Category attraction: Museums

The Tikoting Museum of Japanese Art showcases an extensive variety of approximately 7,000 contemporary and traditional Japanese art, including paintings and prints, antique decorated books, room dividers, antique swards, and various art objects.

Madatech, Israel’s National Museum of Science Technology and Space, Haifa, is Israel’s largest science museum.

The National Maritime Museum in Haifa showcases the history of shipping in the Mediterranean Basin and the maritime story of the city of Haifa.

The citadel of Acre was built during the Ottoman Period over the ruins of a 12th century Crusader fortress. During the British Mandate, the citadel served as the main prison for the north of Israel.

The Janco-Dada Museum was opened in 1983 in the Ein Hod Artists’ Village to display the work of Marcel Janco and continue his vision for promoting art.

The story of the ‘N.I.L.I.’ is bound with the story of the Aaronsohn family, one of the founding families of Zichron Ya’akov (1882), in the Yishuv which was part of the Ottoman Empire at that time.

The First Aliya Museum, which opened in 1999, recounts the journey of the pioneers who came to Eretz Yisrael during the first Aliya, 1882 – 1903

The Ralli Museum in Caesarea are part of five Ralli Museums in the world, an institution founded by Harry Recanati.

Ha’ Mizgaga – A Museum for nautical and regional archeology is housed in a two-story stone structure in the heart of Kibbutz Nahsholim, and within a short walking distance from Tel-Dor.