Haifa Museum

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The Haifa Museum established in 1949, houses the Museum of Ancient Art, which specializes in archeological finds discovered in Israel and the Mediterranean basin and the Museum of Modern Art.

Also under the Museum's aegis are the Museum of Prehistory, the Israeli National Maritime Museum and the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art.

The Haifa Museum of Art is located in an historic building built in the 1930's in Hadar Hacarmel. The Museum of Art focuses on Israeli and international contemporary art, and its collection includes 7,000 items, mostly of contemporary Israeli art.

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