Museums in Israel – the National Portal is the first project of its kind to showcase Israel's development in the preservation and nurturing of culture and heritage in the digital age.
The portal is a gateway, by means of which the collections of Israel's museums are revealed and displayed to the general public throughout the world.
The museums' collections, which are visually outstanding, can be located and retrieved on any computer, tablet or smartphone, simply, easily and quickly.
Not only are internet users be able to enjoy the richness of the collections, they also have access to many millions of entries relating to culture, stored in "Europeana," the European digital cultural library.
The establishment of the Israeli Museums Portal is a milestone in the digital preservation and empowerment project, a joint venture of the Ministry of Culture and Sport, the Prime Minister's Office, the Heritage Division and Israel's dozens of officially accredited museums.
The Collections in the Museums of Israel
Dozens of museums in Israel mount permanent and temporary exhibitions throughout the year, for their audiences to enjoy. However, the pieces placed on exhibit represent but a fraction of the collections of each, and they are accompanied by other, complementary items on loan from other museums and other public and private collections in Israel and overseas.
Museum warehouses store many additional items, which are not usually available for view by researchers or others interested in using the collections in their entirety, to learn about Israel's heritage.
All told, about 1.5 million items in any number of fields are stored in Israel's museums: Art; Judaica; History; Archaeology; World Cultures; Nature and Science.
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The Portal
The portal is the digital gateway to a wealth of content and information on the museums of Israel, their permanent and temporary exhibitions and the items in the museums' collections.
The portal is open and freely accessible to the general public in Israel and elsewhere and has been developed to meet the needs of a number of audiences: researchers, students, teachers, tourists (domestic and incoming), families, visitors to museums on a regular basis, and new or walk-in visitors.
Internet surfers will be treated to a visual experience, along with rich content and user-friendly tools for inquiry, retrieval, comparison and saving.
Conformed for the New Era
The portal is conformed for use on home computers, cell phones, tablets, and even Smart TVs.
It is a lively, dynamic site that is continuously renewed with new content.
Note
The content published in the portal is based on information provided by the museums, and on their sole responsibility.
This content includes information on dates for the various exhibitions, opening hours, as well as visual and textual data that are appended to the individual pieces, collections and exhibitions.