The Hecht museum
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The Reuben and Edith Hecht Museum was established in 1984 under the auspices of the University of Haifa in Israel at the initiative of the late Dr. Reuben Hecht, who donated his private collection to the University.
[edit] The Archaeological Museum
Exhibits display the archaeology and history of the Land of Israel in chronological sequence: beginning at the Chalcolithic Period and ending in the Byzantine Period.
The exhibits include: coins, weights, Semitic seals, jewelry, artifacts from The Temple Mount excavations; Phoenicians metalworking, woodworking, stone vessels, glass making, and mosaics.
[edit] The Art Wing
The Art Collection includes French painting of the Barbizon School, Impressionism, Post-impressionism, and the School of Paris, and Jewish art from mid-19th to early 20th century. Among others presented are works by Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, Edouard Manet, Claude Monet, Camille Jacob Pissarro, Vincent van Gogh, Amedeo Modigliani, Max Liebermann.
