About Haifa Museums

Haifa Museums are a unique organization in Israel's Museum arena, bringing together the municipal museums spread throughout the city: the Haifa Museum of Art, the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art, the National Maritime Museum, the Haifa City Museum, the Mane-Katz Museum, the Hermann Struck Museum, and the Space for Community Art.

The National Maritime Museum
Haifa, Israel's most important port city, is home to the National Maritime Museum - the only museum in Israel that presents the country's impressive maritime heritage.

In recent years, the museum has undergone an accelerated renewal process and is developing as a cultural port, offering innovative and relevant experiences in content and display methods.

The new exhibitions and complexes throughout the museum allow visitors to become acquainted with the high significance of the sea for humans, as well as to develop awareness of the importance of the issue of the ecological health of the sea. These contents are presented in an accessible way for all ages and are intriguing and rich in opportunities

to learn new things experientially.

The museum's impressive structure and its unique location near the sea and Tel Shikmona have made it a meeting point and a cultural-educational-community center in the field of the sea.

In the museum, you will find a real treasure: a historical and archaeological maritime collection of international standards.

The rare and spectacular collection contains exhibits related to maritime history, underwater archaeology, and ancient art. Come for an experience for the whole family to learn about the important discoveries in the maritime history of the Mediterranean Basin.

Haifa City Museum
The Haifa City Museum offers its visitors a fascinating journey through the cultural and social development of Haifa. The exhibits tell the story of the city's history in a unique artistic and experiential way, stories that combine Haifa's history with contemporary development processes. The museum is housed in two beautiful Templar buildings that have been preserved with great precision, to provide visitors with a historical experience. The courtyard that extends between the two buildings is immersed in greenery and is a wonderful place for large-scale meetings and events. The museum offers many educational programs for children and families and a fascinating cultural experience. In addition, its activities are designed to establish a strong and deep connection between the residents and communities of Haifa and the culture and history of their city. Come enjoy cultural and historical tours, participate in a Templar escape game throughout the German colony, be impressed by the life stories of the city's past and present residents, and understand the impact of various events on the city.

Hermann Struck Museum
Home of the Art of Printing, The Hermann Struck Museum, founded in the historic home of the international artist, offers not only fascinating exhibitions but also rare workshops. The museum's activities include unique workshops and courses in the field of printing and paper art. For the public, this is a wonderful opportunity to deepen their understanding of the techniques and processes involved in the creation of works of art. Hermann Struck (1876-1944) is considered one of the most important printmakers in Germany and Israel in the 20th century, and the museum provides a rare glimpse into his life and rich work. Over more than four decades of activity as a successful and respected artist, Struck created a wealth of works on paper, focusing on two areas: portraits and landscapes. His famous portrait of Theodor Herzl is one of his most famous works. Struck's works represent the vibrant and changing spirit of the early 20th century. They depict a wide range of figures and reflect the lifestyle and cultural trends that influenced his time. In 2014, the restoration and conservation of the building was completed, and the Center for Print and Paper Arts was subsequently opened, focusing on three main techniques: dry etching, silkscreen printing, and bookbinding. Among the particularly popular workshops are the recycled materials binding workshop and the Japanese-inspired binding workshop, which combines traditional dyeing techniques. The "Binding Like It Used To Be"

is a rare contribution to the museum courtesy of Azrikam and Ora Huberman.

Come experience unique printmaking using innovative equipment and become printmakers yourself – even if for just a moment.

Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art
The Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art is one of a kind and serves as a magnet for those interested in the art and culture of Japan. The Museum is a gem of Japanese architecture, and a visit to it offers a glimpse into

another, magical and intriguing world.

In recent years, the museum has undergone a significant development process, both in terms of international-level exhibitions that are presented there and repeatedly arouse enormous interest and in terms of visual improvement and upgrading of the visiting experience.

The museum was founded in 1959 by Felix Tikotin and the then-mayor of Haifa, Abba Hushi.

Tikotin, a Jewish architect from Germany, began collecting Japanese art from a young age and built a particularly rich collection. His name as a collector and the collection he amassed were renowned throughout the world. He came to Israel to donate the collection he had built over forty years. Since then, the museum has become a warm home for the special collection.

The museum's collection includes approximately 8,000 exhibits of traditional, modern, and contemporary Japanese art, including scroll paintings, traditional and modern prints, divider screens, swords, and a variety of art objects.

Upon its establishment, the museum had three main goals: to deepen knowledge of Japanese culture and art among the Israeli public, to encourage academic research of this cultural heritage, and to promote mutual understanding between Israel and Japan.

The museum is designed in a Japanese style, with attention to the visitors' sense of intimacy and the use of natural materials. Near the museum is Beit Kish, the center of popular educational activities - where you can enjoy a wide variety of creative workshops and special activities for the whole family, which draw their inspiration from the exhibitions in the spirit of Japanese art and culture.

Haifa Museum of Art
The Haifa Museum of Art is the largest in the northern region. The museum focuses on modern and contemporary art from Israel and the world and is one of the three largest art museums in Israel.

The museum is in the seam between two neighborhoods in Haifa: Wadi Nisnas and Hadar HaCarmel. This area

is characterized by a demographic mix of Jews, Muslims, and Christians, and is home to a large community of ex-Soviet immigrants.

The museum's collection and its location are the point of influence that makes it have its unique artistic statement. Alongside excellence and uncompromising standards, the Haifa Museum of Art has created an intriguing "Haifa" line that sets it apart. Local contexts are harnessed for dialogue with artists

overseas. In recent years, prominent international artists – such as Douglas Gordon, Regina Jose Galindo, Damien Hirst and Adrian Paci

 – have presented exhibitions there that examined the intersections between local and global issues. The museum holds one of the finest collections of Israeli art from the early 20th century to the present day. It includes approximately 9,000 works of art, mainly oil paintings and works on paper from the 20th century. In the museum's collection, you can find works by great Israeli artists such as Michael Gross, Hannah Levy, Gershon Knispel, Nachum Gutman, and Reuven Rubin alongside leading international masterpieces such as Francisco Goya, Pablo Picasso, Käthe Kollwitz and Odilon Redon. The Haifa Museum of Art provides visitors with a layered, diverse, and enjoyable artistic experience. The workshops and various activities allow young and old to delve into the exhibitions on display, and the gallery for the whole family invites visitors of all ages to create inspired by the content they see in the exhibitions.

The vision of Haifa Museums
Haifa Museums is a cultural body that upholds its banner of excellence and strives to be a pioneer and leader in its field in the country.

Haifa Museums is a group of museums with a fascinating uniqueness and an inseparable connection to the city of Haifa and its pluralistic and intercultural character.

The museums promote collaborations in the municipal, Israeli, and international fields, to enhance and align their activities in the cultural and community space.

The museums create exhibitions that arouse curiosity and critical thinking and promote aesthetic values ​​to be centers of attraction for diverse audiences.