Prehistoric man museum

The Upper Galilee Museum of Prehistory, also known as the Prehistoric Man Museum, is a museum of prehistory in Kibbutz , . The museum showcases historical artifacts found in and around the kibbutz and houses an extensive collection of prehistoric tools and vessels, including hand axes predating human settlement in the Hulah Valley, around 780,000 BCE.
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  • Type: Museum
  • Description: museum in Israel
  • Also known as: “The Prehistoric Man Museum”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Kiryat Shmona Airport and Dolev Reservoir.

Aerodrome
Photo: Chaver83, Public domain.
is a public airport located 2 km east of the northern town of . The airport is operated by Kiryat Shmona Travellers Inc. is situated 3 km southwest of Prehistoric man museum.

Reservoir
Photo: Theipu, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ruins
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Tel Abel Beth Maacah is a large archaeological tell with a small upper northern section and a large lower southern one, connected by a saddle. It is located on the northern border of present-day , about 2 kilometres south of the town of and about 6.5 kilometres west of . is situated 3½ km northwest of Prehistoric man museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ma’ayan Baruch and Yuval.

Village
Photo: Jotpe, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ma'ayan Baruch is a kibbutz in northern . Located near the Lebanese border, it falls under the jurisdiction of Upper Galilee Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 868.

Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY-SA 3.0.
, also known as Kfar , is a moshav in northern . Located in the between and the city of , it is at the border with and falls under the jurisdiction of Mevo'ot HaHermon Regional Council.

Village
Photo: Idobi, CC BY 2.5.
is a kibbutz in the in northern , 5 km east of . The kibbutz is adjacent to the Hurshat Tal National Park and bisected by tributaries of the , the Snir, Koren, itself a tributary of the Dan and Tal.

Prehistoric man museum

Latitude
33.23797° or 33° 14′ 17″ north
Longitude
35.60866° or 35° 36′ 31″ east
Open location code
8G5Q6JQ5+5F
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4433201242
Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q7758044
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In Other Languages

From Esperanto to Hebrew—“Prehistoric man museum” goes by many names.
  • Esperanto: “Muzeo de la prahistoria homo”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון האדם הקדמון”

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