Welcom to Mizgaga Museum

The Glass Factory Museum (Ha'mizgaga)

The Glassworks Museum is housed in an impressive two-story stone structure in the heart of Kibbutz Nahsholim on the Carmel coast. It was built in 1891 by Baron Rothschild as a factory for producing glass wine bottles. Meir Dizengoff, who was later to become mayor of Tel-Aviv, was appointed manager of the factory. Because of the numerous difficulties – malaria, the local sand's unsuitability for glassmaking, and a lack of profitability – the factory was closed and abandoned within five years of its opening. In 1980, members of Kibbutz Nahsholim began to restore the structure. At the same time archaeological excavations were begun at Tel Dor and nearby bays, and the factory became a charming and unusual museum.