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We are the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History, Tel Aviv
Welcome to the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History – where you can have a different view of nature.
The museum presents Israel’s national treasures of nature, selected from a scientific collection of five and a half million items. In its exhibitions you will see thousands of items gathered through the years, in rare exhibits and displays that tell the story of the natural world around us.
The mission of the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History at Tel Aviv University is to inspire acquisition of knowledge, to promote understanding, and to reinforce our bonds with nature and our place within it – for the benefit of future generations.
The museum reveals scientific knowledge from research taking place within the museum itself and unique perspectives in an experiential, multi-sensory and enjoyable way, creating a special closeness and interaction with nature that cannot be experienced anywhere else.
Our Vision
The Steinhardt Museum of Natural History will serve as a source of inspiration and motivation for understanding the world of nature and its value for humans.
The museum will produce scientific knowledge and impart it to policy makers and the general public, encourage sustainable management of natural resources, and promote excellence in research and continued human development.
As the Israel national center for biodiversity studies, the Museum is the largest and most active hub for documentation and science in this field in Israel. As part of its public and scientific activity, the Museum supports environmental protection and agriculture in our region, promoting knowledge of nature, both local and global, and sharing its accumulated knowledge and scientific endeavors with the public.
More than five and a half million items, included in the natural history collections of Tel Aviv University, have been transferred to their new home at the Steinhardt Museum of Natural History. The collections provide documentation of the fauna and flora of Israel and the Middle East over thousands of years, alongside records of the historical and cultural development of the human species.
The Museum’s collections are used annually by hundreds of scientists and professionals from Israel and around the world, for research purposes, as well as for the development of knowledge and tools for managing and conserving ecosystems together with the sustainable use of natural resources. In addition, more than one hundred research students use the natural history collections every year, for their Master’s and PhD research projects.
