Beit Gordon Museum
מוזיאון בית גורדון
Museum · Nature of the Land of Israel · A. D. Gordon · Settlement of the Kinarot Valley · Paintings by Aharon Halevi · Archaeology · 15-30 ₪
Beit Gordon, Degania Alef, Jordan Valley, Degania Alef
Is this your business?Claim it freeA museum of nature and settlement at Degania Alef, the first kibbutz, named for the Zionist thinker A. D. Gordon and opened in 1941
Beit Gordon is the first museum built by the labour settlement movement: its cornerstone was laid at Degania in 1935 as a collection and nature library named for A. D. Gordon, the Second Aliyah thinker who coined the saying "and learn Torah from nature". The nature teacher Yaakov Palmoni shaped the house and its collections, the architect Michael Leshchiner designed it, and it opened to visitors in March 1941; in the 1950s a water tower with an observatory and a telescope was added. Its displays cover the birds, mammals, reptiles, plants, minerals and fossils of the land and of the Kinarot Valley, original paintings by the Second Aliyah painter Aharon Halevi, a corner for Gordon, and an outdoor display of farm tools and ancient finds. The government recognised it as a national heritage site in 2010, and a multimedia show, "Lighting Up Nature", traces the landscape around the Sea of Galilee from the first Zionist settlement to today.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Closed. Friday until 14:00
- On offer
- Nature of the Land of Israel, a. d. gordon, settlement of the kinarot valley, paintings by aharon halevi, archaeology
- Prices
- 15-30 ₪
- Wheelchair
- The ground floor and the toilets are accessible; the nature hall on the first floor and the Gordon corner are reached by stairs with a handrail.
- Own website
- Good for families
Photos
For illustration: the area around Beit Gordon Museum, not the business itself.
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday to Friday | 10:00-14:00 |
|---|---|
| Saturday | Closed |
Candle lighting 5:36 PMShabbat ends 6:32 PM
As published on beitgordon.co.il, read 2026-10-15. All Shabbat times
Sources disagree on these hours
Open every day except Saturday. Organised groups book at least 24 hours ahead.
Location
Beit Gordon, Degania Alef, Jordan Valley, Degania Alef1512000
- Train: Beit Shean23 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 203 mlines 23
- Parking: Park by the dining hall of Kibbutz Degania Alef and walk from there to Beit Gordon.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-15.
Questions
About Beit Gordon Museum
- Closed on ShabbatOpen 6 days a week; on Friday it closes at 14:00.
- 23 km from Beit Shean stationBus stops within 405 m: דגניה א, דגניה א/מוזיאון בית גורדון, דגניה א׳, מסעף דגניה, צומת דגניה ב, בית ספר אזורי בית ירח.
Beit Gordon Museum is a museum at Beit Gordon, Degania Alef, Jordan Valley in Degania Alef, in the Northern District.
The price list it publishes on beitgordon.co.il runs from Group of more than 20, per person at 15 ₪ to Adult at 30 ₪, read on 15 October 2026.
Hours, as listed on beitgordon.co.il on 15 October 2026: Sunday to Friday 10:00 to 14:00, Saturday closed.
The nearest railway station is Beit Shean, 23 km away. The nearest bus stops are דגניה א (203 m), דגניה א/מוזיאון בית גורדון (225 m), דגניה א׳ (229 m). Park by the dining hall of Kibbutz Degania Alef and walk from there to Beit Gordon.
We found no published accessibility statement, so call ahead if step-free access matters to you.
Emek HaYarden Regional Council does not publish its business licence register online, so the licence could not be checked.
The public registers a directory should check and usually does not. A blank is reported as a blank.
- Accessibility statement
- None found on its site or its listings beitgordon.co.il2026-10-15
- Companies Registrar
- Its pages say an association was set up to run the house, and give no registration number. beitgordon.co.il2026-10-15
- Municipal business licence
- Businesses in Degania Alef are licensed by the Emek HaYarden Regional Council. Its business licensing department publishes its contact details and reception hours, the council's uniform specification of licensing requirements, the licence application and restricted-licence forms, the licensing law, order and regulations, a notice on the fire service's exemption by declaration for low-risk businesses and an online licence application, but its pages do not say which businesses hold a licence, and no list of them is on data.gov.il. j-v.org.il2026-10-05
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | מוזיאון בית גורדון / Beit Gordon Museum | beitgordon.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | Beit Gordon, Degania Alef, Jordan Valley | beitgordon.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 32.70891601, 35.57423722 (its Facebook page) | facebook.com | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 04-675-0040 | beitgordon.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | beitgordon.co.il | beitgordon.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Opening hours | Sunday to Friday 10:00 to 14:00, Saturday closed | beitgordon.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| What it is like | Written from beitgordon.co.il | beitgordon.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Prices | 3 items with prices | beitgordon.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | The ground floor and the toilets are accessible; the nature hall on the first floor and the Gordon corner are reached by stairs with a handrail. | beitgordon.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Parking | Park by the dining hall of Kibbutz Degania Alef and walk from there to Beit Gordon. | beitgordon.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Beit Shean 23 km; דגניה א 203 m; דגניה א/מוזיאון בית גורדון 225 m; דגניה א׳ 229 m; מסעף דגניה 378 m; צומת דגניה ב 384 m; בית ספר אזורי בית ירח 405 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its pages say an association was set up to run the house, and give no registration number. | beitgordon.co.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | Businesses in Degania Alef are licensed by the Emek HaYarden Regional Council. Its business licensing department publishes its contact details and reception hours, the council's uniform specification of licensing requirements, the licence application and restricted-licence forms, the licensing law, order and regulations, a notice on the fire service's exemption by declaration for low-risk businesses and an online licence application, but its pages do not say which businesses hold a licence, and no list of them is on data.gov.il. | j-v.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Photographs | 2 licensed | beitgordon.co.il | Linked, not copied |
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