HaReut Museum, Heritage museum in Ramot Naftali, Israel.
HaReut Museum stands beside Metzudat Koach, the British Mandate police fortress whose capture in 1948 it documents. Its four exhibition halls, memorial corner, auditorium and courtyard cover about 300 square metres. The courtyard exposes the fortress's northern wall, where the second attack's force was hit, and displays Emanuel Hatzofe's sculpture "HaReut".
The British police station at Metzudat Koach was captured in 1948 during the War of Independence; the second assault on the fortress cost the Palmach's Dafna training group twelve members and three commanders. In January 2011 development began as a national heritage project, and a large underground water reservoir previously unknown was found beneath the fortress. The museum opened in January 2014, closed on 7 October 2023 after blast damage during the Iron Swords war, and reopened on 14 January 2025.
The museum is named after "Shir HaReut" by Haim Gouri and Haim Hefer, and a sculpture titled "HaReut" by Emanuel Hatzofe stands in the courtyard. Exhibits also cover the Palmach training group from Kibbutz Dafna, twelve of whose members and three commanders fell in the second battle for the fortress.
The museum is accessible by regular bus service that provides direct access to Ramot Naftali. The nearest major town Nahariya serves as a convenient departure point for visitors.
During the January 2011 groundwork, excavations beneath Metzudat Koach uncovered a large underground water reservoir whose existence had not been known before. The museum courtyard also exposes the fortress's northern wall for the first time, showing the spot where the breaching force was hit in the second attack and where the demolition team was struck, plus a grenade-throwing box on the first floor.
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