National Maritime Museum
המוזיאון הימי הלאומי
Museum · Maritime history · Underwater archaeology · Ancient art · Ship models · Israeli shipping · Protecting the sea · 17-170 ₪
Is this your business?Claim it freeA museum of the sea and of seafaring on Allenby Road, beside Tel Shikmona, that tells 5,000 years of shipping in the Mediterranean and the story of Israeli shipping.
The National Maritime Museum has its roots in a museum that the Israel Maritime League set up before the state, in the seafarers' house in Haifa's lower city; in 1954 the city and the league bought the navy's maritime collection for one symbolic Israeli lira, and in 1973 the museum moved to its present building on Allenby Road, put up by the city with a donation from the Morrison fund of London. Its site says it is the only museum in Israel to show the history of seafaring in the Mediterranean in full, and its collection of more than 10,000 items has included the collection of the Museum of Ancient Art since 1995, beside finds from underwater excavations that belong to the Israel Antiquities Authority. The permanent exhibitions tell 5,000 years of people and the sea through ship models, maritime trade, ancient anchors, navigation instruments and the worship of sea gods, with the ram of an ancient warship as their highlight, and others cover Tel Shikmona and Israeli shipping. For children there is the exhibition "Pirates: Between Truth and Legend", a play space called Young Sailors and an activity yard, and the museum holds a Sea Day festival every year.
What happens here
- Thursday
- Open until 18:00
On Thursday it stays open until 18:00, two hours later than from Sunday to Wednesday.
- 4 July 2025 to 26 June 2027
- Mammals of the Deep
An exhibition on the marine mammals of the Mediterranean and the Gulf of Eilat.
- 11 June 2026 to 30 April 2027
- The Color: Purple
An exhibition on Tel Shikmona and the making of purple dye.
As published on the museum's website, read 2026-10-14.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Open Saturday 10:00-16:00
- On offer
- Maritime history, underwater archaeology, ancient art, ship models, israeli shipping, protecting the sea
- Prices
- 17-170 ₪
- Wheelchair
- Disabled parking near the entrance, a lift, accessible ticket desks, accessible toilets, wide passages and aids for visitors with impaired sight or hearing.
- Parking
- Accessible parking listed
- Good for families
- Own website
- Active on Instagram
- Facebook page
Photos
On the chain's Facebook
For illustration: the area around National Maritime Museum, not the business itself. The chain's own pictures are on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday | 10:00-16:00 |
|---|---|
| Monday | Closed |
| Tuesday and Wednesday | 10:00-16:00 |
| Thursday | 10:00-18:00 |
| Friday | 10:00-14:00 |
| Saturday | 10:00-16:00 |
Candle lighting 5:38 PMShabbat ends 6:34 PM
As published on hms.org.il, read 2026-10-14. Shabbat times in Haifa
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Sources disagree on these hours
Its regular hours, as the Haifa Museums hours page lists them: closed on Monday, and open until 18:00 on Thursday.
Location
198 Allenby Road, Haifa
- Train: Haifa Bat Galim0.9 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 42 mlines 17, 17א, 24, 110, 112, 148, 245
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-14.
Questions
About National Maritime Museum
- Open on ShabbatOn Saturday it is open 10:00 to 16:00.
- 0.9 km from Haifa Bat Galim stationBus stops within 264 m: המוזיאון הימי/דרך אלנבי, המוזיאון הימי/אלנבי, דרך אלנבי/סלבדור, מערת אליהו/אלנבי, יואב/צהל, אלנבי.
- Its own website and social pagesThe prices and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
National Maritime Museum is a museum at 198 Allenby Road in Haifa, in the Haifa District. It is one of the 6 Haifa Museums branches listed on hms.org.il.
The price list it publishes on nmm.org.il runs from Each additional child in a family at 17 ₪ to Combined ticket for the Haifa Museums, seven days, family of two adults and two children at 170 ₪, read on 14 October 2026.
Free of charge on its list: Reservists and members of the security forces.
Hours, as listed on hms.org.il on 14 October 2026: Sunday 10:00 to 16:00, Monday closed, Tuesday and Wednesday 10:00 to 16:00, Thursday 10:00 to 18:00, Friday 10:00 to 14:00, Saturday 10:00 to 16:00.
The nearest railway station is Haifa Bat Galim, 0.9 km away. The nearest bus stops are המוזיאון הימי/דרך אלנבי (42 m), המוזיאון הימי/אלנבי (155 m), דרך אלנבי/סלבדור (186 m).
It is listed as wheelchair accessible on hms.org.il.
The Haifa Museums site names its operator as Haifa Museums, a public benefit company, number 510730898. The Companies Registrar lists it as an active private company, incorporated on 23 February 1976, registered at 26 Shabtai Levi Street, Haifa. Haifa 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
- Listed as wheelchair accessible hms.org.il2026-10-14
- Companies Registrar
- The Haifa Museums site names its operator as Haifa Museums, a public benefit company, number 510730898. The Companies Registrar lists it as an active private company, incorporated on 23 February 1976, registered at 26 Shabtai Levi Street, Haifa. data.gov.il2026-10-14
- Municipal business licence
- The Haifa municipality publishes no register of licensed businesses: its business-licensing pages have processes and forms only, its list of registered databases names a business-licensing database that is not published, the only businesses dataset on its open-data portal covers the Sammy Ofer stadium complex, and data.gov.il has no such register for Haifa. haifa.muni.il2026-09-30
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | המוזיאון הימי הלאומי / National Maritime Museum | nmm.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 198 Allenby Road | nmm.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 32.828829, 34.97239 (the government's address map) | govmap.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 04-603-0800 | nmm.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Chain | Haifa Museums, 6 branches | hms.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | nmm.org.il | nmm.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Table bookings | hms.smarticket.co.il | nmm.org.il | Linked, not copied | |
| Opening hours | Sunday 10:00 to 16:00, Monday closed, Tuesday and Wednesday 10:00 to 16:00, Thursday 10:00 to 18:00, Friday 10:00 to 14:00, Saturday 10:00 to 16:00 | hms.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| What happens here | Open until 18:00; Mammals of the Deep; The Color: Purple | nmm.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Prices | 9 items with prices | nmm.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | Disabled parking near the entrance, a lift, accessible ticket desks, accessible toilets, wide passages and aids for visitors with impaired sight or hearing. | hms.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Haifa Bat Galim 0.9 km; המוזיאון הימי/דרך אלנבי 42 m; המוזיאון הימי/אלנבי 155 m; דרך אלנבי/סלבדור 186 m; מערת אליהו/אלנבי 201 m; יואב/צהל 205 m; אלנבי 264 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | The Haifa Museums site names its operator as Haifa Museums, a public benefit company, number 510730898. The Companies Registrar lists it as an active private company, incorporated on 23 February 1976, registered at 26 Shabtai Levi Street, Haifa. | data.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | The Haifa municipality publishes no register of licensed businesses: its business-licensing pages have processes and forms only, its list of registered databases names a business-licensing database that is not published, the only businesses dataset on its open-data portal covers the Sammy Ofer stadium complex, and data.gov.il has no such register for Haifa. | haifa.muni.il | Fact, shown | |
| Photographs | 2 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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