International Museum Day 2019 - Free Museums on Lag Baomer!

Lag Ba'Omer, May 23, 2019, is International Museum Day in Israel, and many museums around Israel open to the public for free!


The museums on this list are usually quite pricey for a family to visit, so getting in for free is a great way to learn, experience, and see new things, but I will warn you now - get there early or risk having the doors closed due to overcrowding!

I have tried to list phone numbers and opening hours as accurately as possible. However, I cannot take responsibility for any errors, so please call the museums you plan to visit to verify this information before you go.

I have tried, wherever possible, to link to websites in English. There were some museums/historical sites that only had Hebrew websites, though. My apologies in advance.

The list below represents many hours of work translating and researching, and I request that if you want to share this information, you link to this blog post. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

Here's the list (the list in Hebrew is available here)

Please note: Generally, free admission will not apply to large groups.

North

The Open Museum in Tefen open 9am - 4pm 04-9109609

The Chaim Shturman House - at Kibbutz Ein Harud, open 9am - 3pm 04-6486337 | 04-6486328

Bar David Museum for Jewish Art and Judaica - Kibbutz Baram, 04-6988295 open 10am - 4pm

Ein-Dor Museum of Archaeology, Kibbutz Ein-Dor, open 10am -3pm 04-6770333

The National Maritime Museum, open 10am - 7pm 04-8536622

Wilfrid Israel Museum, Kibbutz HaZorea, 04-9899566 open 9am - 2pm 

Watchman's House Museum - Kfar Giladi 04-6941565 open 8am - 4pm

The Haifa Museum of Art 04-9115997 open 10am - 7pm - some exhibits close earlier

The Herman Struk Museum 04-6359962 open 10am - 9pm

The Haifa City Museum, 04-9115888 open 10am - 7pm

The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art,  04-8383554 open 10am - 7pm

Mane Katz Museum, Haifa 04-9119372 open 10am - 7pm

The National Maritime Museum, Haifa, 04-8536622, open 10am - 7pm

The Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum in Haifa - 04-8536249, open 10am - 4pm

MadaTech, open 10am -5pm, 04-8614444



Center

HaGedudim Museum, Moshav Avichail 09-8822212 open 8:30am - 4pm

The Khan Museum, Hadera, 04-6322330 open 10 am - 2 pm

Museum of Archaeology and Glass, Kibbutz Nachsholim, 04-6390950, open 9am - 2pm

The Kfar Saba Museum, 09-7640868 open 9 am - 7pm

Ramat Hasharon Geological Museum , open 10 am - 1 pm

Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv 03-6415244 open 10am - 8pm

Rishon L'Tzion Museum,  03-9598862, 03-9598890 open 9am - 2pm

Museum and Archives of the History of Holon 03-5050425 open 10am - 1pm
The Hosmasa Museum - Holon - 03-5050425 open 10am - 1pm

Ilana Goor Museum, 03-683-7676, ext. 20, 10am - 4pm

The Petach Tikvah Museum of Art 03-9286300 open 4pm - 8pm

Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv 03-5161970 open 10am - 4pm

Yemenite Heritage Center, Rehovot, 073-3946150 open 9 am - 5 pm

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv 03-6077020 open 10am - 9pm pre-registration required at: https://tickets.tamuseum.org.il/calendar/2019-05-23

Agam Museum, Rishon, 03-555-5900 open 10 am - 7 pm

The Hagana Museum - 03-560-8624 open 8am - 4pm

Palmach Museum, 03-5459800 By reservation only

Etzel Museum, Tel Aviv 03-5284001 open 8am - 4pm

The Etzel 1948 Museum, Tel Aviv 03-5177180 , 03-5172044 open 8am - 4:30pm

Toldot Tzahal Museum, Tel Aviv 03-5172913 open 8am - 4pm 

The Lechi Museum 03-6820288 open 8am - 4pm

The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History,  073-3802000 open 10am - 6pm

Diaspora Museum, Tel Aviv, 037457808, 10am - 4pm

Jerusalem

Museum of Italian Jewish Art, 02-6241610, noon - 7pm

Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem 02-6544888 open 10am - 6pm

The Old Yishuv Court Museum, 02-6276319, 052-4002478 open 10am - 5pm

Museum on the Seam, 02-6281278 open 10am - 5 pm

The Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem 02-5611066 open 9:30am - 5:30pm

The Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem 02-5661291/2 open 10am - 7pm

The Underground Prisoners Museum in Jerusalem 02-6233166 ' open 9am - 5pm

Tower of David Museum 02-6265333 open 9am - 4pm 11am & 1:30pm guided tours in English  (2 different topics)

The Israel Museum 02-6708811 open 10am - 5pm


South 

The Museum of Philistine Culture 08-6224799 open 9am - 4pm

Yad Mordechai, 08-6720559  open 9am - 5 pm 

The Negev Museum of Art, Beer Sheva 08-6993531 open 10am - 4pm

The Museum of Islamic and Near Eastern Culture 08-6993535 open 10am - 4pm



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International Museum Day - Free Museums on Lag Baomer!

