Ben Gurion’s Desert Home

Ben-Gurion's hut was the retirement home of Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion and his wife Paula from 1953 until Ben-Gurion's death in 1973. The "hut", located on kibbutz , was preserved exactly as it was left by Ben-Gurion and now serves as a museum with a visitor center operated by the Ben-Gurion Heritage Institute.
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  • Type: Memorial
  • Description: Retirement home of David Ben-Gurion
  • Also known as: “Ben-Gurion’s hut” and “Ben-Gurion’s Hut”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Albert Katz International School for Desert Studies and Ben Gurion’s Tomb National Park.

University
The is an international graduate school situated within the Jacob Blaustein Institutes for Desert Research, which is part of Ben-Gurion University of the Negev. is situated 2½ km south of Ben Gurion’s Desert Home.

Park
Photo: Pini zruya, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Ben-Gurion Tomb National Park is a national park located next to the . The garden was established around the grave plot where the first Prime Minister of the State of Israel David Ben-Gurion and his wife Paula were buried. is situated 3 km south of Ben Gurion’s Desert Home.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Sde Boker and Midreshet Ben-Gurion.

Photo: Tamuz, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a kibbutz in the central , most famous for being the past residence of the first prime minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, who moved there after he left his office in order to live his ideals of settling the Negev.

Village
Photo: Yoavd, Public domain.
, also known as Midreshet Sde Boker, is a community settlement and an educational center in southern . Located in the next to kibbutz , it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council.

Village
is a religious community settlement in southern Israel. Located in the desert between and the kibbutz of , it falls under the jurisdiction of Ramat HaNegev Regional Council. In 2024 it had a population of 679. is situated 4 km northeast of Ben Gurion’s Desert Home.

Ben Gurion’s Desert Home

Latitude
30.87372° or 30° 52′ 25″ north
Longitude
34.79029° or 34° 47′ 25″ east
Open location code
8G2PVQFR+F4
Open­Street­Map ID
way 91122496
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Wiki­data ID
Q12410917
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Russian—“Ben Gurion’s Desert Home” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “كوخ بن غوريون”
  • Azerbaijani: “Ben-Qurionun evi”
  • Hebrew: “צריף בן גוריון”
  • Hebrew: “צריף בן-גוריון”
  • Persian: “کومه بن گوریون”
  • Russian: “Барак Бен-Гуриона”

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