Exhibitions

This exhibition is a comprehensive retrospective of the work of Ranan Lurie, one of the world's leading political caricaturists.

The Shemen (oil) plant was one of the pioneering industrial plants around the Haifa Bay. Shortly after its foundation, in 1906, the plant was called Atid (future).

During the second half of the 19th century, numerous Western travelers with a penchant for Orientalism journeyed to the Holy Land. In 1882, Elise and Lawrence Oliphant and a group of family members and friends settled in the German colony in Haifa (at what is currently 16 Ben-Gurion Boulevard).

During the 19th century, after centuries of neglect, Palestine was thriving. The contribution of the masses of Jewish immigrants of the First Aliya in 1882 to this process is well known. Less known are the various Christian initiatives which, in some cases, preceded the First Aliya.

This exhibition captures the history of the Haifa port through photographs, maps, documents and films; it tells the story of the complex relationship between the port and the city from the late 19th century to the present.