Lag Ba'Omer, May 3, 2018, is International Museum Day in Israel, and many museums around Israel open to the public for free!


The museums on this list are usually quite pricey for a family to visit, so getting in for free is a great way to learn, experience, and see new things, but I will warn you now - get there early or risk having the doors closed due to overcrowding!

I have tried to list phone numbers and opening hours as accurately as possible. However, I cannot take responsibility for any errors, so please call the museums you plan to visit to verify this information before you go.

I have tried, wherever possible, to link to websites in English. There were some museums/historical sites that only had Hebrew websites, though. My apologies in advance.

The list below represents many hours of work translating and researching, and I request that if you want to share this information, you link to this blog post. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

Here's the list (the list in Hebrew is available here)

Please note: Generally, free admission will not apply to large groups.

North

Ein-Dor Museum of Archaeology, Kibbutz Ein-Dor, open 10am -3pm 04-6770333

The National Maritime Museum, open 10am - 7pm 04-8536622

The Open Museum in Tefen open 9am - 4pm 04-9109609

MadaTech, open 10am -5pm, 04-8614444

The Underground Prisoners' Museum, Acco, open 8:30am - 4:30pm 04-6941565

Watchman's House Museum - Kfar Giladi 04-6941565 open 8am - 4pm

The Chaim Shturman House - at Kibbutz Ein Harud.open 9am - 3pm 04-6486337 | 04-6486328

Bar David Museum for Jewish Art and Judaica - Kibbutz Baram, 04-6988295 open 10am - 4pm

The Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum in Haifa - 04-8536249, open 10am - 4pm

The Khan Museum, Hadera, 04-6322330, open 10am - 3pm

The Hecht Museum, University of Haifa, 04-8240308 open 10am - 4pm

The Haifa City Museum, 04-9115888 open 10am - 7pm

The Museum of the First Aliyah in Zichron, 04-6294777 open 9am - 4pm

The Herman Struk Museum 04-6359962 open 10am - 9pm

Wilfrid Israel Museum, Kibbutz HaZorea, 04-9899566 open 9am - 2pm

The Haifa Museum of Art 04-9115997 open 10am - 7pm

The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art,  04-8383554 open 10am - 7pm

The Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod 04-9842350 open 10am - 3pm

Mane Katz Museum, Haifa 04-9119372 open 10am - 7pm

Center

Krinitzi House, Ramat Gan, 03-6739050, 9am - 1pm

Diaspora Museum, Tel Aviv, 037457808, 10am - 7pm

Clore Garden of Science, Rechovot 08-9378300 open 10am - 4pm

The Israeli Cartoon Museum, Holon 03-6521849 open 10am - 4pm (note: no strollers allowed)

Museum and Archives of the History of Holon 03-5050425 open 10am - 1pm

Agam Museum, Rishon, 03-555-5900 (times not published)

Ilana Goor Museum, 03-683-7676, ext. 20, 10am - 4pm

Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv 03-6415244 open 10am - 8pm

HaGedudim Museum, Moshav Avichail 09-8822212 open 8:30am - 4pm

The Rubin Museum, Tel Aviv 03-5255961 open 10am - 3pm

Toldot Tzahal Museum, Tel Aviv 03-5172913 open 8am - 4pm (entrance closes at 3:30pm)

Man and the Living World Museum, Ramat Gan 03-6315010 open 9am - 4pm. Reservations required.

