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Haifa Museum of Art

Haifa


Challenging and contemporary, the Museum of Art's three exhibition spaces showcase mixed media and photography by Israeli and international artists. If you enjoy confrontational artwork and lively debate, this airy gallery is well worth exploring (plus you can people-watch the local artistic community, who come here in droves to stroll and scratch their chins).


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