We arrived to see the irgun museum during official open hours but the museum was closed. The manager was on holiday and all the guides were on courses. During school holidays. The indifferent man at the entrance had no idea what was going on. Totally...More

We really liked this museum about the life of Jabotinsky and his followers and the freedom fighters. There are two movies, available in a variety of languages. My husband I were the only ones there and we had the whole place to ourselves. The basement...More

If you don't know much about Jabotinsky, this museum is a good place to start. It mainly offers two movies, one an imagined conversation between Jabotinksy and his son, summarizing his life, as well as a movie about the clandestine attempts to bring Jewish immigrants...More

Centerpiece of museum is two creative film exhibits. Both dial up the corniness, though -- one with a fictitious conversation between Jabotinsky and his son, after Jabotinsky's death; and the other with a fictionalized account of boats bringing Jews to Israel past the British blockade,...More

independence is a very subjective political issue and I felt it throughout the visit. Happened to visit with a friends following a Lonely Planet rec he got, and I never visited before so it was a nice experience. The relevance to current day events is...More

This fascinating museum, focussing on the activities of the paramilitary Irgun group, makes for a difficult visit from a British perspective (rather as if one was visiting a museum glorifying the activities of the Provisional IRA). No doubt in a few decades time, Hamas will...More

This museum presents some interesting pieces of Israeli history. See the video exhibits! And make sure you see both parts of the museum, although it has two entrances. The Lonely Planet guide says it's free, but it's not anymore (not expensive, though).