The Israel National Museum of Science, Technology, and Space (also known as Madatech) ( MadaTek - HaMuze'on HaLe'umi LeMada, Tekhnologya VeHalal) is a science

Science

Science is a systematic enterprise that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe...

 and technology

Technology

Technology is the making, usage, and knowledge of tools, machines, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or perform a specific function. It can also refer to the collection of such tools, machinery, and procedures. The word technology comes ;...

 museum

Museum

A museum is an institution that cares for a collection of artifacts and other objects of scientific, artistic, cultural, or historical importance and makes them available for public viewing through exhibits that may be permanent or temporary. Most large museums are located in major cities...

 in the city of Haifa

Haifa

Haifa is the largest city in northern Israel, and the third-largest city in the country, with a population of over 268,000. Another 300,000 people live in towns directly adjacent to the city including the cities of the Krayot, as well as, Tirat Carmel, Daliyat al-Karmel and Nesher...

, Israel

Israel

The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...

.

The museum, established in 1984, is housed in a historic building that was designed as the first home of the Technion — Israel Institute of Technology‎, until it relocated to its current campus. The architect was Alexander Baerwald

Alexander Baerwald

Alexander Baerwald was a German Jewish architect best known for his work in Haifa, Israel.Baerwald was born in Berlin, Germany on 3 March 1877. He studied at the Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg , interrupted by the summer semester 1898 at the Technische Hochschule of Munich...

, a German Jewish immigrant, who began working on the building in 1912. On a visit to the Technion in 1923, Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history...

planted one of the palm trees in the courtyard, which can still be seen today.
The museum has approximately 200,000 visitors annually.

External links

• National Museum of Science, Technology and Space at ilMuseums.com