Museum of Human Sciences and the Environment, Petach Tikvah, 03-9286900/1, open 9am - 2pm

Etzel Museum, Tel Aviv 03-5284001 open 8am - 4pm

The Etzel 1948 Museum, Tel Aviv 03-5177180 , 03-5172044 open 8am - 4:30pm

The Hagana Museum - 03-560-8624 open 8am - 4pm

Palmach Museum, 03-5459800 By reservation only

Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, 09-9551011, 4-8pm

The Hosmasa Museum - Holon - 03-5050425 open 9am - 1pm

Kfar Saba Archaeology Museum, Kfar Saba 09-7640867/8 open 10am - noon

The Lechi Museum 03-6820288 open 8:30am - 4pm

The Netanya City Historical Museum, 09-8840020 open 10am - 2pm

Massuah Institute for Holocaust Studies, Kibbutz Tel Yitzchak 09-7497200 open 9am - 3pm

Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv 03-5161970 open 10am - 4pm

The Petach Tikvah Museum of Art 03-9286300 open 4pm - 8pm

Rishon L'Tzion Museum,  03-9598862, 03-9598890 open 9am - 2pm

The Ramla Museum, Ramla 08-9292650 open 9am - 4pm

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv 03-6077020 open 10am - 9pm

Jerusalem

The Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem 02-5661291/2 open 10am - 7pm

The Underground Prisoners Museum in Jerusalem 02-6233166 ' open 9am - 5pm

The Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem 02-5611066 open 9:30am - 5:30pm

Hechal Shlomo, Jerusalem 02-5889010 open 10am - 4pm

Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem 02-6544888 open 10am - 6pm

The Old Yishuv Court Museum, 02-6276319, 052-4002478 open 10am - 5pm

Museum of Italian Jewish Art, 02-6241610, noon - 7pm

The Israel Museum 02-6708811 open 10am - 5pm (tours in English 11:00am, 12:30pm, 3:00pm) Children are FREE. Adults 20 shekels

Tower of David Museum 02-6265333 open 9am - 4pm

South

Ashdod Art Museum, 08-8545180, 08-9568285, open 9am - 4pm

The Museum of Philistine Culture 08-6224799 open 9am - 4pm

The Negev Museum of Art, Beer Sheva 08-6993531 open 10am - 4pm

The Museum of Islamic and Near Eastern Culture 08-6993535 open 10am - 4pm


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Free Museum Admission - International Museum Day 2017

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Monday, May 15, 2017, is International Museum Day in Israel, and many museums around Israel will be open to the public for free!

Many museums on this list are usually quite pricey for a family to visit, but I will warn you now - get there early or risk having the doors closed due to overcrowding!

*I have tried to list phone numbers and opening hours as accurately as possible. However, I cannot take responsibility for any errors, so please call the museums you plan to visit to verify this information before you go.

I have tried, wherever possible, to link to websites in English. There may have been museums/historical sites that only had Hebrew websites, though, so if you stumble across a Hebrew link, please know I did my best! My apologies in advance.

The list below represents many hours of work, and I request that if you want to share this information, you link to this blog post. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.

Here's the list (the full list in Hebrew is available here)


If you'll need to rent a car for the day to get around, check out this awesome Groupon deal for 86nis/day, including insurance!

North

The Kupferman Collection, Lochamei HaGeta'ot, open 10am- 3pm 054-4993851

Ein-Dor Museum of Archaeology, Kibbutz Ein-Dor, open 9am -3pm 04-6770333

The National Maritime Museum. open 10am - 4pm 04-8536622

The Open Museum of Photography in Tel-Hai 04-6816702/9 open 8am - 4pm

The Open Museum in Tefen open 9am - 4pm 04-9109609

MadaTech in Haifa, open 10am - 5pm 04-8614444

The Underground Prisoners' Museum, Acco, open 8:30am - 4:30pm 04-6941565

HaShomer House Museum - Kfar Giladi 04-6941565 open 8am - 4pm

Bar David Museum for Jewish Art and Judaica - Kibbutz Baram, 04-6988295 open 10am - 4pm

The Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum in Haifa - 04-8536249, open 8:30am - 4:30pm

The Hecht Museum, University of Haifa, 04-8240308 open 10am - 4pm

The Haifa City Museum. 04-9115888 open 10am - 4pm

The Museum of the First Aliyah in Zichron, 04-6294777 open 9am - 4pm

The Herman Struk Museum 04-6359962 open 10am - 9pm

The Haifa Museum of Art 04-9115997 open 10am - 9pm

The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art 04-8383554 open 10am - 4pm

The Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod 04-9842350 open 10am - 3pm

Mane Katz Museum, Haifa 04-9119372 open 10am - 4pm

Museum of Art, Ein Hod 04-6486038 open 10am - 3:00pm

Center

Clore Garden of Science, Rechovot 08-9378300 open 10am - 4pm

The Israeli Cartoon Museum, Holon 03-6521849 open 10am - 1pm

Museum and Archives of the History of Holon 03-5050425 open 9am - 1pm

Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv 03-6415244 open 10am - 4pm

