Wujood Cultural Center & Museum
Step Inside Jerusalem's Living Memory
An immersive daily-life museum and hands-on heritage experiences — culinary, cultural, and deeply personal. A place where Jerusalem’s story is not told at you, but shared with you.
About the Museum
A Museum That Moves You
Wujoud Museum is not a place you pass through — it is a place you inhabit. Our permanent daily-life museum recreates the textures, objects, and rhythms of Palestinian everyday life across generations, telling the story of this city through the things its people made, used, loved, and left behind. A wooden bread board. An embroidered dress. A coffee set from another era. Objects that carry weight.
Beyond the galleries, we offer a range of experiential heritage tours that are as much encounter as education. Visitors cook traditional recipes, learn crafts, hear stories, and leave having touched something real — something that cannot be experienced in any other place in Jerusalem.
We welcome school groups, international tourists, heritage and diaspora travelers, researchers, and anyone who wants to know this city from the inside out.
Choose Your Experience
Whether you have 60 minutes or a half-day, Wujoud has an experience shaped for you. Each option below can be booked individually or as part of a group visit.
The Daily Life Museum
Permanent collection. Self-guided or guided visits. Material culture of Palestinian daily life across generations — domestic objects, textiles, tools, and clothing. Duration: 60–90 minutes.
Culinary Heritage Tour
Hands-on. Visitors prepare and share a traditional Palestinian meal — learning not just the recipe, but its history, its occasion, and its meaning. Duration: 2–3 hours. Group sizes available.
Cultural Heritage Tour
A guided immersion into the layered cultural identity of Jerusalem — combining the museum collection with storytelling and craft demonstrations. Duration: 2 hours. Available in English and Arabic.
School & Youth Programs
Specially designed experiences for school groups combining curriculum-linked education with hands-on engagement. Brings Palestinian heritage alive in a way no textbook can. Enquire for custom programming.
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Plan Your Visit
- Location: David Street, Jaffa Gate Market, Old City of Jerusalem
- Opening Hours: [Days and Times]
- Languages: English · Arabic · [Other]
- Accessibility: [Accessibility information]
- General admission: [Price]
- Concessions / Students: [Price]
- School groups: By arrangement
- Experiential tours: [Price range — please contact us]
- Phone: 02-6260916
- Email: wujood.museum@myrrhbearersjerusalem.org
For International & Diaspora Visitors
Whether you are visiting for the first time or returning to a city that is part of you, Wujoud offers a way to know it more deeply. Our guides speak English and Arabic, and our experiences are designed to welcome everyone — whatever brings you here.
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Find Us
Reach Wujoud Museum during opening hours, or send us a message. We are here to welcome you.
- 02-6260916
- wujood.museum@myrrhbearersjerusalem.org
- David Street, Jaffa Gate Market, Old City of Jerusalem