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Yad Lashiryon (Armoured Corps) Museum
Yad Lashiryon (Armoured Corps) Museum

The Latrun museum serves as a memorial for the fallen soldiers of the Armored Corps. There is an exhibit of military vehicles and tools from the different periods of the Israeli wars.Openning Hours: ..

Underground Prisoners Museum
Underground Prisoners Museum

The building was built in 1858, and served as a Russian pilgrims? hospice for women. During the British mandate in Palestine (1918-1948), the building was used as the central prison. Apart from..

Tower of David - Museum of the History of Jerusalem
Tower of David - Museum of the History of Jerusalem

The Tower of David museum depicts more than 3000 years of history of Jerusalem, using advanced museum technology and displays that relate the history in a chronological manner. The museum allows the..

The Ramparts Walk
The Ramparts Walk

Exciting walk on the Old City walls with its breathtaking views of the city.Openning Hours: sun  09:00-17:00 mon 09:00-17:00 tue  09:00-17:00 wed 09:00-17:00 thu ..

The Menachem Begin Heritage Center Museum
The Menachem Begin Heritage Center Museum

The tour of the museum starts in the streets of Brisk, the town where Begin was born, continues to Warsaw where he studied, and in Vilna where he was arrested and sent to a Soviet prison camp. From..

The Last Battle for the Old City Museum
The Last Battle for the Old City Museum

An exhibit depicting the drama of the day of surrender to the Jordanian legion, the expulsion of the Jews from the old section and all the procedures involved in it. On May 28, 1948 at 16:00p.m.,..

The Israelite Tower
The Israelite Tower

Tower of the wall gate from Babylonian siege and destruction on the 1st Temple in 586 BCE, late Hashmonean fortifications.Openning Hours: sun  09:00-17:00 mon 09:00-17:00 tue ..

The Herzl Museum
The Herzl Museum

The tomb of the visionary of the Jewish state in on the mount as well as those of other important people, among them Golda Meir, Levi Eshkol and Zeev Jabotinsky. Near the entrance gate is the Herzl..

Shfela Museum
Shfela Museum

In the museum you?ll see defensive construction of a Jewish settlement of ?Wall and Tower" type. Collection of archaeological findings. Travelling arts exhibitions.Openning Hours: sun ..

Rabbi Kook Museum

If you are more or less interested in the history of Judaism - you are surely acquainted with the name of Rabbi Kook. A wide variety of his views on Judaism attracts his followers as well as..

Old Yishuv Court
Old Yishuv Court

The museum is located in the heart of the Jewish Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem in a sixteenth-century building. It displays the story of the Jewish community from the periods under Ottoman..

Montefiore Museum
Montefiore Museum

Museum is situated outside the Old City in the building of the old mill. History of Jerusalem and Montifiory family depicted in numerous objects, photos. Many documents are presented here.Openning..

Model of Jerusalem of Second Temple period
Model of Jerusalem of Second Temple period

The model recreates Jerusalem in 66 CE. In that fateful year, the Great Revolt against the Romans erupted, resulting in the destruction of the city and the Temple. The ancient city was then at its..

Israel Museum
Israel Museum

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem is Israel?s largest museum and leading cultural institution ? and one of the world?s great museum stories of the 20th century. No journey to the Land of Israel is..

Islamic Museum of the Temple Mount
Islamic Museum of the Temple Mount

The Museum of the Islam depicts the culture & heritage of the Islam. It is divided to several wings: Art, Koran books, architectural items, etc. A unique display of architectural remains help document..

Gush Ezyon Museum

Four kibbutzs along the road from Jerusalem to Hevron were in the center of battles in the War for Independence. 250 defenders were killed during severe battles. Izhak Rabin compared these battles..

Chamber of the Holocaust
Chamber of the Holocaust

Entering the Chamber of the Holocaust on Mt. Zion, one immediately senses an identity with the recent past of the Jewish people, a history at once awesome and tragic. Tablets of over 1,000..

Armenian Museum
Armenian Museum

This museum is housed in a very beautiful old building within the boundaries of the Armenian quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. It consists of a substantial collection of thousands of objects..

Ariel - Center for Jerusalem in the First Temple Period, Yad Ben-Zvi
Ariel - Center for Jerusalem in the First Temple Period, Yad Ben-Zvi

Multi-media presentation A new audio-visual presentation uncovers the charm of the city during the period of the Kings. In a moving encounter with figures from that period, we?ll highlight the..

Ammunition hill museum
Ammunition hill museum

Ammunition Hill is the main official memorial symbolizing the liberation and reunification of Jerusalem. The fortification is preserved as it was in the war and there is an underground museum that..

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