HaGedudim Museum, Moshav Avichail 09-8822212 open 8:30am - 4pm

Beit Hatfutsot Jewish History and Culture Museum 03-7457808 open noon - 7pm
 
The Rubin Museum, Tel Aviv 03-5255961 open 10am - 3pm

Toldot Tzahal Museum, Tel Aviv 03-5172913 open 8am - 4pm

People and the Living World Museum, Ramat Gan 03-6315010 open 9am - 3pm

Etzel Museum, Tel Aviv 03-5284001 open 8am - 4pm

The Etzel 1948 Museum , Tel Aviv 03-5177180 , 03-5172044 open 8am - 4pm

The Hagana Museum - 03-560-8624 open 8am - 4pm

The Khan Museum, Hadera. 04-6322330 , 04-6324562 open 8am - 2pm

The Oppenheimer Diamond Museum Ramat Gan, 03-5760219 open 10am - 6pm

The Eran Shamir Village Museum Mazkeret Batya 08-9349525 open 8am - 4pm

The Palmach Museum, by appointment only. 03-5459800

Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art 09-9551011
open 10am - 2pm
 
The Hosmasa Museum - Holon - 03-5050425 open 9am - 1pm

Kfar Saba Archaeology Museum, Kfar Saba 09-7640867/8 open 9am - 11:30am

The Lechi Museum 03-6820288 open 8am - 4pm

Massuah Institute for Holocaust Studies, Kibbutz Tel Yitzchak 09-7497200 open 8:30am - 2:30pm
 
Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv 03-5161970 open 10am - 4pm

The Petach Tikvah Museum of Art 03-9286300 open 10am - 2pm

The Rishon L'Tzion Museum 03-9598862, 03-9598890 open 9am - 2pm

The Ramla Museum, Ramla 08-9292650 open 9am - 4pm

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv 03-6077020 open 4pm - 6pm

Jerusalem Area

The Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem 02-5661291/2 open 10am - 3pm

The Underground Prisoners Museum in Jerusalem 02-6233166 ' open 9am - 5pm

The Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem 02-5611066 open 9:30am - 5:30pm

Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem 02-6544888 open 10am - 6pm

The Old Yishuv Court Museum, 02-6276319, 052-4002478 open 10am - 5pm

The Israel Museum 02-6708811 open 10am - 5pm
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
Tower of David Museum 02-6265333 open 9am - 4pm


South


The Open Museum, Omer 08-9908120/1 open 9am - 4pm

The Museum of Philistine Culture 08-6224799 open 9am - 8pm

The Negev Museum of Art, Beer Sheva 08-6993531 open 10am - 4pm

The Museum of Islamic and Near Eastern Culture 08-6993535 open 10am - 4pm

Carasso Science Park 08-6252600 open 9am - 5pm

Let me know where you decide to go!

If you know of other free Lag Ba'Omer activities, please drop me a note (ester@kosherfrugal.com) and I'll add it to the list!

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Free Museum Day - May 26/Lag Ba'Omer

Lag Ba'Omer, May 26, 2016, is International Museum Day in Israel, and there are over 60 museums around Israel open to the public for free!

Many museums on this list are usually quite pricey for a family to visit, but I will warn you now - get there early or risk having the doors closed due to overcrowding!

*I have tried to list phone numbers and opening hours as accurately as possible. However, I cannot take responsibility for any errors, so please call the museums you plan to visit to verify this information before you go.

I have tried, wherever possible, to link to websites in English. There were some museums/historical sites that only had Hebrew websites, though. My apologies in advance.

The list below represents many hours of work translating and researching, and I request that if you want to share this information, you link to this blog post. Thank you for your cooperation and understanding.
 
Here's the list (the full list in Hebrew is available here)


North

The Kupferman Collection, Lochamei HaGeta'ot, open 10am- 3pm 054-4993851

Ein-Dor Museum of Archaeology, Kibbutz Ein-Dor, open 9am -3pm 04-6770333

The National Maritime Museum. open 10am - 4pm 04-8536622

The Open Museum in Tefen open 10am - 3pm 04-9109609

Memorial Museum of Hungarian Speaking Jewry, Tsfat, open 9am -2pm 04-6925881

MadaTech in Haifa, open 10am - 5pm 04-8614444

The Underground Prisoners' Museum, Acco, open 8am - 4pm 04-6941565

HaShomer House Museum - Kfar Giladi 04-6941565  open 8am - 4pm

The Chaim Shturman House - at Kibbutz Ein Harud.open 9am - 4pm  04-6486337 | 04-6486328

Bar David Museum for Jewish Art and Judaica - Kibbutz Baram, 04-6988295 open 10am - 4pm

