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Museums

this museum uses multimedia to
present 4,000 years of Jerusalem’s
history, from the time of Canaan
to the modern State of Israel.
Eretz Israel Museum,
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Tel Aviv-Jaffa
MAP X1 • 2 Haim Levanon, Ramat
Aviv • Open 10am–4pm Mon–Wed,
to 8pm Thu, 2pm Fri, & 4pm Sat
• Adm • www.eretzmuseum.org.il
The pavilions of Eretz Israel are
built around Tel Qasile, an excavated
mound revealing 12 eras of human
A gallery at Yad Vashem occupation. Also on view is a
col lection of rare glass ware, some
Yad Vashem, Jerusalem
1 beautiful Judaica, and mosaic floors
MAP F4 • Har Hazikaron, near
from Beit Guvrin-Maresha National
Mount Herzl • Open 9am–5pm Sun– Park (see p75).
Wed, to 8pm Thu & 2pm Fri • www.
Design Museum Holon
yadvashem.org 4
Israel’s moving memorial to the six MAP E3 • 8 Pinhas Eilon St,
million Jews killed in the Holocaust Holon • Open 10am–6pm Tue, Thu,
focuses on the victims’ personal Sat, to 4pm Mon & Wed, & 2pm Fri
stories. The Children’s Memorial is a • Adm • www.dmh.org.il
haunting reminder of the 1.5 million Hosting several international design
Jewish children who perished, while exhibitions each year, this museum,
the Garden of the Righteous Among designed by Ron Arad, is the pin-
the Nations honors non-Jews who nacle of Holon’s urban-regene ration
saved Jews in Nazi-occupied lands. program. Five iconic rust-colored
steel ribbons encircle the building.
2 interaction with design students,
Tower of David Museum, There are two galleries, a lab for
Jerusalem
MAP N4 • Jaffa Gate, Old City • Open plus a café and shop. The museum
9am–4pm Sat–Thu, to 2pm Fri • Adm is closed between exhibitions, so
• www.tod.org.il check the website before visiting.
Housed in the Jerusalem Citadel,
parts of which were built by Herod, Design Museum Holon

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