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Tours for the general public
We invite you to join our guided tours in English for the general public.
Get to know the new home of Israel's greatest cultural treasures. Discover your story, and our story.
Tour duration: 1.5 hours
Gain individual access to the most fascinating items in our collections!
A ticket to "The Treasures" includes:
Audio-guide headsets in English are available.
Please note that entry to the National Library itself is free of charge. Purchasing a ticket to "The Treasures" grants access to the above exhibitions.
When to Come?
Sunday-Wednesday – 9am-6pm
Thursday – 2pm-10pm
Fridays and holiday eve – 9am-1pm
More on the Visit
Age: Visits and tours of the Library are suitable for children, adults, and everyone in between, particularly from reading age (7) and up.
Visit duration: The tour itself lasts about an hour and a half. You are invited to stay as long as you’d like when your tour is over :)
Would you like to visit us as a group? Contact us at [email protected] or by phone: 074-7336170
"A Treasury of Words" is on display in the William Davidson Permanent Exhibitions Gallery at the National Library of Israel.
Our rotating exhibitions are on display in the Helen Diller Family Rotating Exhibitions Gallery at the National Library of Israel.
Our interactive video display can be found in the Younes and Soraya Nazarian Experiential Center at the National Library of Israel.
The concert is produced in coordination with the Confederation House, Jerusalem
Yagel Haroush and the Shir Yedidut Ensemble join up with musician Aviv Bahar to offer new interpretations of ancient piyutim (Jewish liturgical hymns).
Haroush and Bahar's friendship of many years has produced wonderful compositions that incorporate western folk music and harmonies while still preserving the subtle and unique sounds of the east.
This concert seeks to transform the audience into an inseparable part of the band, and the concert hall into a house of prayer, even for mere moments.
Yagel Haroush – kamancheh | Uriah Haroush – oud | Yair Ofir – bass, contrabass | Ariel Smith – percussion | Shlomo Ilan Kenan – guitars | Guest artist: Aviv Bahar – oud, kopuz, guitar
Ticket price: 100 ₪
Special discount price available for senior citizens, students, soldiers and Jerusalem Card holders. Please call 074-7336170
One of Israel's best rock musicians in a live outdoor summer concert
There is no one like Berry Sakharof.
His unique voice and unmistakable guitar sound have influenced generations of Israeli musicians for years, accumulating a massive dedicated following along the way.
Sakharof's concerts are considered the pinnacle of Israeli rock music and include songs from across his long and varied career.
Performing onstage with Berry:
Nir Mansour – drums
Gidi Raz – samplers and guitars
Oren Luttenberg – electric guitars
Beno Hendler – bass
Yonatan Deskal – keyboards
This concert will be held outdoors, no reserved seating.
Gates open: 8 pm
Ticket price: 170₪
The internationally-acclaimed artist arrives for an outdoor summer concert at the NLI
Three years after the release of her acclaimed album "Kids", and after performing on the stages of some of the world's leading music festivals, Noga Erez arrives at the National Library of Israel for a special concert featuring new songs, just before the release of an exciting new album!
Gates open: 8 pm
Ticket price: 129 ₪
The concert will be held outdoors, no reserved seating.
One of Israel's most exciting and popular artists in an outdoor summer concert at the NLI
Eviatar Banai has been one of Israel's most exciting and popular artists for several decades now.
His songs deal with life itself, and everything underneath the surface.
Eviatar and his band will perform his beloved songs which connect us to who we are, and to one another.
Performing onstage with Eviatar:
Tamir Muskat | Musical production, programming, samplers and drums
Roei Hermon | Keyboards, samplers and trumpet
Yogev Glusman | Electric guitar and electric bass
Itamar Ziegler | Bass and electric guitar
The concert will be held outdoors, no reserved seating
Gates open: 8 pm
Ticket price: 159 ₪
Oren Kessler, author of "Palestine 1936: The Great Revolt and the Roots of the Middle East Conflict", wins 2024 Sami Rohr Prize for Jewish Literature
The National Library of Israel is documenting the events of October 7 and their aftermath. We are also documenting the response of Jewish communities worldwide.
Entry to the reading halls is only permitted to those in possession of a library card.
Now open at the National Library of Israel: "As Promised" - The Taube Family Bookshop