Tefen Open Museum, Upper Galilee

Name: Tefen Open Museum
Address: Upper Galilee, Israel

#5 among attractions in Upper Galilee

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The German-Speaking Jewry Heritage Museum is a museum in Tefen, an industrial park in the north of Israel established by Stef Wertheimer. ()

Local name: המוזיאון ליהדות דוברת גרמנית Established: 1968 (56 years ago)Coordinates: 32°58'49"N, 35°16'22"E

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Tefen Open Museum – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Yehi'am Fortress National Park, Montfort Castle, The Hope, Peki'in Synagogue.

3.1 miW
National park, Park
Yehi'am Fortress National Park, Upper Galilee
79 min walk • Yehi'am Fortress National Park is an Israeli national park in the western Upper Galilee on the grounds of Kibbutz Yehi'am, whose main attraction are the ruins of a hilltop castle.
5.2 miNW
Forts and castles
Montfort Castle, Upper Galilee
132 min walk • Montfort is a ruined Crusader castle in the Upper Galilee region in northern Israel, about 22 miles northeast of the city of Haifa and 10 miles south of the border with Lebanon.
4.4 miSE
Monuments and statues
The Hope, Karmiel
112 min walk • The Hope is a sculpture by Nicky Imber depicting a woman proudly raising her child to the sky symbolically heralding a new generation.
3.6 miE
Synagogue
Peki'in Synagogue
93 min walk • The Peki’in Synagogue, is a synagogue located in the centre of Peki'in, Northern Israel. The current building was erected in 1873, on the site of older ones.
4 miSE
Valley
Beit HaKerem Valley, Karmiel
101 min walk • Beit HaKerem Valley, also known as al-Shaghur, is a valley in the Galilee region in northern Israel. The valley is the dividing feature between the Upper Galilee featuring relatively high mountains and the Lower Galilee to the south, with lower mountains.
3.2 miN
Town, Forts and castles
Mi'ilya
82 min walk • Mi'ilya is an Arab local council in the western Galilee in the Northern District of Israel. Its name during the Kingdom of Jerusalem era in Galilee was Castellum Regis. In 2019 it had a population of 3,244, all of whom are Melkite Greek Catholics. The town is located immediately to the northwest of Ma'alot-Tarshiha.
4.5 miN
Prehistoric site
Horvat Galil
114 min walk • Horvat Galil is an archaeological site in the Upper Galilee, Israel, 13 kilometres from the coast of the Mediterranean.
3.3 miE
Town
Peki'in
84 min walk • Peki'in or Buqei'a, is a Druze/Arab town with local council status in Israel's Northern District. It is located eight kilometres east of Ma'alot-Tarshiha in the Upper Galilee. In 2019 it had a population of 5,893.
5.2 miSW
Prehistoric site
HaYonim Cave
134 min walk • HaYonim Cave is a cave located in a limestone bluff about 250 meters above modern sea level, in the Upper Galilee, Israel.
2.2 miN
City
Ma'alot-Tarshiha
56 min walk • Ma'alot-Tarshiha is a city in the North District in Israel, some 20 kilometres east of Nahariya, about 600 metres above sea level. The city was established in 1963 through a municipal merger of the Arab town of Tarshiha and the Jewish town of Ma'alot. In 2019, the city had a population of 21,836.
5 miNE
Town
Hurfeish, Upper Galilee
127 min walk • Hurfeish is a Druze town in the Northern District of Israel. In 2019 it had a population of 6,410.