Museum Review : The Palmach Museum (in Tel Aviv)

Overview:

The Palmach Museum is an experiential museum, covering the Palmach legacy through the stories of individuals and groups. Visitors to the museum join the group of young Palmach recruits from its establishment, and advanced through the story of the Palmach until the end of the War of Independence. 
The manner of presentation is extremely innovative. There are no displays or documents, but rather an account of a fascinating personal story accompanied by three-dimensional decor, films and various effects incorporating documentary materials. 
The visit, which is conducted in groups, correlates with the structure of the presentation, set out as a series of events, and symbolizing the Palmach team spirit. 
The tour commences and ends in the memorial hall for Palmach warriors who died fighting for establishment of the state of Israel. 

Visit to the museum must be pre-arranged. The tour is carried out in groups of up to 25 people (individuals visitors will be pre-arranged into groups).
The tour is for children over 6 years only. 
The length of the tour is 90 minutes. The presentation is in Hebrew. English, Spanish, French and Russian speakers will be provided with a translation through headphones. 
Entrance fee: 25 NIS for adults. 15 NIS for school children and pensioners (payment is by cash or check only).
Bus routes: all routes reaching the Tel-Aviv University, parking is available at the Eretz Israel Museum's parking areas, situated adjacent to the Palmach Museum. 
Driving directions to the Palmach Museum:
Take No. 20 Highway ("Netivay Ayalon" - Ayalon freeway). Exit at Rokach West. After 1 Km. drive, turn right to Namir road and after about 200m. turn right again at Levanon St. (passing the Eretz-Israel Museum) and the Palmach Museum is at No. 10 Levanon St.

Contact us: For arranging tours please call: 972-3-6436393, or Fax: 972-3-6436964. Email: palmach_reservation@mailto.mod.gov.il

The Museum opening hours: Sun, Mon, Weds 0900-1700; Tues, 0900-2000; Thurs, 0900-1400; Fri, 0900-1300.

Address: 10 Haim Levanon st. Ramat-Aviv, Tel-Aviv. For correspondence: the Departmenr of Museums, Ministry of Defense, P.O.B. 952 Kiryat-Ono 55108 

Tel. 03-6436393. Fax. 036436964

Review:

A 100% must see. The museum reminded me of a universal studios ride. You can tell that they spent a significant amount of time and money in order to get patrons to really feel the experience of being part of the Palmach. They even utilize the sense of smell. 

I don't want to ruin too much for you, but I don't think this museum will be a let down to anyone. I have not been to or even heard of a similar museum anywhere. The whole time I was thinking wouldn't it be cool if in the future all movies were like this... 

Your not going to be inundated with facts etc... and you may feel like you didn't learn that much about the Palmach (it really only covers the bare basics of who they were and what they did), but it will hopefully get you a sense of how it felt to be part of the Palmach.

Tip:

Call a week in advance. If you are one person you may be able to get a spot in the middle of the day on the day you call, but generally it makes sense to book a spot at least a week in advance.