Tel Aviv Museum Places In World’s Top 100 Art Museums

Tel Aviv Museum of Art has been included in a list of the top 100 most popular art museums in the world for the sixth consecutive time. 

The museum which was placed at number 75, is Israel’s largest art museum. It displays modern and contemporary art from Israel and around the world, including a permanent exhibit that includes the work of Van Gogh, Monet and Picasso. 

The annual ranking was published in the Art Newspaper, an international art magazine, and included the number of visitors at each location. 

According to the magazine, the museum had nearly one million visitors in 2023. It places Tel Aviv Museum alongside world-famous institutions like the British Museum and the Louvre in Paris. 

The plaza outside the museum is known as Hostages Square, the site of a permanent protest by the loved ones of the abductees who were dragged into Gaza by the Hamas terrorist organization on October 7. 

“It is exciting and significant to win international recognition these days and to be placed among the leading museums in the world. This achievement gains additional validity in light of the fact that the museum was closed to the public for two whole months with the outbreak of the war,” said the museum director Tania Coen Uzzielli. 

“I am grateful to the large crowd of visitors who chose to come to the Tel Aviv Museum of Art and who continue to visit even in these difficult times. Thanks to them and to the creative and valuable work of the museum staff, we continue to be committed to presenting the best local and international art.”