Railway Museum
Israel Railway Museum is the national railway museum of Israel, located in Haifa. The railway museum is owned by Israel Railways and is located at the Haifa East Railway Station which nowadays no longer serves passengers.Photo: Golf Bravo, CC BY 2.5.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum in Haifa
- Also known as: “Israel Railway Museum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Al-Jarina Mosque and Shuk Talpiot.
Al-Jarina Mosque
Mosque
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Al-Jarina Mosque or Al-Jerina Mosque, also known as the Great Mosque of Haifa, was the main mosque of Haifa, Israel. Built in 1775 CE, during the Ottoman rule of the Levant, the mosque was originally named al-Nasr Mosque, in honor of Admiral Hassan Pasha al-Jazairli's victory over local ruler Daher al-Omar in August 1775. Al-Jarina Mosque is situated 740 metres northwest of Railway Museum.
Shuk Talpiot
Marketplace
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Shuk Talpiot is a marketplace, which is situated 540 metres southwest of Railway Museum.
Madatech
Museum
The Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space is a science and technology museum in the city of Haifa, Israel. The museum has approximately 400,000 visitors annually. Madatech is situated 1 km west of Railway Museum.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Hadar HaCarmel and Halisa.
Hadar HaCarmel
Suburb
Photo: Tomer chelouche, Public domain.
Hadar HaCarmel is a district of Haifa, Israel. Located on the northern slope of Mount Carmel between the upper and lower city overlooking the Port of Haifa and Haifa Bay, it was once the commercial center of Haifa.
Halisa
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Halisa, also spelled Khalisa, is a neighborhood in the southeastern part of Haifa in northern Israel. It is located in the administrative region of Nave Sha'anan-Izraeliya, on the edge of the Mount Carmel.
Haifa
Photo: InverseHypercube, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Haifa is the third largest city in Israel and the largest city in the north of the country with a population of 282,000. The city is located on Israel's Mediterranean shoreline, on Mount Carmel and at its foot.
Railway Museum
- Categories: national museum, railway museum, building, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Haifa District, Israel, Middle East, Asia
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Latitude
32.81117° or 32° 48′ 40″ northLongitude
35.00669° or 35° 0′ 24″ eastOpen location code
8G4QR264+FMOpenStreetMap ID
way 196342330OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=museumWikidata ID
Q1674686
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Yiddish—“Railway Museum” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “متحف قطارات إسرائيل”
- Central Kurdish: “مۆزەخانەی ھێڵی ئاسنی ئیسرائیل”
- Chinese: “以色列铁路博物馆”
- German: “Israelisches Eisenbahnmuseum”
- Hebrew: “מוזאון הרכבת”
- Hebrew: “מוזאון רכבת ישראל”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון הרכבת”
- Hebrew: “מוזיאון רכבת ישראל”
- Italian: “Museo ferroviario israeliano”
- Persian: “موزه راهآهن اسرائیل”
- Spanish: “Museo de Ferrocarriles de Israel”
- Turkish: “İsrail Demiryolu Müzesi”
- Yiddish: “ישראל באנען מוזיי”
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