Israeli National Maritime Museum
The National Maritime Museum is a maritime and archaeological museum in Haifa, Israel. The museum was founded in 1953, based on the private collection of its founder and first director, Aryeh Ben-Eli.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: Maritime and archaeological museum in Israel
- Also known as: “National Maritime museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Clandestine Immigration and Naval and Elijah’s Cave.
Clandestine Immigration and Naval
Museum
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum is a technical history museum located in Haifa, Israel. The museum covers the maritime history of Israel – from clandestine immigration during the British Mandate for Palestine through the history of the Israeli navy since its inception. Clandestine Immigration and Naval is situated 150 metres northwest of Israeli National Maritime Museum.
Elijah’s Cave
Cave
Photo: Britchi Mirela, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cave of Elijah is the name used for two grottoes on Mount Carmel, in Haifa, Israel, associated with Biblical prophet Elijah. According to tradition, Elijah is believed to have prayed at a grotto before challenging the priests of Baal on Mount Carmel, and to have hidden in either the same or in another nearby grotto from the wrath of Jezebel. Elijah’s Cave is situated 300 metres west of Israeli National Maritime Museum.
Haifa cable car
Photo: Dickelbers, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bat Galim cable car is tourist cable car running up and down the mountain from the top of the Carmel, across from the Stella Maris Carmelite Monastery, to Bat Galim, with views of Haifa Bay and its surroundings. Haifa cable car is situated 240 metres southwest of Israeli National Maritime Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bat Galim and Ein Ha’Yam.
Bat Galim
Suburb
Bat Galim is a neighborhood in Haifa, Israel, located at the foot of Mount Carmel on the Mediterranean coast. Bat Galim is known for its promenade and sandy beaches.
Ein Ha’Yam
Suburb
Ein HaYam, formerly Wadi al-Jimal, is a small neighborhood in Haifa, Israel between Kiryat Sprinzak and Kiryat Eliezer, mostly separated from the sea by railroad tracks.
Kiriyat Sprinzak
Suburb
Kiryat Sprinzak, sometimes spelled Shprintzak, is a neighbourhood in Haifa, to the south of Mount Carmel's headland, along the road to Tel Aviv.
Israeli National Maritime Museum
- Categories: national museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Haifa District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.82898° or 32° 49′ 44″ northLongitude
34.97234° or 34° 58′ 20″ eastOpen location code
8G4PRXHC+HWOpenStreetMap ID
way 171785181OpenStreetMap feature
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tourism=museum
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In Other Languages
From Central Kurdish to Spanish—“Israeli National Maritime Museum” goes by many names.
- Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی نیشتمانی دەریایی ئیسرائیل”
- Chinese: “以色列國家海洋博物館”
- Chinese: “海法港海軍博物館”
- Esperanto: “Israela Nacia Marverturmuzeo”
- French: “Musée maritime national d’Israel”
- German: “Nationales israelisches maritimes Museum”
- Hebrew: “המוזיאון הימי בחיפה”
- Hebrew: “המוזיאון הימי הלאומי”
- Hebrew: “המוזיאון הימי”
- Hebrew: “המוזיאון הלאומי הימי”
- Irish: “Músaem Muirí Náisiúnta Iosrael”
- Italian: “Museo marittimo nazionale israeliano”
- Polish: “Narodowe Muzeum Morskie w Hajfie”
- Polish: “Narodowe Muzeum Morskie”
- Russian: “Национальный морской музей”
- Spanish: “Museo Maritimo Nacional Israeli”
- Spanish: “Museo Marítimo Nacional Israelí”
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