Exhibitions

Dr. Ramy Klein, a marine biologist, photographer, and writer, exemplifies the boundlessness of the sea by transcending the unseen barriers between scientific research, art, and poetry. To reflect the interplay between these three axes of intellect, vision, and emotion in Dr. Klein’s work, this exhibition is organized in three parts, showcasing his exploration of the marine environment through underwater photography.

Astronomy Photographer of the Year is the world’s leading astrophotography competition. Every year astronomers and photographers from around the world enter their best images of all things celestial.
This exhibition showcases the 32 prize-winners from 2022 alongside a selection of images that made last year’s shortlist. Captured using a range of equipment, from sophisticated cameras and telescopes to tablets and mobile phones, these photos reflect the skill, passion, creativity and enthusiasm of the global astrophotography community.

The National Maritime Museum’s collection began nearly 70 years ago. Over the course of this time thousands of items have been collected, and it is always interesting to learn about a particular work’s history, such as how it came to be in the collection.

The National Maritime Museum Haifa is proud to invite you to its new and exciting exhibit “Superheroes of the Sea”. The exhibit will take you on once-in-a-life-time sea voyage, which will bring you face to face with three great entities in charge of our seas and oceans: God Poseidon, Saint Nicholas and the modern superhero Aquaman.

The atlases exhibit offers a colorful peek into the Golden Age of atlas making, namely 16th and 17th centuries Holland and ingenious Flemish atlas makers such as Ortelius, Mercator, Blaeu and Mortier.

A routine archaeological inspection carried out in 1996 in Hahalutz Street in Lod (ancient Lydda) and the subsequent rescue excavations carried by Miriam Avisar on behalf of Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA), uncovered one of the largest and most impressive mosaics ever found in Israel.

"The Lod mosaic" exhibition presents one of the largest and most spectacular mosaic floors ever uncovered in Israel, depicting mammals, birds, fish, sea monsters, merchant ships and more. The opening will take place at the National Maritime Museum on 12.4 at 12:00, in the presence of the Mayor of Haifa Mr. Yona Yahav and the Director of the Haifa Museums Mr. Nissim Tal

This exhibition is based on the National Maritime Museum's rich collection of prints. It examines how the city was represented in the 19th Century, also in relation to early photographs.

Micha Bar-Am (b. Berlin 1930), Israeli journalistic photographer, established the Photography Department of Tel Aviv Museum of Art, is a member in the Magnum Photographic Cooperative, and was awarded the Israel Prize for Art in 2000. Bar-Am's iconic images have become an invaluable record of the

In the Middle Ages adventurous kings and knights conducted a series of expeditions to Syria and Palestine with the hope of reclaiming the Holy Land from the Moslems. Much of their motivation was also aroused by the riches of the Orient and the expected spoils of war.