Isaac Kaplan Old Court Yeshuv Museum (MKYHYK)

• National

Founded in 1974 by the Teddy Kolek and the Wingerten foundations.

Most of the collection dates back from the 1930s-1940s with some older artefacts and documents.

The museum holds permanent and temporary exhibitions related to Jerusalem residents between the walls from the 18th century Ottoman period until the fall of the Old City in 1948. The proposed exhibitions illustrate everyday and daily life as well as specific topics such as wedding, birth or police service.

The archival collection in the museum has been gathered from families and individuals who used to live in the Old City: Abraham Kislinger family, Gineo family, Dinovitch family, the Mimaran family complete collection of letters and other documents. It focuses on the Jewish community before 1948. The material include a diary of a Jewish soldier in the Turkish army, the shopping accounts of a wealthy family, some Turkish birth certificates, 15 manuscripts, 250 books, a collection of 100 posters and a large photo collection.

• December - February: Sunday - Thursday: 10: 1500, 10: 00-13: 00
• March-November: Sunday through Thursday: 10: 1500, 10: 00-13: 00

Entry prepared on November 2018.

http://www.oyc.co.il/en/
Jerusalem historical libraries and archives revisited, Revised report prepared for Open Jerusalem, October 2014, Merav Mack

Author: Open Jerusalem http://www.openjerusalem.org/