire |first1=Lee |last2=da Silva |first2=Jose |title=The 100 most popular art museums in the world—who has recovered and who is still struggling? |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/03/27/the-100-most-popular-art-museums-in-the-worldwho-has-recovered-and-who-is-still-struggling |website=The Art Newspaper |access-date=8 July 2024}}</ref>
|750,000 (2012)<ref name="theartnewspaper" />
|-
|[[Frenkel Frenel Museum]]
|
|[[Safed]]
|Art of Franco-Israeli painter and sculptor, [[Yitzhak Frenkel|Isaac Frenkel Frenel]]
|
|-
|-
|[[Independence Hall (Israel)|Independence Hall]]
|[[Independence Hall (Israel)|Independence Hall]]
|
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|History of Israel (independence)
|History of Israel (independence)
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|-
|[[Israel Defense Forces History Museum|Batei HaOsef]]
|[[Israel Defense Forces History Museum|Batei HaOsef]]
|
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|Formerly [[Tel Aviv]], now being transferred to [[Latrun]]
|[[Israel Defense Forces]]
|[[Israel Defense Forces]]
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Bauhaus Foundation Tel Aviv|Bauhaus Museum]]
|[[Bauhaus Foundation Tel Aviv|Bauhaus Museum]]
|
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|[[White City of Tel Aviv]]
|[[White City of Tel Aviv]]
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|[[Bialik House]]
|[[Bialik House]]
|
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|[[Hayyim Nahman Bialik]]
|[[Hayyim Nahman Bialik]]
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|[[Ben-Gurion House]]
|[[Ben-Gurion House]]
|
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|[[David Ben-Gurion]]
|[[David Ben-Gurion]]
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Etzel Museum]]
|[[Hetzel Museum]]
|
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|[[Irgun]] pre-state Jewish underground
|[[Irgun]] pre-state Jewish underground
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|[[Etzel House]] (Beit Gidi)
|[[Etzel House]] (Beit Gidi)
|
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|[[Irgun]] – [[Operation Hametz]]
|[[Irgun]] – [[Operation Hametz]]
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|[[Steinhardt Museum of Natural History]]
|[[Steinhardt Museum of Natural History]]
|
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|Natural history
|Natural history
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|[[Yitzhak Rabin Center]]
|[[Yitzhak Rabin Center]]
|
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|[[Yitzhak Rabin]]
|[[Yitzhak Rabin]]
|100,000<ref>{{cite web |last1=Eltes |first1=Julie |title=Yitzhak Rabin Center - THE LEGACY LIVES ON |url=https://www.haaretz.com/haaretz-labels/2016-11-01/ty-article-labels/the-legacy-lives-on/00000180-8db7-d30a-a5ae-afbf5a1f0000 |website=Haaretz |access-date=8 July 2024}}</ref>
|
|-
|-
|HerzLilienblum Museum of Banking and Tel Aviv Nostalgia<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.jpost.com/Local-Israel/Tel-Aviv-And-Center/Feel-the-heartbeat-of-Old-Tel-Aviv | title=Feel the Heartbeat of Old Tel Aviv | newspaper=[[Jerusalem Post]] }}</ref>
|HerzLilienblum Museum of Banking and Tel Aviv Nostalgia<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.jpost.com/Local-Israel/Tel-Aviv-And-Center/Feel-the-heartbeat-of-Old-Tel-Aviv | title=Feel the Heartbeat of Old Tel Aviv | newspaper=[[Jerusalem Post]] }}</ref>
|
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|[[Tel Aviv]]
|Banking and old Tel Aviv culture
|Banking and old Tel Aviv culture
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|[[Lehi Museum]] – Beit [[Avraham Stern|Yair]]
|[[Lehi Museum]] – Beit [[Avraham Stern|Yair]]
|
|[[Tel Aviv]] ([[Florentin, Tel Aviv|Florentin]])
|[[Tel Aviv]] ([[Florentin, Tel Aviv|Florentin]])
