**The museum has free parking** If you want to see the museum in depth, you need 3-4 hours. There are free guided tours on certain days of the week. There are many different guides, but I cannot recommend the highlights tour. Our guide could not answer our basic questions and the tour felt very disorganized, like she was doing it for the first time. The temporary exhibit called Lucid Dreams was quite good. The other ones were very boring. The gift shop has a very poor selection of postcards. Most of them are either 1. old, dirty, and damaged or 2. old and have nothing to do with the current art in the museum. There was only one postcard of something currently on display. The museum has a lot to offer and I enjoyed my visit. The archeology and fine arts exhibitions are similar to what you might see in famous European museums.

Amazing displays. Not enough time in the day to see everything. The dead sea scrolls weren't there which was a bit disappointing, but all song great museum.

This was the most impressive museum we have ever been to! We enjoyed it so much we went twice during our time in Jerusalem! Thinking we were just going to see important Israeli artifacts, we were extremely surprised to see archaeological remains from around the world, painting a picture of the evolution of civilization. There were also Jewish displays of life and art, modern and contemporary art from around the world, and the most amazing outdoor display of a replica of Jerusalem’s Old City during the time of The Second Temple. The biggest treat were The Dead Sea Scrolls, which I did not know much about until seeing this exhibit. Excellent collection!

I love this museum and visit frequently. The variety of exhibits and depth of the exhibits is fantastic. Visit! You will not be disappointed. Also coffee shop main and second levels and a full service restaurant, check hours

Disappointed with the amount of fake mosaics and other things in the museum. While the model of the second temple is interesting, it reminds me of the miniatures in Lego Land. But biggest disappointment was with the Dead Sea Scrolls. You can’t take a picture in there despite the fact that what’s there is also a fake (which is politely termed a facsimile). Overall, the amount of fake items completely detracts from the visit.

This is an absolute must see venue. The expansive, well documented display cases with adequate room to comfortably view and study. This place multistory so plan on several hours of enjoyment and learning. We need to go back a second time! The mosaics are beautiful.

A must go for all visiting Jerusalem. The synagogues from around the world are incredible, the shrine of the book is unique, and the different temporary exhibits are great. This is also a kid friendly museum. It's open on shabbat which is the best, and the cafe with excellent coffee is also open on shabbat, one of the few in Jerusalem. It's not a quick walk there without Public transit, but it is worth it.

It's an amazing place! Delved not only in its own but all who inhabited and were near by. There was a great deal to see. If anything - start very early as you can be there all day! Free audio guide and roaming chairs included. Many sights/activities that are kid oriented with a neat 'Under the Ocean' themed area to make them conscious about the planet.