List of Israeli museums

Below is an incomplete list of Israeli museums, some of which are located in East Jerusalem.

Name		Location	Primary display/topic	Annual visitors
ANU - Museum of the Jewish People		Tel Aviv	Jewish history	220,000[1]
Israel Museum		Jerusalem (Givat Ram)	Archaeology, art, sculpture	~1,000,000 (2023)[2]
Yad Vashem		Jerusalem (Mount Herzl)	Holocaust	~1,000,000
Rockefeller Museum		Jerusalem (East Jerusalem)	Archaeology
Siebenberg House		Jerusalem (Old City)	Archaeology
L. A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art		Jerusalem (Katamon)	Islamic art, antique clocks & watches
Gush Katif Museum		Jerusalem (Nachlaot)	History (Gush Katif)
Heichal Shlomo Jewish Heritage Museum		Jerusalem (King George Street)	Judaica
Menachem Begin Heritage Center		Jerusalem	Biographical – Menachem Begin
Friends of Zion Museum		Jerusalem	Jewish history
Beit Agnon		Jerusalem (Talpiot)	Biographical – Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Museum of Underground Prisoners		Jerusalem (Morasha)	Jewish resistance in the British Mandate
Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem		Jerusalem (Givat Ram)	Biblical history, archaeology
Bloomfield Science Museum		Jerusalem (Givat Ram)	Hands-on science and technology	300,000[3]
Ticho House		Jerusalem	Paintings by Anna Ticho, Judaica
Tower of David		Jerusalem (Old City)	History of Jerusalem	500,000+ (2023)[4][5]
Herzl museum		Jerusalem (Mount Herzl)	Biographical – Theodor Herzl, history of Zionism
U. Nahon Museum of Italian Jewish Art		Jerusalem	Italian Jewish art, Italian synagogue	40,000[6]
Jerusalem Tax Museum[7]		Jerusalem (Jaffa Road)	Historical documents
Tel Aviv Museum of Art		Tel Aviv	Modern art, contemporary Israeli art	1,070,714 (2022)[8]
Frenkel Frenel Museum		Safed	Art of Franco-Israeli painter and sculptor, Isaac Frenkel Frenel
Independence Hall		Tel Aviv	History of Israel (independence)
Batei HaOsef		Formerly Tel Aviv, now being transferred to Latrun	Israel Defense Forces
Bauhaus Museum		Tel Aviv	White City of Tel Aviv
Bialik House		Tel Aviv	Hayyim Nahman Bialik
Ben-Gurion House		Tel Aviv	David Ben-Gurion
Hetzel Museum		Tel Aviv	Irgun pre-state Jewish underground
Etzel House (Beit Gidi)		Tel Aviv	Irgun – Operation Hametz
Steinhardt Museum of Natural History		Tel Aviv	Natural history
Yitzhak Rabin Center		Tel Aviv	Yitzhak Rabin	100,000[9]
HerzLilienblum Museum of Banking and Tel Aviv Nostalgia[10]		Tel Aviv	Banking and old Tel Aviv culture
Lehi Museum – Beit Yair		Tel Aviv (Florentin)	Lehi
The Olympic Experience		Tel Aviv (Hadar Yosef)	Sports
Nahum Gutman Museum of Art		Tel Aviv (Neve Tzedek)	Art by Nachum Gutman
Farkash Gallery collection		Tel Aviv (Old Jaffa)	Posters
Ilana Goor Museum		Tel Aviv (Old Jaffa)	Israeli art and culture
Jaffa Museum		Tel Aviv (Old Jaffa)	Israeli art and culture, antiquities
Eretz Israel Museum		Tel Aviv (Museum Campus)	Archaeology, history of Eretz Yisrael
Beit HaPalmach		Tel Aviv (Ramat Aviv)	Jewish resistance during the British Mandate – Palmach
Haifa Museum		Haifa	Contemporary Israeli art
Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art		Haifa	Japanese art
Israel Railway Museum		Haifa	Transportation – railways
Israeli Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum		Haifa	Israel Defense Forces – Sea Corps
Israeli National Maritime Museum		Haifa	Maritime history
Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space		Haifa	Science and technology, hands-on exhibits	400,000[11]
Moshe Shteklis Museum of Prehistory		Haifa	History – prehistory
Hecht Museum		Haifa	Archaeology, Art
Munio Gitai Weinraub Museum of Architecture		Haifa	Architecture
Mane-Katz Museum		Haifa	Art
Arad Bible Museum		Arad	Archaeology
Arad Doll Museum		Arad	Comedia del arte figures, handcrafted dolls[12]
Arad Glass Museum		Arad	Glass sculpture
Arad Museum of Art		Arad	Art
Beit HaGdudim		Avihayil	Jewish Legion
Ashdod Museum of Art		Ashdod	Art
Karin Maman Museum		Ashdod	Archaeology
Negev Museum of Art		Beersheba	Art
Biblical Museum of Natural History		Beit Shemesh	Hands-on animals, Torah, history and science
Ralli Museum		Caesarea	Art
Ein Harod Museum of Art (Mishkan)		Ein Harod	Art
Sturman Museum		Ein Harod	Natural history
Janco Dada Museum		Ein Hod	Art (Israeli)
Wilfrid Israel Museum		HaZore'a	Art (Asian)
Israeli Air Force Museum		Hatzerim Airbase	Israel Defense Forces – Air Force
Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art[13]		Herzliya	Art (contemporary Israeli)
Holon Children's Museum		Holon	Children; visually impaired; hearing impaired
Design Museum Holon		Holon	Design
Egged Historical Vehicle Museum		Holon	Transportation – buses
Yad La-Shiryon		Latrun	Israel Defense Forces – Armor Corps
Mini Israel		Latrun	Miniature park, architecture
Ghetto Fighters' House		Lohamei HaGeta'ot	Holocaust and Jewish Resistance
Museum of Prehistory of the Hulah Valley		Ma'ayan Barukh	Archaeology
Masada Museum		Masada	History of Masada
International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame		Netanya	Sports
Petah Tikva Museum of Art		Petah Tikva	Art
Museum of Israeli Art		Ramat Gan	Art (Israeli)
Museum of Russian Art		Ramat Gan	Art (Russian)
Yehiel Nahari Museum of Far Eastern Art		Ramat Gan	Art (Far Eastern)
Yemenite Jewish Heritage Center and Museum		Rehovot	Yemenite Jewish Heritage
Rishon LeZion City Museum		Rishon LeZion	City
The Arab Museum of Contemporary Art		Sakhnin	Art (Contemporary Arab, Israeli and Mediterranean Art)
Museum for Archaeology and Knowledge of Israel		Sasa	Archaeology
Qassam Museum		Sderot	Qassam rockets
German-Speaking Jewry Heritage Museum Tefen		Tefen Industrial Zone	Jewish history
Umm al-Fahm Art Gallery[14][15]		Umm al-Fahm	Art (Arab)	40,000 (2010)[16]
Beit HaTotchan		Zikhron Ya'akov	Israel Defense Forces – Artillery Corps
Urigeller Museum		Old Jaffa, Tel Aviv-Yafo	Art, History