Tefen sculpture garden
The Tefen Sculpture Garden ( Hebrew גַּן הַפְּסָלים בְּתֵּפֶן, translit. : gan ha-psalīm bə-Tefen) is part of the Tefen Open Museum (הַמּוּזֵיאוֹן הַפָּתוּחַ תֵּפֶן, translit .: ha-Mūzey'ōn ha-Patūach Tefen) in the industrial district of Migdal Tefen (מִגְדָּל תֵּפֶן), an industrial area with municipal status (מוֹעָצָה מְקוֹמִית תַּעֲשִׂיָּתִית, translit .: mō'atzah məqōmīt ta'asiyyatīt) between Karmi'el and Maʿalot-Tarshiha in Galilee in the northern district of Israel .
The Tefen Open Museum is the cultural part of the Tefen Industrial Park . It is a concept that was implemented in 1982 by entrepreneur and philanthropist Stef Wertheimer . It consists of museums, including the Museum of German-speaking Judaism , a gallery and a sculpture garden .
More than 100 modern works of art created by Israeli sculptors since 1920 are on display in the sculpture park, including:
- Achiam
- Ilan Averbuch
- Ya'acov Dorchin
- Dov Feigin
- Michael Gross
- Menashe Kadishman
- Shlomo Selinger
- Yigal Tumarkin
- Micha Ullman
Two other sculpture parks of the same concept are set up in Israel, the Open Museum of Photography Tel-Hai with the Tel-Hai sculpture garden in Tel Chai in the north of Kirjat Schmona and the Open Museum of Omer with the Omer sculpture garden in Omer nearby from Beersheba in southern Israel.
Photo gallery
Achiam: Horn Player (1964)
Micha Ullman: Havdalah (1988)
Menashe Kadishman: Birth (1989)
Amos Kenan : Messiah (1966)
Web links
- Tefen Sculpture Park website (Hebrew)
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 32 ° 58 ′ 46.2 " N , 35 ° 16 ′ 35.5" E