Mane-Katz Museum, Jewish art museum on Yefe Nof Street, Haifa, Israel.
The Mane-Katz Museum is an art museum in Haifa housing more than 500 paintings, sculptures, and graphic works created by Emmanuel Mané-Katz. The collection documents Eastern European Jewish communities through the artist's personal perspective and visual interpretation.
The artist bequeathed his entire collection to Haifa in 1958, leading to the museum's opening in 1977. This agreement allowed his life's work to remain together and be shared with the public in a dedicated space.
The collection displays paintings of Jewish life alongside antique furnishings and religious objects like menorahs and Torah crowns from different Eastern European communities. These pieces show the traditions and daily customs that the artist witnessed and recorded through his work.
The museum stands on Yefe Nof Street on the slopes of Mount Carmel, in the building that served as Mané-Katz's home and studio. It was closed in winter 2021 because it was not accessible to people with disabilities and remains temporarily closed as of March 2026. A plan exists to restore it and add a wing in the Meinz house across the street.
The museum's richest holding is not its paintings but a collection of Judaica: menorahs, Torah crowns, rimonim, curtains and inscriptions, alongside plaster and bronze statuettes, antique furniture and Oriental rugs. Most of these objects came from Katz's Paris home. Since winter 2021 the building has been closed because it is not accessible to people with disabilities, with plans to restore and expand it into an additional wing in the Meinz house across Yefe Nof Street.
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