Tzalmania
צלמנייה
Museum · Camera museum · Photography gallery · The Beer Sheva photo archive
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Tzalmania, the International Center for Photographic Arts, is run by Kivunim, Beer Sheva's municipal company for culture and leisure, in a building of 1934 that served as a school for the children of the city's Christian community and later the Civil Guard. It was set up on the initiative of its curator and founder Goel Drori, with the municipality and Mifal HaPais, and after restoration under strict conservation rules it opened on 11 September 2022. The lower floor holds a visitor centre with a camera museum, a photography gallery, a patio and a courtyard; the camera museum's permanent display follows the history of photography from the large, heavy cameras of the 19th century to the film cameras of the 20th, with collections given by photography lovers from around the world, shown in a dark room where each camera is lit by a spotlight. The gallery hosts changing exhibitions by local and national photographers, and the upper floor holds a classroom, a photo studio, the city's photo archive and an institute for research into Beer Sheva's heritage.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Closed Friday and Saturday
- On offer
- Camera museum, photography gallery, the beer sheva photo archive
- Wheelchair
- Disabled parking near the entrance, an accessible entrance and ticket desk with an induction loop, a lift to every floor, an accessible toilet on the lower floor, guide dogs welcome and seats to rest in every hall; sign-language tours can be arranged for groups in advance.
- Parking
- Accessible parking listed
- Own website
- Facebook page
- Active on Instagram
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the area around Tzalmania, not the business itself. Its own pictures are on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Monday to Thursday | 10:00-14:00 |
| Friday and Saturday | Closed |
Candle lighting 5:41 PMShabbat ends 6:36 PM
As published on tzalmania.co.il, read 2026-10-15. Shabbat times in Be'er Sheva
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Friday, Saturday and Sunday by appointment only.
Location
63 HaAvot Street, Beer Sheva
- Train: Be'er Sheva Center1.2 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 60 mlines 5
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-15.
Questions
About Tzalmania
- 1.2 km from Be'er Sheva Center stationBus stops within 276 m: חטיבת הנגב/נגבה, חטיבת הנגב/הפלמ״ח, סמילנסקי/ההגנה, פארק קרסו למדע/העצמאות, מוזיאון הנגב/העצמאות, כפר הדרום/הרצל.
- Its own website and social pagesThe prices and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
InstagramFacebooktzalmania.co.il
Tzalmania is a museum at 63 HaAvot Street in Beer Sheva, in the Southern District.
Hours, as listed on tzalmania.co.il on 15 October 2026: Sunday closed, Monday to Thursday 10:00 to 14:00, Friday and Saturday closed.
The nearest railway station is Be'er Sheva Center, 1.2 km away. The nearest bus stops are חטיבת הנגב/נגבה (60 m), חטיבת הנגב/הפלמ״ח (104 m), סמילנסקי/ההגנה (144 m).
It is listed as wheelchair accessible on tzalmania.co.il.
The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Accessibility statement
- Listed as wheelchair accessible tzalmania.co.il2026-10-15
- Companies Registrar
- Its pages say it is run by Kivunim, Beer Sheva's municipal company for culture and leisure, and give no company number. tzalmania.co.il2026-10-15
- Municipal business licence
- Beer Sheva's register of licensed businesses on data.gov.il, read on 15 October 2026, has no row for Tzalmania by name or at 63 HaAvot Street. data.gov.il2026-10-15
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | צלמנייה / Tzalmania | tzalmania.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 63 HaAvot Street | tzalmania.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 31.240099, 34.785914 (the government's address map) | govmap.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 08-622-6903 | tzalmania.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | tzalmania.co.il | tzalmania.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Logo | Its own icon, from tzalmania.co.il | tzalmania.co.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Opening hours | Sunday closed, Monday to Thursday 10:00 to 14:00, Friday and Saturday closed | tzalmania.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| What it is like | Written from tzalmania.co.il | tzalmania.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | Disabled parking near the entrance, an accessible entrance and ticket desk with an induction loop, a lift to every floor, an accessible toilet on the lower floor, guide dogs welcome and seats to rest in every hall; sign-language tours can be arranged for groups in advance. | tzalmania.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Be'er Sheva Center 1.2 km; חטיבת הנגב/נגבה 60 m; חטיבת הנגב/הפלמ״ח 104 m; סמילנסקי/ההגנה 144 m; פארק קרסו למדע/העצמאות 269 m; מוזיאון הנגב/העצמאות 272 m; כפר הדרום/הרצל 276 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its pages say it is run by Kivunim, Beer Sheva's municipal company for culture and leisure, and give no company number. | tzalmania.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Beer Sheva's register of licensed businesses on data.gov.il, read on 15 October 2026, has no row for Tzalmania by name or at 63 HaAvot Street. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Photographs | 1 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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