Tel Aviv Museums Continued

	The Museums of Tel-Aviv-Jaffa AZRIELI OBSERVATORY www.azrielicenter.co.il Azrieli Center (Round Tower, 49th Floor), 132 Menachem Begin Rd., Tel Aviv. Tel. 03-608-1179. Bus No: 11, 78, 608. Open: Sunday, Tuesday-Thursday: 10:00-20:00, Friday: 10:00-18:00, Saturday: 10:00-20:00. Closed on Monday. BEN-GURION MUSEUM http://www.ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=66 17 Ben Gurion Blvd., Tel Aviv. Tel 03-522-1010. Bus No: 4, 10. Open: Sunday, Monday: 08:00-17:00, Tuesday - Thursday 08:00-15:00, Saturday: 08:00-13:00. Closed on Fridays and on holidays. BIALIK HOUSE http://www.ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=65 22 Bialik St., Tel. 03-525-4530. Bus No: 4. Closed for renovations. BIBLE MUSEUM http://www.ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=191 16 Rothschild Blvd., Tel. 03-517-7760. Bus No: 12, 4. Open: Sunday – Tuesday, and.Thursday: 09:30-12.30, Wednesday: 09:30-12:30, and 16:00-19:00. Closed on Friday and Saturday. ERETZ ISRAEL MUSEUM http://eretzmuseum.org.il 2 Chaim Levanon St., Ramat Aviv, Tel. 03-641-5244. Bus No: 7, 7a, 13, 24, 25, 27, 74, 86, 274. Open: Sunday - Tuesday, and Thursday: 09:00-15:00, Wednesday: 09:00-17:00, Friday and Saturday: 10:00-14:00. HELENA RUBINSTEIN PAVILION FOR CONTEMPORARY ART http://www.ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=60 6 Tarsat Blvd., Tel. 03-528-7196. Bus No: 5, 26. Open: Monday, Wednesday: 10:00-16:00, Tuesday, Thursday: 10:00-22:00, Friday: 10:00-14:00, Saturday: 10:00-16:00. Closed on Sunday. ILANA GOOR MUSEUM http://www.ilanagoor.co.il 4 Mazal Dagim St., Old Jaffa, Tel. 03-683-7676. Bus No: 10, 46. Open: Sunday.-Friday: 10:00-16:00, Saturday: 10:00-18:00. INDEPENDENCE HALL http://www.ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=57 16 Rothschild Blvd., Tel Aviv, Tel. 03-517-3942. Bus No: 4, 12. Open Sun-Thur. 9 am - 2 pm. Closed on Friday and Saturday. JABOTINSKY INSTITUTE http://www.ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=69 38 King George St., Tel Aviv. Entrance from 1 Simtat Sheva Hashikmim St., Tel. 03-528-7320. Bus No: 5, 18, 24, 25, 48, 61, 62, 129. Open: Sunday.-Thursday: 08:00-16:00. Closed on Friday and Saturday. LECHI MUSEUM - BEIT YAIR http://www.ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=69 8 Avraham Stern St., Tel Aviv, Tel. 03-682-0288. Bus No: 1, 2, 3, 16, 18, 19. Open: Sunday.-Thursday: 09:00-15:00. Closed on Friday and Saturday. MINISTRY OF DEFENSE MUSEUMS: Etzel Museum http://www.mod.gov.il/pages/heritage/haetzel-ta.asp 38 King George St., Tel Aviv, Tel. 03-621-0611. Bus No: 2, 4, 25. Open: Sunday.-Thursday: 08:30-16:00. Closed on Friday and Saturday. Etzel Museum, 1947-1948 http://www.mod.gov.il/pages/heritage/haetzel2.asp South Herbert Samuel Promenade, Jaffa, Tel. 03-517-2044. Bus No: 10, 8, 25. Open: Sunday.-Thursday: 08:30-16:00. Closed on Friday and Saturday. The Haganah Museum http://www.mod.gov.il/pages/heritage/hahagana.asp 23 Rothschild Blvd., Tel. 03-560-8624. Bus No: 4, 5. Open: Sunday.-Thursday: 09:00-16:00. Closed on Friday and Saturday. The Collection House (Museum of the History of the IDF) http://www.mod.gov.il/pages/heritage/osef.asp 35 Eilat St., Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Tel. 03-516-1346. Bus No: 40, 42, 44. Open: Sunday.-Thursday: 08:30-16:00. Closed on Friday and Saturday. The Palmach Museum http://www.palmach.org.il 10 Haim Levanon St., Ramat Aviv. Tel. 03-643-6393. Bus No: 7, 7a, 13, 24, 25, 27, 74, 86, 274. Open: Sunday.-Thursday: 08:30-15:00, Friday: 08:30-12:30. Closed on Saturday. By appointment only. MUSEUM OF JEWISH DIASPORA - BEIT HATEFUSOTH http://www.bh.org.il Tel Aviv University Campus, Matityahu Gate (#2), Klauser St., Ramat Aviv. Tel. 03-640-8000. Bus No: 6, 25, 45, 49, 27. Open: Sunday - Tuesday, and Thursday: 10:00-16:00, Wednesday: 10:00-18:00, Friday: 09:00-13:00. Closed on Friday and Saturday. Daily guided tours in English: Sunday - Friday: 11:00. MUSEUM OF THE HISTORY OF THE THEATER 25, Shaul Hamelech blvd., (library "Shaar Zion"), Tel Aviv. Tel: 03-6910141/5 (ex. 204). Closed for renovations. Ouverture due in April 2005. NACHUM GUTMAN MUSEUM http://www.gutmanmuseum.co.il 21 Rokah St., Neve Tzedek, Tel Aviv, Tel. 03-516-1970. Bus No: 12, 24, 31. Open: Sunday - Wednesday: 10:00-16:00, Thursday: 10:00-19:00, Friday: 10:00-14:00, Saturday: 10:00-17:00. ROKACH HOUSE 36 Simon Rokach St., Neve-Tzedek, Tel Aviv, Tel. 03-510-0655, 516-2531. Bus No: 4, 12, 25, 46. Open: Friday - Saturday: 10:00-14:00, Sunday - Thursday: groups by appointment. RUBIN MUSEUM http://www.rubinmuseum.org.il 14 Bialik St., Tel Aviv Tel. 03-5255961. Bus No: 4. Open: Monday, Wednesday, Thursday: 10:00-15:00, Tuesday: 10:00-20:00, Saturday: 11:00-14:00. Closed on Friday. SHALOM-ALEICHEM HOUSE http://www.ilmuseums.com/museum_eng.asp?id=68 4 Berkowitz St., Tel. 03-695-6513, Fax: 03-691-0504. Bus No: 18, 9, 70, 10. Open: Sunday.-Thursday: 10:00-14:00, Friday: 10:00-12:00. Closed on Saturday. SHALOM TOWER OBSERVATORY 9 Achad Ha'am St., Tel Aviv. Tel. 03-517-7304. Bus No: 12, 61. Open: Sunday-Thursday: 10:00-18:30, Friday: 10:00-14:00, Saturday: 11:00-16:00. TEL-AVIV MUSEUM OF ART http://www.tamuseum.co.il 27 Shaul Hamelech Blvd., Tel 03-696-1297. Bus No: 9, 18, 28, 70, 90, 111. Open Monday, Wednesdy: 10:00-16:00, Tuesday, Thursday: 10:00-20:00, Friday: 10:00-14:00, Saturday: 10:00-16:00. Closed on Sunday.