Dining

Modern, the Museum's kosher meat restaurant, is designed in an early modernist style. It offers contemporary Jerusalem cuisine and a rich collection of quality wines. Adjoining a plaza and overlooking the Valley of the Cross, this restaurant specializes in hosting private and business events.
Modern is kosher meat, under the supervision of the Chief Rabbinate of Jerusalem. Dining in the restaurant does not require purchase of an admissions ticket to the Museum. Museum members and Friends of the Israel Museum are entitled to a 10% discount.
Parking is free and the restaurant is accessible to all.
Open: Sun, Mon, Wed,Thurs from 11:30 am - 5 pm, Tues 11:30 am - 11 pm, Fri 10 am - 2 pm
For inquiries: 02 648-0862.
To arrange events: 054-778-8558; 054-304-0279; events@modern.co.il
See Modern's website »

Mansfeld, the Museum's dairy cafés, are named after Al Mansfeld, the first architect of the Israel Museum and winner of the Israel Prize for Architecture for his design of the Museum. The café's rich menu includes home-baked goods, cakes, sandwiches, salads and hot dishes. The café is suitable for hosting private events.
Mansfeld is kosher dairy under the supervision of the Chief Rabbinate of Jerusalem.
Dining in the café does not require purchase of an admissions ticket to the Museum. Museum members and Friends of the Israel Museum are entitled to a 10% discount.
Parking is free and the restaurant is accessible to all.
Open: Sun, Mon, Wed, Thurs 8 am - 5 pm | Tues 8 am - 9 pm | Fri 8 am - 2 pm.
For inquiries: 02 563-6280; Fax: 02 561-8399; cafe@mansfeld.co.il
To arrange events: 054-884-7133 or 050-997-8800
See Mansfeld's website »

Chic Café is a dairy café located at the entrance to the Model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Model. The menu includes fine coffee and cold drinks, sandwiches, salads (soups in the winter), cakes, ice cream and snacks.
Dining in the café does not require purchase of an admissions ticket to the Museum. Museum members and Friends of the Israel Museum are entitled to a 10% discount.
Parking is free and the restaurant is accessible to all.
Open Sun Mon Wed Thurs 8 am - 5 pm; Tues 8 am - 6 pm; Fri 8 am - 2 pm, Sat 8 am - 5 pm
Cafe Tel: 02 633-2555, yossi.stark@gmail.com

Anna Italian Café

Ticho House
10 HaRav Agan Street
Sun – Thurs 9 am – 11 pm
Fri 9 am – 3 pm
Kosher dairy, Jerusalem Rabbinate
Tel: 02 543-4144
host@annarest.co.il

Anna Italian Café »

Tickets

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Full-cost tickets may be purchased online or at the box office. Please note that discount tickets for children and youth, students, seniors, disabled visitors, IDF soldiers, National Service personnel, repeat visits within three months, and Jerusalem Resident cardholders are available only at the box office.

Tickets	NIS
Adults	54
Students	39
Children and teens (aged 5 to 17) Free on Tues and Sat (except groups and workshops)	27
Senior Citizen (Upon presentation of official Israeli Ezrach Vatik ID) (Cannot be purchased online)	27
Senior Citizen (Upon presentation of official Senior Citizen International ID) (Cannot be purchased online)	39
Disabled	27
Soldier / National Service (Upon presentation of suitable ID)	Free
Repeat Visit (within 3 months) (No double discounts)	27
Free admission for children (aged 5 to 17) throughout August (does not apply to groups and does not include performances and workshops)

Leumi 1+1 cardholders, Discount on tickets purchased in advance on the Leumi Card website, (No double discounts)

Please note: Tickets to the Museum are valid for two years from the date of purchase.
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Free audio guide for hearing impaired visitors included with all tickets.

Terms and conditions

Tickets may be purchased online only at full cost for adults
Collection of tickets is conditional upon presentation of the credit card used to purchase the tickets
A ticket is valid until the stub is torn from the ticket or until the bar code is scanned at the entrance to the Museum
A ticket is valid only for one admission and one reentry on the day of the visit
There are no multiple discounts
Admission tickets to the Museum do not include admission to events, performances, or workshops to which additional fees are charged
Possession of an admission ticket only permits the visitor to enter the Museum campus
Tickets may be collected at the ticket office or at automated ticket vendors, located at the Museum Entrance Pavilion

Female figurine

Iron Age I, 12th century BCE

Pottery

H: 17 cm

Israel Antiquities Authority

IAA:

1968-1139

Archaeology/Israelite & Persian Periods

Photo © Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Meidad Suchowolski

This schematic figurine of a woman whose body merges with her throne is nicknamed "Ashdoda," after Ashdod, the city in which it was found. It seems to have been inspired by figurines of seated women from Greece. In some of them, the woman is shown holding a child. Thus they may represent a mother goddess.

From the Israel Museum publications:

Hestrin, Ruth, The Philistines and the other Sea Peoples, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 1970

The Israel Museum, Publisher: Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 2005

Zalmona, Yigal, ed., The Israel Museum at 40: Masterworks of Beauty and Sanctity, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 2005

Exhibitions:

Philistines and the other Sea People, Israel Museum, Jerusalem, 10/03/1970 - 31/10/1970

Digital presentation of this object was made possible by:

The Ridgefield Foundation, New York, in memory of Henry J. and Erna D. Leir