|[[Lehi (group)|Lehi]]
|[[Lehi (group)|Lehi]]
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|[[The Olympic Experience]]
|[[The Olympic Experience]]
|
|[[Tel Aviv]] ([[Hadar Yosef]])
|[[Tel Aviv]] ([[Hadar Yosef]])
|Sports
|Sports
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|[[Nahum Gutman Museum of Art]]
|[[Nahum Gutman Museum of Art]]
|
|[[Tel Aviv]] ([[Neve Tzedek]])
|[[Tel Aviv]] ([[Neve Tzedek]])
|Art by [[Nachum Gutman]]
|Art by [[Nachum Gutman]]
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|[[Farkash Gallery collection]]
|[[Farkash Gallery collection]]
|
|[[Tel Aviv]] ([[Jaffa|Old Jaffa]])
|[[Tel Aviv]] ([[Jaffa|Old Jaffa]])
|Posters
|Posters
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|[[Ilana Goor Museum]]
|[[Ilana Goor Museum]]
|
|[[Tel Aviv]] ([[Jaffa|Old Jaffa]])
|[[Tel Aviv]] ([[Jaffa|Old Jaffa]])
|Israeli art and culture
|Israeli art and culture
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|[[Jaffa Museum]]
|[[Jaffa Museum]]
|
|[[Tel Aviv]] ([[Jaffa|Old Jaffa]])
|[[Tel Aviv]] ([[Jaffa|Old Jaffa]])
|Israeli art and culture, antiquities
|Israeli art and culture, antiquities
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|[[Eretz Israel Museum]]
|[[Eretz Israel Museum]]
|
|[[Tel Aviv]] (Museum Campus)
|[[Tel Aviv]] (Museum Campus)
|Archaeology, history of [[Eretz Yisrael]]
|Archaeology, history of [[Eretz Yisrael]]
|
|-
|[[The Museum of The Jewish People at Beit Hatfutsot]]
|[[Tel Aviv]] (Museum Campus)
|A pluralistic and diverse experience of the Jewish people
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Beit HaPalmach]]
|[[Beit HaPalmach]]
|
|[[Tel Aviv]] ([[Ramat Aviv]])
|[[Tel Aviv]] ([[Ramat Aviv]])
|Jewish resistance during the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate]] – [[Palmach]]
|Jewish resistance during the [[Mandatory Palestine|British Mandate]] – [[Palmach]]
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|[[Haifa Museum]]
|[[Haifa Museum]]
|
|[[Haifa]]
|[[Haifa]]
|Contemporary Israeli art
|Contemporary Israeli art
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|[[Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art]]
|[[Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art]]
|
|[[Haifa]]
|[[Haifa]]
|Japanese art
|Japanese art
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|[[Israel Railway Museum]]
|[[Israel Railway Museum]]
|
|[[Haifa]]
|[[Haifa]]
|Transportation – railways
|Transportation – railways
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|[[Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum|Israeli Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum]]
|[[Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum|Israeli Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum]]
|
|[[Haifa]]
|[[Haifa]]
|[[Israel Defense Forces]] – [[Israeli Sea Corps|Sea Corps]]
|[[Israel Defense Forces]] – [[Israeli Sea Corps|Sea Corps]]
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|-
|[[Israeli National Maritime Museum]]
|[[Israeli National Maritime Museum]]
|
|[[Haifa]]
|[[Haifa]]
|Maritime history
|Maritime history
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|-
|[[Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space]]
|[[Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space]]
|
|[[Haifa]]
|[[Haifa]]
|Science and technology, hands-on exhibits
|Science and technology, hands-on exhibits
|400,000<ref>{{cite web |title=About Madatech |url=https://www.madatech.org.il/en/about |website=Madatech |access-date=8 July 2024}}</ref>
|
|-
|-
|Moshe Shteklis Museum of Prehistory
|Moshe Shteklis Museum of Prehistory
|
|[[Haifa]]
|[[Haifa]]
|History – prehistory
|History – prehistory
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|-
|[[Hecht Museum]]
|[[Hecht Museum]]
|
|[[Haifa]]
|[[Haifa]]
|Archaeology, Art
|Archaeology, Art
