Eretz Museum (Haaretz Musuem)
Approx. Time: 2 hoursActivity Level: Easy to Moderate
The Eretz Israel Museum, Tel Aviv ("Haaretz Museum"), is a multidisciplinary museum which exhibits opulent collections in the fields of Archaeology, Judaica, Ethnography, Material Culture and the Applied Arts of the Land of Israel.
The Museum is unique in both character and structure: it might be called a "Museum Park" comprising many exhibition pavilions within a huge campus. Every pavilion is dedicated to a different cultural subject. In the center of the park is an ancient Tel - a mound built up by thousands of years of continuous occupation - where ongoing archaeological excavations have been conducted for decades. The Museum also has the "Man and His Work" Center, which includes working reconstructions of various ancient and traditional production installations; a "Craftsmen's Bazaar" demonstrating traditional vocations of the Land of Israel; an advanced Planetarium; a comprehensive library covering all aspects of the Land of Israel and its people; a large, complete Gift Shop, and a 539-seat auditorium.
Courtesy of Eretz Israel Museum.