Story of the week

I want to red it
Passing the Salame Border
This year two thousand six and a half, me and my bestie, two gay Arabs from Jaffa, want to go to a gay party for the first time.

Sami Zibak

  • Ha-Rekhev 13

  • 1 Jun 2006

About the Museum

The City Museum opens its doors in the revitalized Bialik Square as an urban cultural center, connecting public and private heritage, urban innovation and artistic expression. The museum will act as a participatory arena and as a center of accumulated knowledge, with the aim of stimulating a fresh and valuable discourse and celebrating the documentation and interpretation of the city's heritage reflected in the stories.

Residents of the city and its guests will take part in the formation of the collection, in the public program and in the branches of the museum throughout the city. The museum will enable research and discovery of the spirit that characterizes Tel Aviv-Yafo, will reflect the city and its neighborhoods and will connect spaces, experiences and memories.

News and Updates

The Walking Man, Soon I'll Get Far

Born on the streets of Tel Aviv, the Walking Man paved the way for current urban activism. His visual language and actions around the city raised the public's awareness of urban planning priorities, and generated civil actions

link to page The Walking Man, Soon I'll Get Far
Craft and Leisure, Group Exhibition

The name of the current exhibition, "Work and Leisure", was inspired by the essay "Courage for the Poor", written by Leah Goldberg in 1938 in the newspaper "Torim". 4 curators, 27 creators, 13 groups and 10 family business stories come together for one exhibition. The craft and Leisure, which exist in the city side by side, allow it to grow into the unique and familiar, intimate and public, renewing and inspiring city that we all know.

link to page Craft and Leisure, Group Exhibition