Museum sights in Haifa
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Clandestine Immigration & Navy Museum
The Clandestine Immigration & Navy Museum may sound a bit bland but it's actually quite fascinating and worth a visit. The museum deals with the successes and failures of the Zionists' illegal attempts to infiltrate into British-blockaded Palestine in the 1930s and '40s. The centrepiece of the museum (quite literally - the building has been constructed around it) is a boat, the Af-Al-Pi-Chen (Hebrew: Nevertheless), whose hold carried 434 refugees to Palestine in 1947.
The boat was intercepted by the British and its passengers were forced into internment camps in Cyprus. Other stories are told about the famed Exodus, a ship that carried over 4500 passengers that was forced…
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Reuben & Edith Hecht Museum
The basement of the Eshkol Tower houses the impressive Reuben & Edith Hecht Museum , which houses a fine collection of archaeological artefacts relating to Jewish history before the Diaspora. There is plenty of ancient pottery, weapons and even a pair of 2100-year-old petite-sized sandals. The museum highlight is a 5th-century-BC Greek ship found near Caesarea in 1984. It has been carefully rebuilt and placed in a specially designed annexe of the museum.
An art wing upstairs contains sections on French Impressionist and Jewish art from the 19th and 20th centuries. Among the works are paintings by Monet, Pissaro and Van Gogh.
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Dagon Grain Silo & Museum
There is no reason to visit the port area, unless you are catching a ferry to Cyprus or have a keen interest in seeing Israel's entrepôt for grain. The enormous Dagon Grain Silo & Museum is the distinctive fortresslike construction on Ha'atzmaut St that dominates the skyline of lower Haifa. There's a museum within the plant where you can take a free guided tour to learn something about the other oldest profession: the cultivation, handling, storing and distribution of grain.
Tours are at 10:30 Sunday to Friday, and the museum closes for the day once the tour is over.
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National Museum of Science, Planning & Technology
An exception to Hadar's shabbiness is the elegant 1920s concoction of European Orientalism that is the National Museum of Science, Planning & Technology . Sometimes referred to as the Technodea, the museum specialises in interactive exhibits, of which it has more than 250, and it's a great place to visit with children. Audio guides are available for a reasonable around ₪3.
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Gan Ha'em
On the crest of Carmel is Gan Ha'em , a cool swath of greenery with an arcade of shops and cafés, and an amphitheatre which hosts summer evening concerts. The northern area of the park is given over to an extremely attractive small zoo. Within the grounds of the zoo you can also enter the M Stekelis Museum of Prehistory, the Biological Museum and the Natural History Museum.
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Railway Museum
Housed in the old Haifa East train station, the Railway Museum features a collection of stamps, photographs, tickets, timetables and rolling stock. Old timetables remind you that you could at one time travel from here by train south to Cairo or north to Beirut or Damascus. To get there follow HaPalyam Ave past the mosque - the museum is a few minutes walk further, on the left.
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Mane Katz Museum
As you stroll behind the clutch of five-star hotels in the Carmet Centre you'll spot the entrance for the Mane Katz Museum . Mane Katz (1894-1962), an influential member of the group of Jewish Expressionists based in Paris earlier in the 20th century, was given this home by the Haifa city authorities in return for the bequest of his works to the city.
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National Maritime Museum
The National Maritime Museum deals with the history of shipping in the Mediterranean area. The collection contains old maps, models of ancient ships, navigation equipment and bits and pieces of sunken ships. For around ₪45 you can buy a combo ticket for this museum, the Haifa Art Museum and the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art.
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Biological Museum
Within the grounds of the zoo you can also enter the Biological Museum . Hours for the museum are the same as the zoo and one ticket is good for all the sites in the zoo grounds including the M Stekelis Museum of Prehistory and the Natural History Museum.
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Natural History Museum
Within the grounds of the zoo you can enter the Natural History Museum . Hours for the museum are the same as the zoo and one ticket is good for all the sites in the zoo grounds including the Biological Museum and the M Stekelis Museum of Prehistory.
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M Stekelis Museum of Prehistory
Within the grounds of the zoo you can enter the M Stekelis Museum of Prehistory . Hours for the museum are the same as the zoo and one ticket is good for all the sites in the zoo grounds including the Biological Museum and the Natural History Museum.
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Open Air Museum
Near Eshkol Tower, check out the Open Air Museum , a collection of ancient buildings brought here from other parts of Israel and reconstructed. There are several buildings from the Negev and an oil press from Kastra, on the Carmel Coast.
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Haifa City Museum
Near the bottom of Ben-Gurion Ave is the Haifa City Museum , which displays revolving exhibitions by local artists. The building in which it is housed was once a conference hall and later served as a school.
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Beit HaGefen Arab-Jewish Centre
The Beit HaGefen Arab-Jewish Centre sponsors joint Arab-Jewish social activities. It could be worth a visit - check to see if there are any social events or lectures during your stay.
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