Museum on the Seam
מוזיאון על התפר
Museum · Contemporary art · Socially engaged art · Changing exhibitions · 25-850 ₪
4 Heil HaHandasa Street, Jerusalem
Is this your business?Claim it freeA museum of socially engaged contemporary art in a 1932 house on the old line between East and West Jerusalem, with a roof that looks out over the city
Museum on the Seam is a socio-political museum of contemporary art, and its site says it stands on the physical and geographical seam between East and West Jerusalem, at the meeting point of the three religions. Its changing exhibitions use art to raise social questions for public discussion, among them the environment and sustainability, public conscience, the loneliness of the individual in the age of technology, gender violence and how people treat animals. The neoclassical building was put up in 1932 by the Baramki family; between 1948 and 1967 it served as an Israeli military post on the border, overlooking the Mandelbaum Gate, and in 1983 the Turjeman Post became a museum of Jerusalem as a divided city, before it opened as a museum of contemporary art in 1999. Five minutes' walk from Mea She'arim and the Old City, its roof looks out over Jerusalem and holds a café, an art library and a space for events.
What happens here
- Thursday, 14:00 to 20:00
- Late opening
On Thursdays the museum opens in the afternoon and stays open until 20:00.
As published on the museum's website, read 2026-10-14.
At a glance
- Shabbat
- Closed. Friday until 14:00
- On offer
- Contemporary art, socially engaged art, changing exhibitions
- Prices
- 25-850 ₪
- Wheelchair
- The museum is in a historic building where changes are limited. A ramp leads to the entrance, a lift reaches every exhibition floor, and there are accessible toilets and a sound system; disabled parking is reserved beside the museum.
- Parking
- Accessible parking listed
- Own website
- Facebook page
- Active on Instagram
Photos
On its Facebook
For illustration: the area around Museum on the Seam, not the business itself. Its own pictures are on Instagram
Opening hours
Checking the clock in Israel
| Sunday | Closed |
|---|---|
| Monday | 10:00-17:00 |
| Tuesday | Closed |
| Wednesday | 10:00-17:00 |
| Thursday | 14:00-20:00 |
| Friday | 10:00-14:00 |
| Saturday | Closed |
Candle lighting 5:38 PMShabbat ends 6:34 PM
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Sources disagree on these hours
Last entry 45 minutes before closing. At other times it opens by appointment.
Location
4 Heil HaHandasa Street, Jerusalem
- Train: Jerusalem - Yitzhak Navon2.3 km from the door, straight line
- Bus: Nearest stop 79 mlines 1, 3, 3א, 19, 51, 96, 163, 202 and 2 more
- Parking: Accessible parking listedReserved disabled parking beside the museum, and blue-and-white street parking nearby.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Distances from OpenStreetMap, read 2026-10-14.
Questions
About Museum on the Seam
- Closed on ShabbatOpen 4 days a week; on Friday it closes at 14:00.
- 2.3 km from Jerusalem - Yitzhak Navon stationBus stops within 252 m: שבטי ישראל/שומרי אמונים, חיל ההנדסה/שבטי ישראל, חיל ההנדסה/נעמי קיס, בר לב/שבטי ישראל, שבטי ישראל/הנביאים.
- Its own website and social pagesThe prices and the news come from the business itself, not from a directory.
Museum on the Seam is a museum at 4 Heil HaHandasa Street in Jerusalem, in the Jerusalem District.
The price list it publishes on mots.org.il runs from Group of 20 or more, retiree, student or soldier at 25 ₪ to Guided tour for a group of up to 20 at 850 ₪, read on 14 October 2026.
Hours, as listed on mots.org.il on 14 October 2026: Sunday closed, Monday 10:00 to 17:00, Tuesday closed, Wednesday 10:00 to 17:00, Thursday 14:00 to 20:00, Friday 10:00 to 14:00, Saturday closed.
The nearest railway station is Jerusalem - Yitzhak Navon, 2.3 km away. The nearest bus stops are שבטי ישראל/שומרי אמונים (79 m), חיל ההנדסה/שבטי ישראל (81 m), חיל ההנדסה/נעמי קיס (118 m). Reserved disabled parking beside the museum, and blue-and-white street parking nearby.
It is listed as wheelchair accessible on mots.org.il.
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
- Listed as wheelchair accessible mots.org.il2026-10-14
- Companies Registrar
- Its pages name no company. mots.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 | מוזיאון על התפר / Museum on the Seam | mots.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Address | 4 Heil HaHandasa Street | mots.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Coordinates | 31.786352, 35.226798 (the government's address map) | govmap.gov.il | Fact, shown | |
| Phone | 02-628-1278 | mots.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Website | mots.org.il | mots.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Table bookings | pay.tranzila.com | mots.org.il | Linked, not copied | |
| Logo | Its own icon, from mots.org.il | mots.org.il | Quoted, attributed | |
| Opening hours | Sunday closed, Monday 10:00 to 17:00, Tuesday closed, Wednesday 10:00 to 17:00, Thursday 14:00 to 20:00, Friday 10:00 to 14:00, Saturday closed | mots.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| What happens here | Late opening | mots.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Prices | 5 items with prices | mots.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Accessibility | The museum is in a historic building where changes are limited. A ramp leads to the entrance, a lift reaches every exhibition floor, and there are accessible toilets and a sound system; disabled parking is reserved beside the museum. | mots.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Parking | Reserved disabled parking beside the museum, and blue-and-white street parking nearby. | mots.org.il | Fact, shown | |
| Train and bus | Jerusalem - Yitzhak Navon 2.3 km; שבטי ישראל/שומרי אמונים 79 m; חיל ההנדסה/שבטי ישראל 81 m; חיל ההנדסה/נעמי קיס 118 m; בר לב/שבטי ישראל 178 m; חיל ההנדסה/נעמי קיס 196 m; שבטי ישראל/הנביאים 252 m | openstreetmap.org | Fact, shown | |
| Companies Registrar | Its pages name no company. | mots.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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