Netanya Museum, Heritage museum in Netanya, Israel.
Beit HaB'eer, the Netanya Museum, is a building from the Pardes HaGdud farm founded in 1927, two years before Netanya itself. It stood on the eastern side of a rectangular courtyard, with the farm manager's room on its upper floor and orchards planted around the complex. Today it holds a museum on the city's first twenty years, 1928–1948, and the farm's still-working first water well.
The building is the surviving water house of Pardes HaGdud, a farm founded in 1927 by five veterans of the Jewish Legion, two years before Netanya itself. The farm ran as an independent community with several families and a school, and before statehood it served as a base for Haganah operations. The museum now covers the city's first twenty years, 1928–1948.
The exhibition displays how immigrants shaped the city through their stories and personal belongings from different periods. Visitors can see how the community took form and learn about the people who built it.
Beit HaB'eer stands in the Pardes HaGdud neighbourhood in the north of Netanya, not in the city centre. Guided tours and activity sheets for children are run on site, and the first water well of Netanya can be seen still drawing water. Confirm current opening times before setting out.
The building stands on the eastern side of Pardes HaGdud, a farm laid out as a rectangular courtyard, and the farm manager lived on its upper floor. The well inside still pumps water, and the manager's room keeps authentic objects and tools from the Mandate period.
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