Mishkan Museum of Art (Mishkan LeOmanut, ) is an Israeli art museum located on the grounds of Kibbutz Ein Harod Meuhad.
History Mishkan LeOmanut was the first rural museum in Israel and the first museum run by a kibbutz. One of the kibbutz members, painter , organized an "art corner" in his studio, a small wooden hut, in 1937. It developed into a museum specializing in the work of Jewish artists from the Diaspora and Jewish folk art.Encyclopedia Judaica, Art at Ein Harod, 1973 Yearbook, 1973, Keter Publishing, Jerusalem"Mishkan LeOmanut" Museum of Art, Ein Harod Today it is one of Israel's major art institutions.
An imposing museum building, designed by an architect , was inaugurated in 1948.About Ein Harod Museum of Art Later the building became a source of inspiration for some of the 20th century's leading architects, among them Louis Kahn and Renzo Piano.Mishkan Le’Omanut and the Ideal of the 20th-Century Museum
During construction of the museum, the 1952 split of Ein Harod into Ein Harod (Ihud) and Ein Harod (Meuhad) happened, but the museum was preserved as the joint institution for the split kibbutzim. The museum was declared as a "heritage site" by the Council for Conservation of Heritage Sites in Israel.
See also List of Israeli museums Israeli art
References
External links Ein Harod museum The Man with the Pumpkin Head, Exhibition at the Ein Harod Museum, Orna Bromberg, Moshe Mirski, Keren Russo, May 2009