Jabotinsky Museum in Tel Aviv

Dedicated to various disciplines like Archeology, Ethnography, Material Culture, Judaica and Applied Arts of land of Israel, Jabotinsky Museum is one of the most important Museums in Tel Aviv for those who have scholarly interests in Israel.

Jabotinsky Museum has been named after Ze'ev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky who has attained the rungs of immortality by being an outstanding leader, journalist and a thinker. Jabotinsky Museum serves not only as homage to the great man that Jabontinsky was, but is also used as a vehicle to spread his beliefs.

Jabotinsky Museum in Tel Aviv has two sections namely the Permanent Exhibition and Interchanging Exhibition. The Permanent Exhibition in Tel Aviv comprises the details of Jabotinsky’s life from his birth to his tragic death in New York and also the grand state funeral in Jerusalem; there is a noticeable emphasis on Jabotinsky’s dedicated service towards Zionism. The exhibit consists of 14 showcases, which can either be seen as a whole or taken as a whole. There is also a 15-minute film projected on six screens on the life of Jabotinsky. The film is based on the fictional conversation between Jabotinsky and his son, Eri Jabotinsky. The language of the film is Hebrew though efforts are being made to render it into English as well.

The Interchanging Exhibition founds the exhibitions on different themes. Diverse as these themes are, they are- however tenuously- bound by the broader idea of Israel and its history. The theme of interchanging exhibition in Jabotinsky Museum for 2007 is ‘Detention and Deportation - Prisons and Detention Camps in Palestine and Africa’.

Jabotinsky Museum in Tel Aviv is division of the Jabotinsky Institute which was founded in 1933. The Institute is actively into gleaning data on the life of Ze'ev Jabotinsky and the Revisionist Movement. The Institute also publishes number of books and articles on the subjects.