The National Maritime Museum (, HaMuze'on HaYami HaLe'umi) is a maritime and archaeological museum in Haifa, Israel.

The museum was founded in 1953, based on the private collection of its founder and first director, Aryeh Ben-Eli. In 1972, the museum moved to its current premises near the northern beachhead of Mount Carmel, between Stella Maris and Bat Galim neighborhoods. Nearby are the Israeli Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum and the Cave of Elijah.

Israeli National Maritime Museum

The Marine Workshop of the Leon Recanati Institute for Maritime Studies, affiliated with the University of Haifa is located at the museum. The workshop provides professional diving and field surveying services for field research conducted at the institute.

Israeli National Maritime Museum

Archaeological finds on permanent display at the museum include the Athlit Ram, a bronze ram of a 2nd-century BC warship.

Israeli National Maritime Museum

See also

Lighthouses in Israel

Tourism in Israel

References

External links

The National Maritime Museum

Museums established in 1953

Museums in Haifa

Maritime museums in Israel

National museums

Archaeological museums in Israel

Museums of Ancient Near East in Israel

1953 establishments in Israel