Open Museum Tefen‏, Open-air museum in Migdal Tefen, Israel

The Open Museum Tefen is an art museum within an industrial park that brings together several collections in one location. The site includes art installations, a gallery, an automobile museum, and exhibition spaces about German-speaking Jewish history.

The Open Museum Tefen was founded in 1983 by industrialist Stef Wertheimer, who acted on a proposal from Amos Kenan. At the end of 1985 an open-air sculpture garden was set up on dozens of dunams with about one hundred sculptures, and in April 1987 an indoor exhibition hall opened in one of the industrial buildings. The site later grew into four museums, which closed after the Wertheimer family sold the Tefen Industrial Park in 2021.

The museum preserves the history of German-speaking Jewish communities through collections that show their traditions and influence. Visitors can see how these communities shaped the culture in their adopted home.

The museums closed in 2021 after the Wertheimer family sold the Tefen Industrial Park, so there are no opening hours to plan around. The sculpture garden's roughly one hundred works were dispersed to other museums, and the German-speaking Jewry collection passed to the University of Haifa and the Hecht Museum. Check with those institutions before travelling to Migdal Tefen.

The collection of vintage and classic vehicles shows not just engineering but also stories of the people who owned them. Many pieces are rare and provide glimpses into different chapters of automotive history.