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Free Museums open for International Museum Day

Updated: May 6, 2020

On Monday May 15, on Lag Ba’omer (when schools are off for the day), around 70 of Israel’s museums will open their doors for free, to participate in International Museum Day. Check the museum’s individual website for times and details, including special events.

Tel Aviv

03-6415244 Open 10:00-16:00

09-8822212 Open 8:30-16:00

Diaspora Museum  03-7457808 12:00-19:00 but you MUST book for the Heroes Exhibit.

Tel Aviv Art Museum 03-6077000 Open 8:00-16:00

Nachum Guttman Museum  03-5161970 Open 10:00-16:00 I believe an Escape Room is part of the entertainment – check their website.

Beit Rubin Museum 03-5255961 Open 10:00-15:00

Haganah Museum 03-5608624 Open 8:00-16:00

Palmach Museum 03-5459800 Must book a tour!

Etzel Museum  03-5284001 Open 8:00-16:00

Etzel Museum BeTaShach 03-5177180 Open 8:00-16:00

Israel Defense Forces History Museum 03-5172913 Open 8:00-16:00

Lechi Museum 03-6820288 Open 8:00-16:00

Center

Rishon Lezion Museum 03-9598862, 03-9598890 Open 9:00-14:00

Museum of Man and the Living in Ramat Gan 03-6315010 Open 9:00-15:00

Science Gardens at Weizman Institute 08-9378300 Open 10:00-14:00

Diamond Museum in Ramat Gan  03-5760219 Open 8:00-18:00

Cartoons and Caricatures Museum in Holon 03-6521849 Open 10:00-13:00

History of Holon Museum  03-5050425 Open 9:00-13:00

Museum Hamoshava in Mazkeret Batya  08-9349525 Open 8:00-16:00

Herzliya Museum 09-9551011 Open 10:00-14:00

Holocaust Museum in Tel Yitzchak  09 7497222 Open 8:30-14:30

Ramla Museum 08-9292650 Open 9:00-16:00

Petach Tikva Museum 03-9286300 Open 9:00-14:00

Kfar Saba Museum 09-7640868 Open 9:30-11:30

Hosmasa Museum, Holon 03-5050425 Open 9-13:00

Khan Museum, Hadera 04-6324562 Open 8:00-14:00

Jerusalem and surrounding area

Bible Lands Museum 02-5611066 Open 9:30-17:30

Tower of David Museum  02-6265333 / *2884 Open 9:00-16:00

The Old Yishuv Court Museum 052-4002478 Open 10:00-17:00

Israel Museum 026708811 Open 10:00-17:00

Tours in English & French

11:00 Archaeology

11:00 Highlights (French(

12:30 Jewish art and life and Synagogues Route 14:00 Art in the Galleries

15:00 Shrine of the Book & Model – The story of the discovery and significance of the Dead Sea Scrolls combined with a tour of ancient Jerusalem. Meet in the main Entrance building

Bloomfield Science Museum 02-6544888 Open 10:00-18:00

Museum of Islamic Art 02-5661291 Open 10:00-15:00

Haifa and the North

Haifa Art Museum 1-599-50-22-11 Open 10:00-21:00

Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art 1-599-50-22-11 Open 10:00-16:00

The First Aliyah Museum  04-6294777 Open 9:00 – 16:00. Guided tours at 11:00 and 13:00

Haifa City Museum 1-599-50-22-11 Open 10:00-16:00

Ein Dor Museum of Archaeology 04-6770333 Open 9:00-15:00

Bar David Museum of Art and Judaica 04-6988295 10:00-16:00

Hecht Museum in Haifa University 04-8240308 Open 10:00-16:00

The National Maritime Museum 1-599-50-22-11 Open 10:00-16:00

Janko Dada Museum in Ein Hod 04-9842350 Open 10:00-15:00

Mané-Katz Museum  1-599-50-22-11 Open 10:00-16:00

The Open Museum of Photography, Tel Hai 04-6816702/5 Open 8:00-16:00

The Open Museum Tapan 04 9109609 Open 9:00-16:00

Hermann Struck Museum  1-599-50-22-11 Open 10:00-21:00

Beit Hashomer Museum Kfar Giladi  04-6941565 8:00-16:00

Madatech 04-8614444 Open 10:00 – 17:00

Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum 04-9811020 Open 8:30-16:30

South

Negev Museum of Art  08 6993531 Open 10:00-16:00

Museum of Islamic and Near Eastern Cultures 08 6993535 Open 10:00-16:00

Museum of Philistine Culture  08-6224799 Open 9:00-20:00

The Open Museum – Omer  050 6610212 Open 9:00-16:00

The Full list in Hebrew with more details can be found here , at The International Council of Museums.

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