Friends of Zion Museum
The Friends of Zion Museum is a museum in the historic Nahalat Shiv'a neighborhood of downtown Jerusalem. The museum celebrates Christian Zionists and their contribution to Israel. It is also the site of the Indigenous People Embassy in Jerusalem.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Jerusalem
- Also known as: “The Friends of Zion Heritage Center” and “The Friends of Zion Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Museum of Tolerance and Zion Square.
Museum of Tolerance
Museum
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The Museum of Tolerance Jerusalem is a museum, convention center and entertainment venue in downtown Jerusalem. Museum of Tolerance is situated 110 metres south of Friends of Zion Museum.
Zion Square
Square
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Zion Square is a public square in Jerusalem, located at the intersection of Jaffa Road, Ben Yehuda Street, Herbert Samuel Street, and Yoel Moshe Salomon Street. Zion Square is situated 210 metres north of Friends of Zion Museum.
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Church
The Church of the Holy Sepulchre, also known as the Church of the Resurrection, is a fourth-century church in the Christian Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem. Church of the Holy Sepulchre is situated 1 km east of Friends of Zion Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Nahalat Shiva and West Jerusalem.
Nahalat Shiva
Neighborhood
Nahalat Shiv'a is a former courtyard neighborhood in Jerusalem. It was the third Jewish neighborhood built outside the walls of the Old City of Jerusalem in the 1860s.
West Jerusalem
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West Jerusalem represents the modern commercial heart of the city, which was the focus for development in the capital from the time of Israeli independence in 1948 to the reunification of the city with the Six Day War in 1967.
Russian Compound
Suburb
The Russian Compound is one of the oldest districts in central Jerusalem, featuring a large Russian Orthodox church, the Russian-owned Sergei's Courtyard and the premises of the Russian Consulate General in Jerusalem, as well as the site of former pilgrim hostels, some of which are used as Israeli government buildings, and one of which hosts the Museum of Underground Prisoners.
Friends of Zion Museum
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.78013° or 31° 46′ 49″ northLongitude
35.22018° or 35° 13′ 13″ eastOpen location code
8G3QQ6JC+33OpenStreetMap ID
node 4351586552OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q19569019
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Friends of Zion Museum” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “錫安之友博物館”
- German: “Friends of Zion Museum”
- German: “The Friends of Zion Heritage Center”
- Hebrew: “ידידי ישראל”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון ידידי ישראל”
- Spanish: “Museo Amigos de Sion”
- Swedish: “The Friends of Zion Museum”
- Ukrainian: “Музей друзів Сіону”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include HaHatulot Square and HaHatulot Square Cats Square.
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