Chaim Weizmann Museum
Chaim
Weizmann was a chemist, statesman, President
of the World Zionist Organization,
and the first President of Israel
He became famous because he was the first to find out
how to use bacterial fermentation to produce large quantities of the
desired substances and is nowadays considered to be the father of industrial
fermentation.
In 1917, he worked with Lord
Balfour on the Balfour
Declaration. A founder of so-called synthetic
Zionism, Weizmann
supported grass-roots colonization efforts
as well as higher-level diplomatic activity.
Siding with neither Labor
Zionism on the
left nor Revisionist
Zionism on the right,
Weizmann was generally associated with the
centrist General
Zionists.
On January 3, 1919, he and King Faisal I of Iraq signed the Weizmann-Faisal
Agreement establishing the relations between Arabs and Jews in the Middle East. When Israel was founded in 1948, Weizmann
became the first president.
At Rehovoth, where he lived, Weizmann founded a research
institute (now the Weizmann
Institute of Science).
The museum itself tells the story of Weizmann's life
through photographs, documents, and memorabilia. The Chaim Weizmann
Museum also offers a short film screening upon entering the building.
The film gives a background of Chaim Weizmann and is called "A
King without a Kingdom."
The Chaim Weizmann Museum is open Sunday, 10-4; Monday through Thursday,
9-4.
The museum is located in the Weizmann Institute of Science campus.
There is an entrance fee.
Phone number: 972-8-9344500
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