Agnon House
בית עגנון
Museum · S. Y. Agnon's life and work · The writer's house · Hebrew literature · 5-20 ₪
16 Klausner Street, Talpiot, Jerusalem
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Agnon House in Jerusalem is a national heritage site dedicated to the work of S. Y. Agnon (1887 to 1970), the central figure of modern Hebrew literature and the 1966 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. Born in the Galician town of Buczacz as Shmuel Yosef Czaczkes, he arrived in Jaffa in 1908, where he took the pen name Agnon. He and his wife built the house in 1931, and he lived in it until his death in 1970. Today it is a literary museum and a venue for tours, lectures, performances and workshops, standing among cypress trees in a garden, and tickets and an audio guide are sold on its site.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Closed Friday and Saturday
- On offer
- S. Y. Agnon's life and work, the writer's house, hebrew literature
- Prices
- 5-20 ₪
- Wheelchair
- A slope from the road along the pavement lets a wheelchair reach the house; the main entrance has steps with a handrail, and an adapted entrance is at the back. The upper floor, with the writer's study, is being made accessible, with a lift planned.
- Own website
- Facebook page
- Active on Instagram
Photos
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For illustration: the area around Agnon House, not the business itself. Its own pictures are on Instagram
Opening hours
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| Sunday to Thursday | 10:00-14:00 |
|---|---|
| Friday and Saturday | Closed |
Candle lighting 5:38 PMShabbat ends 6:34 PM
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Location
16 Klausner Street, Talpiot, Jerusalem
- Train: Jerusalem Malcha3.4 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 156 mlines 7, 97, 931
- Parking: No private parking; visitors park in the streets of the Arnona neighbourhood, and bus line 7 reaches it.
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Questions
About Agnon House
- 3.4 km from Jerusalem Malcha stationBus stops within 234 m: קורא הדורות/קלוזנר, הקונסוליה האמריקאית/קורץ, קורא הדורות/קלאוזנר, מלון דיפלומט, אליהו לנקין/רותי ברעם, לייב יפה/מוזס.
- Its own website and social pagesThe prices and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
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Agnon House is a museum at 16 Klausner Street, Talpiot in Jerusalem, in the Jerusalem District.
The price list it publishes on agnonhouse.org.il runs from Audio guide at 5 ₪ to Adult ticket at 20 ₪, read on 14 October 2026.
Hours, as listed on agnonhouse.org.il on 14 October 2026: Sunday to Thursday 10:00 to 14:00, Friday and Saturday closed.
The nearest railway station is Jerusalem Malcha, 3.4 km away. The nearest bus stops are קורא הדורות/קלוזנר (156 m), הקונסוליה האמריקאית/קורץ (161 m), קורא הדורות/קלאוזנר (212 m). No private parking; visitors park in the streets of the Arnona neighbourhood, and bus line 7 reaches it.
We found no published accessibility statement, so call ahead if step-free access matters to you.
Jerusalem 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 agnonhouse.org.il2026-10-14
- Companies Registrar
- Its pages name no company. agnonhouse.org.il2026-10-14
- Municipal business licence
- No published register of licensed businesses was found for Jerusalem: none of the 114 datasets on the city's open-data portal is such a register, and data.gov.il has none for the city. jerusalem.muni.il2026-10-01
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| Field | Value | Source | Read on | Use |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | בית עגנון / Agnon House | agnonhouse.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 16 Klausner Street, Talpiot | agnonhouse.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 31.748653, 35.223866 (the government's address map) | govmap.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 02-671-4588 | agnonhouse.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | agnonhouse.org.il | agnonhouse.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Table bookings | agnonhouse.org.il | agnonhouse.org.il | Linked, not copied | |
| Logo | Its own icon, from agnonhouse.org.il | agnonhouse.org.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Opening hours | Sunday to Thursday 10:00 to 14:00, Friday and Saturday closed | agnonhouse.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| What it is like | Written from agnonhouse.org.il | agnonhouse.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Prices | 3 items with prices | agnonhouse.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | A slope from the road along the pavement lets a wheelchair reach the house; the main entrance has steps with a handrail, and an adapted entrance is at the back. The upper floor, with the writer's study, is being made accessible, with a lift planned. | agnonhouse.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Parking | No private parking; visitors park in the streets of the Arnona neighbourhood, and bus line 7 reaches it. | agnonhouse.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Jerusalem Malcha 3.4 km; קורא הדורות/קלוזנר 156 m; הקונסוליה האמריקאית/קורץ 161 m; קורא הדורות/קלאוזנר 212 m; מלון דיפלומט 213 m; אליהו לנקין/רותי ברעם 226 m; לייב יפה/מוזס 234 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its pages name no company. | agnonhouse.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Business licence | No published register of licensed businesses was found for Jerusalem: none of the 114 datasets on the city's open-data portal is such a register, and data.gov.il has none for the city. | jerusalem.muni.il | Fact, shown | |
| Photographs | 1 licensed | instagram.com | Linked, not copied |
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