Culture of Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv University is the largest university in Israel. It has an excellent reputation internationally, mostly famous for its physics, computer science and chemistry departments.

There are many cultural centers in Tel Aviv, including the Opera House (where Placido Domingo, together with his wife Marta, spent 2 and a half early years, from 1962 to 1965) as well as the Culture Hall (with a 3,000 seat concert hall). Tel Aviv also has many theatre companies and theatre halls, HaBima ("The Stage") is the most recognized.

Tel Aviv has many museums and art galleries.
The Eretz Israel Museum is known for its rich collection of archaeology and history exhibits.
The major art museum in Israel is the Tel Aviv Arts Museum.
Batey Haosef Museum is a museum for the military history of the Israel Defense Forces. It is regarded by many experts and arms collectors as a real jewel, containing rare exhibits and authentic pieces from Israel’s history as well as a wide variety of firearms and pictures.
The Palmach Museum near Tel Aviv University offers a unique multimedia experience, as well as vast archives, depicting the lives of young self-trained Jewish soldiers who eventually became the first defenders of Israel.
Near Charles Clore’s garden in north Jaffa, Israel, there is a small museum of the Etzel Jewish millitant organization, one of whose achievements was conquering Jaffa into Israeli control in the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
In the campus of TAU is the Jewish Diaspora Museum, dedicated to Jewish history throughout the world. Carrying both historical documents and art, the museum tells the story of Jewish prosperity and prosecution throughout the centuries of exile.

In July 2003, Tel Aviv’s White City was announced unanimously by the UNESCO council as a World Heritage Site, due to its massive assemblage of the Bauhaus International Style buildings, the city’s most precious architectural style.

Tel Aviv hosts the largest Gay Pride Parade in Israel, drawing upwards of 100,000 people. Tel Aviv is known for its openness as well as its thriving night life.