Old Yishuv Court Museum

Quick insight in history

If you have an hour to fill, then visit this museum. It shows how people lived in Jerusalem in the old days. We were lucky to walk into a Bar Mitswa that was being held in the museum. This visit pleas...

INCREDIBLE Historical Gem!

This museum is very new to me and was a total surprise. There is so much material here I could have spent hours. It has tons of period artifacts, state of the art museum AV exhibits and is smack in th...

Worthwhile for first time or multiple visitor to Jerusalem

We had some time to fill on our last day before flying home and wanted to do something new - not easy when you have been to Jerusalem many times before. This place was great to fill perhaps 90 min...

historical compound

The word "court" in the name refers to an inner courtyard. The Museum contains the remains of two former Old City synagogues -- The 16th century HaAri Synagogue, named after the Kabbalist Rabb...

Interesting museum...

This is a great, small museum that gives you a thorough understanding of what life was like in the walled city throughout history. The person at the desk had a brochure in English but she was otherwis...