Museums in Israel
Jerusalem is one of the richest cities on earth with respect to museums, many of which are devoted primarily to artifacts of religious interest. There are also other museums scattered around this historic region.
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Bible Lands Museum |
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Israel Museum |
| Mount Herzel and Herzel Museum Jerusalem The cemetery here includes the graves of Theodor Herzl, who predicted and worked for the founding of the State of Israel until his death in 1904, and other important leaders. |
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Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art West Jerusalem Contains the reconstructed interior of an 18th-century synagogue near Venice and exhibits on Italian Jewish life from the Middle Ages to the present. |
| Underground Prisoners' Museum West Jerusalem This museum documents the prison conditions suffered by many who fought for Jewish immigration to British Mandate Palestine and the establishment of a Jewish state. |
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Underwater Museum Caesarea If you're a scuba diver (or snorkler), you can't miss Caesarea's brand new "underwater museum," the first of its kind in the world. |
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Wohl Archaeological Museum and Burnt House Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem This museum preserves the recently rediscovered houses of the ancient Upper City, occupied by Jewish temple priests during the era of Herod the Great (37-4 BC). |
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Yad VaShem Memorial and Holocaust Museum |
