Herzl Museum

the entrance

The Herzl Museum is a museum in Jerusalem, which deals with activities and his vision of Theodor Herzl. The museum is in the main entrance plaza to Mount Herzl.

History

Shortly after Herzl's death, the Anglo-palestine Bank acquired about 2,000 acres Flstina what was later called forest rat (and Herzl Forest) for the Executive to build a farm dwelling and a large farm manager who was supposed to be used as a museum Herzl, but the museum has not been established there.

Only in 1960 was built on Mount Herzl Museum Herzl. The original museum was a display about the life and work, including reconstruction of his study in Vienna on the original furniture and documents in the archive of Herzl. over the years the museum was closed in 2000.

Celebrating 100 years since the death of Herzl, was renovated and upgraded museum and reopened in 2005 at the initiative of Dr. David Breakstone. New museum includes four performances audiovisual: one on the way Herzl's Zionism, the second of his activities in Zionist politics, the third deals with the office of Herzl and the fourth deals with the comparison between Herzl's vision in his New Land of Israel's achievements. room Herzl's original work also incorporated the new museum.

Herzl Center is also an educational center named for Zionist Studies Dr. Arie Zimuki and adjacent to the museum is building 'College Mount Herzl' labeled as 'educational center in memory of Stella and Alexander Margulies' as National Center of study of Zionism.

Herzl Center was established and administered by the World Zionist Organization, an organization founded by Herzl himself first Zionist Congress, in conjunction with many other organizations.

External links

• Herzl Museum - offical website