Honoring and raising awareness of the crucial contributions of museums to society since 1977, Israel is taking part in International Museum Day on May 3rd. With over 36,000 museums in 157 countries across the globe, we take this day to appreciate the way these institutions expand our horizons and provide public access deep into the realms of science, art, history, and culture.
Participating museums offering free admission to the public include but are not limited to: Jerusalem’s Israel Museum, Bloomfield Science Museum, and The Tower of David Museum, Tel Aviv’s Eretz Israel Museum, Israeli Cartoon Museum in Holon, Beit Hatfutsot, Nahum Gutman Museum of Art, and Man and the Living Museum (in Ramat Gan), Be’er Sheva’s Negev Museum of Art and Museum of Islamic and Near Eastern Cultures, Haifa’s museum complex, and museums across the rest of the country such as the Archaeological Museum at Kibbutz Ein Dor, the Rishon Lezion Museum, the Ashdod Museum of Art, the Kfar Saba Archaeological Museum, the Herzliya Museum of Contemporary Art, and the Petah Tikva Museum of Art.
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Many of the museums will be featuring special events and activities on Lag B’Omer, from tours to new exhibit openings and workshops. Some will be presenting activities to involve the younger crowd, like digital games and mobile apps exploring the museum’s information and artifacts.
For example, Tel Aviv’s Eretz Israel Museum will be “playing digital discovery,” leading kids on a treasure hunt through the buildings, posing for pictures with certain items or solving puzzles responding to different displays. Issac Kaplan will host an orchestral performance as a tribute to the exhibition, Hill Street Blues, in Jerusalem’s Old Yishuv Court Museum. And in reference to the Bloomfield Science Museum’s Only Cardboard-Thinking Inside the Box exhibit, the museum will present family-friendly building workshops.
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Join thousands across the world in praising museums for their social contributions, educational engagement, and intellectual enrichment. Show your appreciation by exploring a new Israeli museum or one of your old favorites free of charge, or engaging in a one of many special activities.
A complete list of the museums with free entrance and the various events, activities, and special exhibitions can be found on the Israeli Museum Association website at www.icom.org.il.