The Goara Museum of the Hagana. 04-9597402 open 8am - 4pm

The Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum in Haifa - 04-8536249, open 9am - 5pm

The Hecht Museum, University of Haifa, 04-8240308   open 10am - 4pm

The Museum of the First Aliyah in Zichron, 04-6294777 open 9am - 4pm

 

The Haifa City Museum. 04-9115888 open 10am - 4pm

The Herman Struk Museum 04-6359962   open 10am - 9pm

Wilfrid Israel Museum, Kibbutz HaZorea, 04-9899566 open 9am - 2pm 

The Haifa Museum of Art 04-9115997 open 10am - 9pm

The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art  04-8383554  open 10am - 4pm

 

The Janco-Dada Museum, Ein Hod 04-9842350 open 10am - 3pm

Mane Katz Museum, Haifa 04-9119372 open 10am - 4pm
 

Museum of Art, Ein Hod 04-6486038  open 9am - 4:30pm

Center

Beit Miriam  Kibbutz Palmachim, 03-9538281 open 9am - 2pm

Clore Garden of Science, Rechovot   08-9378300  open 9am - 5pm

The Israeli Cartoon Museum, Holon 03-6521849 open 5pm - 8pm

 
Museum and Archives of the History of Holon   03-5050425 open 8:30am - 1pm

The Museum of Israeli Art, Ramat Gan 03-7521876/7 open 10am - 8pm

The Israel Puppet Center, Holon 03-6516848 open 10am - 6pm

Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv 03-6415244 open 10am - 8pm

HaGedudim Museum, Moshav Avichail 09-8822212 open 8:30am - 4pm

The Rubin Museum, Tel Aviv  03-5255961  open 10am - 3pm

Toldot Tzahal Museum, Tel Aviv 03-5172913 open 8am - 4pm

Man and the Living World Museum, Ramat Gan 03-6315010 open 9am - 5pm

Museum of People and the Environment, Petach Tikvah 03-9286900/1 open 9am - 2pm

Etzel Museum, Tel Aviv 03-5284001 open 8am - 4pm
 

The Etzel 1948 Museum , Tel Aviv 03-5177180 , 03-5172044 open 8am - 4pm

The Hagana Museum - 03-560-8624 open 8am - 4pm

The Khan Museum, Hadera. 04-6322330 , 04-6324562 open 8am - 2pm

The Oppenheimer Diamond Museum  Ramat Gan, 03-5760219   open 10am - 6:30pm

The Eran Shamir Village Museum Mazkeret Batya  08-9349525 open 8am - 2pm
 

The Jabotinsky Museum  03-5287320 open 8am - 4pm

The Hosmasa Museum - Holon -  03-5050425  open 8:30am - 1pm

Kfar Saba Archaeology Museum, Kfar Saba 09-7640867/8 open 8am - 7pm

The Lechi Museum    03-6820288  open 8am - 4pm

The Netanya City Historical Museum, 09-8840020   open 10am - 4pm

Massuah Institute for Holocaust Studies, Kibbutz Tel Yitzchak 09-7497200 open 8am - 3pm

Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, Tel Aviv  03-5161970 open 10am - 4pm

The Petach Tikvah Museum of Art 03-9286300  open 4pm - 8pm

The Rishon L'Tzion Museum  03-9598862,  03-9598890  open 9am - 2pm

The Ramla Museum, Ramla 08-9292650    open 9am - 4pm

Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv   03-6077020 open 4pm - 9pm

Jerusalem Area

The Museum for Islamic Art in Jerusalem   02-5661291/2  open 10am - 8:30pm

The Underground Prisoners Museum in Jerusalem   02-6233166 ' open 9am - 5pm

The Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem 02-5611066   open 9:30am - 5:30pm

The Nature Museum, Jerusalem 02-5631116 open 9am - 2pm

Hechal Shlomo, Jerusalem 02-5889010 open 9am - 3pm

Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem 02-6544888 open 10am - 6pm

The Old Yishuv Court Museum, 02-6276319, 052-4002478  open 10am - 5pm

The Israel Museum  02-6708811 open 10am - 5pm

Tower of David Museum 02-6265333 open 9am - 4pm


South


The Open Museum, Omer 08-9908120/1 open 9am - 4pm
The Museum of Philistine Culture 08-6224799 open 9am - 4pm

The Negev Museum of Art, Beer Sheva   08-6993531  open 10am - 4pm

The Museum of Islamic and Near Eastern Culture 08-6993535 open 10am - 4pm


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