Biblical Museum of Natural History
The Biblical Museum of Natural History, currently located in Hartuv at the entrance to Beit Shemesh, Israel, was founded in 2014 by Rabbi Dr. Natan Slifkin, affectionately referred to as the "Zoo Rabbi."…Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Beit Shemesh Railway Station and Hartuv.
Beit Shemesh Railway Station
Railway station
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Beit Shemesh railway station is an Israel Railways station in Beit Shemesh, Israel, on the Tel Aviv–Lod–Jerusalem line. The station is located near the northern industrial zone of Beit Shemesh. Beit Shemesh Railway Station is situated 680 metres northwest of Biblical Museum of Natural History.
Hartuv
Historic site
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Hartuv, Arabic: ارتون) or Har-Tuv was an agricultural colony in the Judean Hills established in 1882 on land purchased from the Arab village of Artuf by English missionaries. Hartuv is situated 1¼ km north of Biblical Museum of Natural History.
Tel Beit Shemesh
Archaeological site
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Tel Beit Shemesh is a small archaeological tell northeast of the modern city of Beit Shemesh. It was identified in the late 1830s as Biblical Beth Shemesh – it then was known as Ain Shams – by Edward Robinson. Tel Beit Shemesh is situated 2 km west of Biblical Museum of Natural History.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Beit Shemesh and Mahseya.
Beit Shemesh
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Beit Shemesh is a city in the Shfela region of Israel, with a population of 119,000. Excluding the West Bank, Beit Shemesh is the closest city to Jerusalem.
Mahseya
Village
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Mahseya is a moshav in central Israel. Located about two kilometers east of Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council in the Jerusalem District. In 2024 it had a population of 485.
Naham
Village
Naham is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Shemesh, it falls under the jurisdiction of Mateh Yehuda Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 626.
Biblical Museum of Natural History
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Beit Shemesh, Israel
- Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
- Location: Jerusalem District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
31.75457° or 31° 45′ 16″ northLongitude
34.99549° or 34° 59′ 44″ eastOpen location code
8G3PQX3W+R5OpenStreetMap ID
node 5028315574OpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q19876418
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Yiddish—“Biblical Museum of Natural History” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Museu Bíblic d’Història Natural”
- Esperanto: “Biblia Muzeo de Natura Historio”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון הטבע התנ’כי”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון הטבע התנ"כי”
- Ladino: “Museo Bíblico de Historia Natural”
- Spanish: “Museo Biblico de Historia Natural”
- Spanish: “Museo Bíblico de Historia Natural”
- Yiddish: “תנ’כישער מוזיי פון נאטור־געשיכטע”
- Yiddish: “תנ"כישער מוזיי פון נאטור־געשיכטע”
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