Machon Ayalon Museum
The Ayalon Institute was an underground ammunition factory, located on Kibbutz Hill in Rehovot, Israel, disguised as a kibbutz that ran a laundry service.Photo: Julz931, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: historical site in Rehovot, Israel
- Also known as: “Ayalon Institute”, “Ayalon Institute Museum”, “Machon Ayalon”, and “Machon Ayalon Underground Bullet Factory”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Weizmann Institute of Science and Rechovot.
Weizmann Institute of Science
University
Photo: Meronim, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Weizmann Institute of Science was established in 1934 as a public research university in Rehovot, fourteen years before the State of Israel was founded. Weizmann Institute of Science is situated 1 km southeast of Machon Ayalon Museum.
Rechovot
Railway station
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Rehovot railway station is an Israel Railways station located in the city of Rehovot. It serves the city, the Weizmann Institute of Science and the nearby science industries park, as well as the city of Ness Ziona. Rechovot is situated 1 km south of Machon Ayalon Museum.
Minkov Orchard Museum
Museum
Photo: Deror avi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Minkov Orchard Museum is situated 660 metres southeast of Machon Ayalon Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Netzer Sereni and Ness Ziona.
Netzer Sereni
Village
Netzer Sereni is a kibbutz in central Israel. Located in the Shephelah between Be'er Ya'akov and Ness Ziona, it falls under the jurisdiction of Gezer Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 1,115.
Ness Ziona
Town
Photo: MathKnight, CC BY 3.0.
Ness Ziona is a city in Central District, Israel. In 2024 it had a population of 47,267, and its jurisdiction was 15,579 dunams.
Sarafand al-Kharab
Neighborhood
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Sarafand al-Kharab was a Palestinian Arab village in the Ramle Subdistrict, located 50 meters above sea level, 7 kilometers west of Ramla, in the area that is today northeast of Ness Ziona.
Machon Ayalon Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Central District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.91615° or 31° 54′ 58″ northLongitude
34.80978° or 34° 48′ 35″ eastOpen location code
8G3PWR85+FWOpenStreetMap ID
node 1268705152OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q7057323
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In Other Languages
From Bengali to Hebrew—“Machon Ayalon Museum” goes by many names.
- Bengali: “আয়ালন ইনস্টিটিউট”
- German: “Ayalon Institut”
- German: “Ayalon-Institut”
- Hausa: “Cibiyar Ayalon”
- Hebrew: “מוזאון מכון איילון”
- Hebrew: “מכון איילון”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include גבעת הקיבוצים and Machon Ayalon National Monument.
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