Independence Hall, Heritage site and museum on Rothschild Boulevard, Tel Aviv, Israel.

Independence Hall is a 1930s building on Rothschild Boulevard in Tel Aviv with white walls and large windows in the international style of that era. Inside, visitors find rooms where the state declaration took place in 1948, with exhibits documenting this event.

Meir and Tsina Dizengoff received plot 43 in the 1909 lottery of the Ahuzat Bayit founding families and built their home there in 1910. After Tsina's death in 1930, Meir turned it into the city's first art museum, opened in 1932 and enlarged by architect Dov Hershkovitz in 1933. On 14 May 1948 at 16:00 David Ben-Gurion read the declaration of independence in its hall.

The declaration hall was restored for Israel's 30th anniversary in 1978, with original furniture and items gathered and missing pieces faithfully reproduced. Chairs carry the names of the 350 invitees, and the wall holds Theodor Herzl's portrait between two flags. Visitors hear rare recordings of Ben-Gurion's speech, Rabbi Fishman-Maimon's blessing and the Philharmonic playing Hatikvah.

The building is centrally located on Rothschild Boulevard and easily reached on foot. Visitors should allow time to explore the exhibits, and guided tours in multiple languages help provide deeper context about what they see.

The hall was readied in 24 hours on a budget of 150 lirot by graphic designer Oteh Wallish, who placed Herzl's portrait between two flags. Because the text was still being argued over, the 25 council members signed a blank parchment; Wallish added the calligraphy weeks later and sewed it to the signed sheet.