Nazareth Village, Open-air museum in Nazareth, Israel

Nazareth Village is an open-air museum featuring reconstructed buildings, terraced fields, wine presses, and olive presses from the first century. The site demonstrates the agricultural practices and daily life that took place in this region two thousand years ago.

Nazareth Village was founded in 2000 by the Nazareth Hospital on agricultural land at the edge of Nazareth. The site preserves the area's last remaining first-century wine press, along with restored terraces, an irrigation system and a stone quarry. Archaeologists guided the reconstruction of first-century houses, a synagogue, a watchtower, a mikveh and olive presses using period building methods and materials.

Staff members wear period clothing and demonstrate traditional crafts and farming methods that were common in the first century. Visitors can observe how people organized their daily activities and household routines in that era.

Visitors should wear comfortable shoes as the site has outdoor paths and uneven terrain. Guided tours are offered several days a week and can be arranged in different languages.

The site preserves Nazareth's last remaining first-century wine press, found on the agricultural land where the museum was later built. The original farm was restored with its ancient wine press, terraces, irrigation system and stone quarry, and the reconstructed synagogue, watchtower, mikveh and olive presses follow first-century Galilean building methods and materials as established by archaeologists.