Bloomfield Science Museum, Jerusalem – Visitors Guide

Bloomfield Science Museum is a lovely attraction for families. There are many hands-on exhibitions and workshops.

Note: for similar attractions, check out Science Museums in Israel.

Map

Bloomfield Science Museum is located near other museums in the city, and its address is Sderot HaMuze’onim 3, Jerusalem.

Directions for drivers: Link to Waze and Link to Google Maps
Directions for public transport: Link to Moovit

Interactive map of the area:

Opening Hours

Sunday: Closed
Monday – Thursday: 10:00 – 18:00
Friday: 10:00 – 14:00
Saturday: 10:00 – 16:00

Entrance Fee

Adult/child (5 years old and older): 50 NIS
Children under 5: free
Student, soldier, police officer, disabled visitor: 40 NIS
Senior: 25 NIS
Family ticket: 180 NIS.

We purchased tickets at the museum entrance. But you can also buy tickets over the phone.

Notes:

• Opening hours and ticket prices were updated in December 2022. In any case, recheck the official site before visiting.
• Entrance fees during events will be higher.

Coupons and Discounts

You can find different coupons online. And if your credit card does not have relevant offerings, you can purchase through cpnclub. They offer about a 15% discount.

Parking

Parking in many regions of Jerusalem can be problematic. There is free parking in front of the Bloomfield Science Museum, but it is a small parking lot (about two dozen spaces). You can also park on the nearby street (blue and white curbs), but there are few spaces. Thus, my solution was simple: come early. Or, more specifically, come toward the museum’s opening.

Events and Workshops

Another tip is to check the official website for different events and workshops. During our visit, we participated in one free class. We also saw another paid course, but since we were not aware of it taking place, we have not bought tickets in advance.

What Ages is Bloomfield Science Museum Suited for?

The smaller the children, the less they will understand. It may be why children under five years old enter for free. But, I think both children (except babies) and adults can enjoy Bloomfield Science Museum. Instead of looking at the age, I would suggest checking what exhibitions, events, and workshops are taking place, and if those topics interest you, then go.

At Bloomfield Science Museum

I will tell you about one of our visits in the following section. And though the exhibitions are changing, you will know what to expect.

After parking in front of the museum, we headed toward the entrance. And on our way was saw this sundial.

This interactive type of sundial developed in the 16th century and is called the Analemmatic sundial. Your shadow will show the time when you stand on the date border.

In the reflection of these mirrors, you can see an information stand. You can find general information there and the timetable for the workshops.

Discovering Levers Exhibition

Usually, after long rides, kids want to do something physical. To let off some steam. And the first several rooms, which belong to the discovering levers exhibition, are perfect for this.

There are different handles kids can rotate, move balls, and run a little. For example, in the photo above, you can see an exhibit that demonstrates different sounds depending on the metal plate size when being hit by a ball.

And this is a pulley lift. It demonstrates how you can easily lift heavy things using pulleys. At the far end, a person stands in the elevator, and you can pull either using a straight rope or a cord that goes through all the pulleys. And while using the straight one, you can barely lift, kids can elevate their parents using the cable that goes through all the pulleys.

You can find several exhibits with balls rolling around the room by the pulley lift. There is also a sand playground outside.

But we headed back towards the hall next to the main entrance since it was time for the sugar workshop.

Sugar Workshop

There were several sugar workshops on that day. Each class was about twenty minutes, and the content was pretty impressive. The problem was they were continually having technical difficulties. First, the microphone did not work. Then it barely worked, but the computer did not work. But I learned several interesting things.

First of all, sugar contains energy. Thus, if you throw sugar on fire, the flame will grow as if you poured gasoline.

Secondly, water with sugar is denser than regular water. Thus if you put a regular coca cola can in the water, it will drown. But if you put cola zero, the can will float (there is no sugar in zero; instead, there are some sugar replacements).

You can all use this method to determine how much sugar there is in a product. Our guide put cherry tomatoes into the water, and they drowned. But then he added some sugar to the water and stirred it. And repeated this process until around seven tablespoons of sugar were added to the water. At this stage, the tomatoes floated. Floating means the amount of sugar in the tomatoes and the water is equal.

We climbed to the second floor when the sugar workshop ended and found an Electricity Exhibition.

Electricity Exhibition

Most of the Bloomfield Science Museum exhibits are interactive and aimed at kids. For example, the solar airplane exhibit had lights next to the ceiling. Using one of the three rotatable mirrors, you can reflect the light to the solar panels of planes. As light hits the solar panels, the aircraft starts to move.