8 August 2022 | Author/Destination: Levant / Levante | Category: General, Museums, Exhibitions, Union for the Mediterranean
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The Ben-Gurion House is a
historic house museum in
Tel Aviv, which served as the family home of
pre-State Zionist leader and then first
Defense and
Prime Minister of
Israel,
David Ben-Gurion, between 1931 and 1953. Until his death in 1973 it continued serving as an additional residence, along with two others, one private – “
Ben-Gurion’s hut” at
Kibbutz Sde Boker in the
Negev (known as his desert home), and the official residence as
Prime Minister of Israel during his multiple terms as head of government. The latter, known as Julius Jacobs House, is located in
Rehavia,
West Jerusalem. Ben-Gurion House is located at 17, Ben-Gurion Boulevard in northern
Tel Aviv.
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