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Madatech

מדעטק

Museum · Science and technology · Space · Robotics · Hands-on exhibits · Science park · Early childhood centre · 10-450 ₪

25 Shmaryahu Levin Street, Hadar HaCarmel, Haifa

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Israel's national museum of science, technology and space, in the historic first Technion building in Hadar HaCarmel, with hands-on exhibitions, a science park and a space wing.

Madatech, the National Museum of Science, Technology and Space, is housed in the first Technion building, whose cornerstone was laid in 1912 and which opened in 1924; its site says the architect Alexander Baerwald designed it as a blend of symmetrical European monumental building and local Arab building. The museum grew from a first public science exhibition that a group of Technion professors opened in 1983, took over the historic building when the Technion moved out in 1984, and with a donation from the Recanati family became Israel's national science museum in 1985. Its site calls it the largest science museum in Israel, with more than 20 exhibitions, a large science park opened in 2011, laboratories, visiting exhibitions from abroad and an area for young children, among them the Space Wing, an observatory, a Nobel gallery and an innovation centre, and a historic collection of 4,856 scientific and technological items. It suggests about three hours for a visit, runs guided tours of the Space Wing and the robots display several times a day on weekdays, and has two cafés open on Saturdays and holidays; eating is allowed in the science park but not inside the buildings.

17 facts checked 2026-10-14

What happens here

Mondays
Senior citizens' Monday

Senior citizens enter for 10 shekels on Mondays, with a senior citizen's card.

Weekdays
Guided tours

Guided tours of the Space Wing and the robots display, several times a day.

As published on the museum's website, read 2026-10-14.

At a glance

Shabbat
Open Saturday 10:00-17:45
On offer
Science and technology, space, robotics, hands-on exhibits, science park, early childhood centre
Prices
10-450 ₪
Wheelchair
Every part of the museum is wheelchair accessible: lifts and wide corridors in the main building, paths and ramps in the science park, induction loops at the ticket desks, the shop and the cafeteria, two orientation apps for blind and partially sighted visitors, and four disabled parking spaces in its car park.
Parking
Accessible parking listed
  • Good for families
  • Own website
  • Active on Instagram
  • Facebook page

Photos

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For illustration: the area around Madatech, not the business itself. Its own pictures are on Instagram

The Madatech building, the old Technion's stone building with its towers, among cypress trees

Oshri Reicher (אושרי רייכר) / CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

The Madatech building, the old Technion's stone building with its towers, among cypress trees
The crenellated sandstone front of the historic Technion building in Haifa, its rows of arched windows framed by tall cypress trees under a clear blue sky

Oshri Reicher (אושרי רייכר) / CC BY 2.5 · Wikimedia Commons

The crenellated sandstone front of the historic Technion building in Haifa, its arched windows framed by tall cypress trees

Opening hours

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Opening hours by day
SundayClosed
Monday to Wednesday10:00-14:45
Thursday14:00-18:45
FridayClosed
Saturday10:00-17:45

Candle lighting 5:38 PMShabbat ends 6:34 PM

As published on madatech.org.il, read 2026-10-14. Shabbat times in Haifa

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Sources disagree on these hours

The hours its site gives for 14 to 24 October 2026, which it updates week by week: closed on Sunday and Friday. Its hours page lists Saturday 24 October and Saturday 31 October as 10:00 to 16:45, and tickets are sold until two hours before closing.

Location

Map showing Madatech at 25 Shmaryahu Levin Street, Hadar HaCarmel, Haifa

25 Shmaryahu Levin Street, Hadar HaCarmel, Haifa

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  • Train: Haifa Center HaShmona1.3 km from the door, straight line
  • Bus: Nearest stop 89 mlines 16, 21, 24, 28, 37, 37א, 133, 205 and 2 more
  • Parking: Accessible parking listedFree parking in the Madatech car park at 12 Balfour Street, first come first served, and on Saturdays only beside the Reali school, entered from 25 Shmaryahu Levin Street; both close half an hour after the museum. Paid car parks are on Yoel and Yona streets and near the Haifa Theatre.

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Questions

About Madatech

  • Open on ShabbatOn Saturday it is open 10:00 to 17:45.
  • 1.3 km from Haifa Center HaShmona stationBus stops within 191 m: מדעטק/בלפור, בלפור/יוסף, עמק הזיתים/פינת בן שמן, בן יהודה/עמק הזיתים, הרצל/הלל יפה.
  • Its own website and social pagesThe prices and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.

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