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|-
|Munio Gitai Weinraub Museum of Architecture
|Munio Gitai Weinraub Museum of Architecture
|
|[[Haifa]]
|[[Haifa]]
|Architecture
|Architecture
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|-
|[[Mane-Katz#Mane-Katz museum|Mane-Katz Museum]]
|[[Mane-Katz#Mane-Katz museum|Mane-Katz Museum]]
|
|[[Haifa]]
|[[Haifa]]
|Art
|Art
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|-
|Arad Bible Museum
|Arad Bible Museum
|
|[[Arad, Israel|Arad]]
|[[Arad, Israel|Arad]]
|Archaeology
|Archaeology
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|-
|Arad Doll Museum
|Arad Doll Museum
|
|[[Arad, Israel|Arad]]
|[[Arad, Israel|Arad]]
|[[Comedia del arte]] figures, handcrafted dolls<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artportal.co.il/?CategoryID=418&ArticleID=362 |title=Arad Doll Museum |website=ArtPortal.co.il |location=Israel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306133158/http://artportal.co.il/?articleid=362&categoryid=418 |archive-date=2016-03-06 }}</ref>
|[[Comedia del arte]] figures, handcrafted dolls<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.artportal.co.il/?CategoryID=418&ArticleID=362 |title=Arad Doll Museum |website=ArtPortal.co.il |location=Israel |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306133158/http://artportal.co.il/?articleid=362&categoryid=418 |archive-date=2016-03-06 }}</ref>
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|-
|Arad Glass Museum
|Arad Glass Museum
|
|[[Arad, Israel|Arad]]
|[[Arad, Israel|Arad]]
|Glass sculpture
|Glass sculpture
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|-
|Arad Museum of Art
|Arad Museum of Art
|
|[[Arad, Israel|Arad]]
|[[Arad, Israel|Arad]]
|Art
|Art
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|[[Beit HaGdudim]]
|[[Beit HaGdudim]]
|
|[[Avihayil]]
|[[Avihayil]]
|[[Jewish Legion]]
|[[Jewish Legion]]
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|[[Ashdod Museum of Art]]
|[[Ashdod Museum of Art]]
|
|[[Ashdod]]
|[[Ashdod]]
|Art
|Art
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|-
|[[Karin Maman Museum]]
|[[Karin Maman Museum]]
|
|[[Ashdod]]
|[[Ashdod]]
|Archaeology
|Archaeology
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|-
|[[Negev Museum of Art]]
|[[Negev Museum of Art]]
|
|[[Beersheba]]
|[[Beersheba]]
|Art
|Art
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|[[Biblical Museum of Natural History]]
|[[Biblical Museum of Natural History]]
|
|[[Beit Shemesh]]
|[[Beit Shemesh]]
|Hands-on animals, Torah, history and science
|Hands-on animals, Torah, history and science
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|-
|[[Ralli Museum]]
|[[Ralli Museum]]
|
|[[Caesarea]]
|[[Caesarea, Israel|Caesarea]]
|Art
|Art
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Ein Harod (Meuhad)#Art museum|Ein Harod Museum of Art]] (Mishkan)
|[[Ein Harod (Meuhad)#Art museum|Ein Harod Museum of Art]] (Mishkan)
|
|[[Ein Harod]]<!-- hewiki says in Ihud, enwiki says Meuhad, so i'm leaving the dab for now -->
|[[Ein Harod]]<!-- hewiki says in Ihud, enwiki says Meuhad, so i'm leaving the dab for now -->
|Art
|Art
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|Sturman Museum
|Sturman Museum
|
|[[Ein Harod]]
|[[Ein Harod]]
|Natural history
|Natural history
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|-
|[[Janco Dada Museum]]
|[[Janco Dada Museum]]
|
|[[Ein Hod]]
|[[Ein Hod]]
|Art (Israeli)
|Art (Israeli)
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|[[Wilfrid Israel Museum]]
|[[Wilfrid Israel Museum]]
|
|[[HaZore'a]]
|[[HaZore'a]]
|Art (Asian)
|Art (Asian)
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|-
|[[Israeli Air Force Museum]]
|[[Israeli Air Force Museum]]
|
|[[Hatzerim Airbase]]
|[[Hatzerim Airbase]]
|[[Israel Defense Forces]] – [[Israeli Air Force|Air Force]]
