Museums
Museums of Israel
322 museums with a page of their own, best known first: what they show, their famous works and how many people visit.
Art museum54museums
Sculpture garden14museums
Historic house museum12museums
Open-air museum8museums
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1Israel Museum
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Art museum · 1965
750k visitors12 famous works
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2Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Art museum · 1932
1.07M visitors5 famous works
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3Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space
Haifa, Haifa
1983
300k visitors
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4Yad Vashem
Beit Zayit, Jerusalem
History museum · 1953
3 famous works
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7Shrine of the Book
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Literary museum · 1965
2 famous works
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9Design Museum Holon
Holon, Tel Aviv
Art museum · 2010
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11Hecht Museum
Nesher, Haifa
Art museum · 1984
1 famous works
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12Islamic Museum
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
1922
14Israeli Air Force Museum
Beersheba, Southern District
Military museum · 1977
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16Heichal Shlomo
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
1992
19Ghetto Fighters' House
Loẖame HaGeta’ot, Northern District
Holocaust museum · 1949
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20Israel Defense Forces History Museum
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Military museum · 1959
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21Tel Aviv Cinematheque
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Cinematheque · 1973
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23Steinhardt Museum of Natural History
Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv
2018
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28Jerusalem Archaeological Park
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Archaeological park
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34Menachem Begin Heritage Center
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Biographical museum · 1998
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37Bloomfield Science Museum
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Science museum · 1992
39Golan Archaeological Museum
Gadot, Northern District
Archaeological museum
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41Ralli Museum
Caesarea, Haifa
1993
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42Sommer Contemporary Art
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Art museum · 1999
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46Debel Gallery
Ora, Jerusalem
Art museum · 1973
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49Lehi Museum
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Military museum · 1985
50Lola Beer Ebner Sculpture Garden
Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv
Sculpture garden
51Mardigian Museum of Armenian Art and Culture
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
1975
52National Campus for the Archaeology of Israel
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
2016
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54Frenkel Frenel Museum
Safed, Northern District
1973
58Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art
Glil Yam, Tel Aviv
Art museum · 1965
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Kinds
What the museums show
| Kind | Museums with a page |
|---|---|
| Art museum | 54 |
| Sculpture garden | 14 |
| Historic house museum | 12 |
| Open-air museum | 8 |
| Local museum | 8 |
| Military museum | 5 |
| History museum | 5 |
| Cinematheque | 5 |
| Archaeological museum | 4 |
| Film archive | 3 |
| Biographical museum | 3 |
| Science museum | 2 |
| Holocaust museum | 2 |
| Children's museum | 1 |