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TheHerzl Museum is a museum inJerusalem, which deals with activities and vision ofTheodor Herzl. The museum is located at the main entrance plaza toMount Herzl.
Shortly after Herzl's death, theAnglo–Palestine Bank acquired about 2,000dunams (2.0 km2) in south-centralPalestine, where theHulda Forest is located today, for a farm and a large building that would house the farm's management and double as a museum dedicated to Herzl. However, the museum was not created and only in 1960s one was built onMount Herzl inJerusalem. The museum included exhibits on Herzl's life, including a reproduction of hisstudy inVienna. In 2000 it was closed due to poor maintenance, but reopened in 2005, following the centenary of Herzl's death.
The new museum includes four audiovisual4D film exhibits: one about Herzl's path toZionism, the second about his activities in the Zionist political movements, the third showcasing his study, and the fourth comparing Herzl's vision for Israel as outlined in his bookThe Old New Land to Israel's achievements in practice. The museum complex includes two educational centers for Zionism-related studies, one named afterAryeh Tzimuki and the other after Stella and Alexander Margolis. The museum is managed by theWorld Zionist Organization.
Situated between the Herzl Museum and the Stella and Alexander Margulies Education Center, the Norman Garden is named for Herzl's grandsonStephen Norman. It is a place for groups and students to gather to hear about Mount Herzl. On one wall of the garden, a quote from Norman, in 1945, is inscribed: “You would be amazed at the Jewish youth in Palestine – they have the mark of freedom."[1]
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