The BBC talk about the Tower of David Museum’s new night-time light show which is bringing the Old City to life.

The Tel Aviv suburb of Holon has recently become home to Israel’s newest design museum. Conceived by renowned designer Ron Arad, the museum has become an iconic spectacle, with fascinating displays, in an unlikely setting.

The Jerusalem Bird Observatory has just opened a new visitor center, and its Israel’s first ‘living’ building. Another green lung in Jerusalem awaits…

The newest museum in Tel Aviv, the Museum of the History of Tel Aviv-Yafo opened last week in what was the old Tel Aviv Municipality building in Bialik Square.
Chronicling the development of Tel Aviv from suburb of the then walled port city of Yafo, the main entrance point into the land, just one hundred years ago, [...]

Jerusalem has literally hundreds of small museums, here are some other interesting, off the beaten track ideas.

The Tower of David Museum is located in the restored ancient Citadel of the Old City (near the Jaffa Gate) and tells the fascinating (and long!) history of Jerusalem in varied and interesting ways.

The Israel Museum is a national collection of art and ancient artifacts. Whilst the museum is currently being refurbished, one of the key exhibits, the Dead Sea Scrolls, housed in the magnificent Shrine of the Book, amongst the museums’s grounds, as well as many other fascinating exhibitions are still open.

Yad Vashem is the world’s largest Holocaust memorial. Visited by foreign leaders when they visit Israel, the Yad Vashem complex is located amongst stunning forest in hills overlooking Jerusalem. The main museum tells the chilling story of the Holocaust as much through its eery architecture as its fascinating displays.

The alterative museums in Tel Aviv – smaller, more specialist, or more unique – there are some true gems!

The Diaspora Museum is perhaps the biggest museum of the history of the Jewish Diaspora in the world. Located in the campus of the Tel Aviv University, it is a fascinating glimpse into the contrasting lives of the Jewish Diaspora around the world.