Ben-Gurion Hut, Southern District, Israel
4.5 (27 reviews) Spent 1-2 hours Ranking #4 in Ramat Negev Speciality Museums • History Museums
Nicely laid out and interesting
The first Prime Minister of Israel, David Ben-Gurion, is regarded as one of the most important individuals in modern Israeli history. Upon his retirement from politics he moved to a small Kibbutz in the middle of the Negev. This "desert home" is where Ben-Gurion spent the last years of his life, and per his will, was kept in its original condition and made into a museum for the public.
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, Sde Boker, Israel.
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http://www.bgh.org.il/Web/En/Default.aspx
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4.5 based on (27 reviews)
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5igal27 5:00 PM Nov 26, 2018
Interesting piece of early Israeli history
It's fascinating to see how this great man from early modern Israeli history gave up politics and everything else in the "big city", to move to the Negev to work and set up house in a desert "shack". It's a little more comfortable than a shack/hut (even during those early days, he had an air conditioner in every room!), but it's still far below the standard of living you'd expect someone of Ben Gurion's stature to have. The whole complex is very well set up, perfectly clean, and interesting to see. Definitely worth a visit.
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5Anon 5:00 PM Jan 20, 2022
Scenic and majestic
Perched at the top of a gorge between Ovdat and Zin creek, the tombs look into eternity, with a herd of ibexes looking after them. A place for quiet reflections.