|[[Israel Defense Forces]] – [[Israeli Air Force|Air Force]]
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|-
|[[Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_%26_Culture/Herzliyamuse.html | title=Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art | website=JewishVirtualLibrary.org }}</ref>
|[[Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art]]<ref>{{cite web| url=https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Society_%26_Culture/Herzliyamuse.html | title=Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art | website=JewishVirtualLibrary.org }}</ref>
|
|[[Herzliya]]
|[[Herzliya]]
|Art (contemporary Israeli)
|Art (contemporary Israeli)
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|[[Holon Children's Museum]]
|[[Holon Children's Museum]]
|
|[[Holon]]
|[[Holon]]
|Children; visually impaired; hearing impaired
|Children; visually impaired; hearing impaired
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|[[Design Museum Holon]]
|[[Design Museum Holon]]
|
|[[Holon]]
|[[Holon]]
|Design
|Design
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|[[Egged Historical Vehicle Museum]]
|[[Egged Historical Vehicle Museum]]
|
|[[Holon]]
|[[Holon]]
|Transportation – buses
|Transportation – buses
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|[[Yad La-Shiryon]]
|[[Yad La-Shiryon]]
|
|[[Latrun]]
|[[Latrun]]
|[[Israel Defense Forces]] – [[Armor Corps (Israel)|Armor Corps]]
|[[Israel Defense Forces]] – [[Armor Corps (Israel)|Armor Corps]]
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|[[Mini Israel]]
|[[Mini Israel]]
|
|[[Latrun]]
|[[Latrun]]
|[[Miniature park]], architecture
|[[Miniature park]], architecture
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|-
|[[Ghetto Fighters' House]]
|[[Ghetto Fighters' House]]
|
|[[Lohamei HaGeta'ot]]
|[[Lohamei HaGeta'ot]]
|[[Holocaust]] and [[Jewish resistance under Nazi rule|Jewish Resistance]]
|[[Holocaust]] and [[Jewish resistance under Nazi rule|Jewish Resistance]]
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|-
|[[Museum of Prehistory of the Hulah Valley]]
|[[Museum of Prehistory of the Hulah Valley]]
|
|[[Ma'ayan Barukh]]
|[[Ma'ayan Barukh]]
|Archaeology
|Archaeology
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|Masada Museum
|Masada Museum
|
|[[Masada]]
|[[Masada]]
|History of Masada
|History of Masada
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|-
|[[International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame]]
|[[International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame]]
|
|[[Netanya]]
|[[Netanya]]
|Sports
|Sports
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|-
|Petah Tikva Museum of Art
|Petah Tikva Museum of Art
|
|[[Petah Tikva]]
|[[Petah Tikva]]
|Art
|Art
|
|-
|[[Harry Oppenheimer Diamond Museum]]
|[[Ramat Gan]]
|Diamonds
|
|
|-
|-
|[[Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art|Museum of Israeli Art]]
|[[Ramat Gan Museum of Israeli Art|Museum of Israeli Art]]
|
|[[Ramat Gan]]
|[[Ramat Gan]]
|Art (Israeli)
|Art (Israeli)
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|[[Museum of Russian Art (Israel)|Museum of Russian Art]]
|[[Museum of Russian Art (Israel)|Museum of Russian Art]]
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Revision as of 18:09, 8 July 2024

Below is an incomplete list of Israeli museums, some of which are located in East Jerusalem.

Name Location Primary display/topic Annual visitors
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

  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". Kimmel Eshkolot Architects. Retrieved 8 July 2024. {{cite web}}: Text "מוזיאון מגדל דוד" ignored (help)
  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. "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.
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