Exhibitions

Dr. Ramy Klein, a marine biologist, photographer, and writer, exemplifies the boundlessness of the sea by transcending the unseen barriers between scientific research, art, and poetry. To reflect the interplay between these three axes of intellect, vision, and emotion in Dr. Klein’s work, this exhibition is organized in three parts, showcasing his exploration of the marine environment through underwater photography.

The phenomenon of piracy - piracy - has evolved since man began trading in ships, and it has flourished mainly in areas of loose rule. Piracy existed in ancient times in the Mediterranean and the Sea of China and reached its peak in the seventeenth century in the Atlantic Ocean, with the rise of European colonialism and the development of trade routes with the "New World".

The exhibition 'SOS!' seeks to provoke thought about the changing relationship between us and the sea - after man, who always felt vulnerable in the face of dangerous sea forces, in our time made the sea extremely vulnerable and caused ecological destruction of the marine environment.

Mythology is a genre of stories, usually of gods and heroes, created in order to explain natural or social phenomena, religious concepts, customs, ceremonies, and even the origins of the names of cities and countries.

In his allegorical work "Altneuland", Theodore Herzl envisioned Haifa as a city with a large, busy port from which ships bearing an emblem of seven stars set out for all parts of the world. His suggestion for the national flag, which was not accepted by the national establishments, was adopted by the national maritime company when it was formed.

One of the most important and rare discoveries of underwater archaeology in Israel is that of the Athlit ram. It was discovered by the late Yehoshua Ramon in 1980, in the northern bay of Athlit, and was retrieved from the sea by the staff and students of the Maritime Civilizations Department at the Centre for Marine Studies at Haifa University.

One of the concerns of seafarers of all times has been how to halt their vessel in mid-ocean when necessary. The first sailors solved the problem by lowering a rock tied to a rope onto the sea-bed.

Mathematical instruments are intended for measuring angles and distances, and are applied to astronomy, topography and navigation. Some have wider uses as drawing instruments or to measure time. Very few have been left from ancient times. Some Chinese jades, some Greek terra-cottas, some bronze fragments are all that remain from those early periods.

The lands of the Mediterranean and the Red Sea were always connected with the sea and the rivers. Already in the earliest periods boats traversed the rivers and the coasts of the sea. In these lands was born and developed the art of seafaring, at least as far as the western world is concerned.

During the 15th-16th centuries maritime exploration and colonization reached a peak. It was a decisive phase between the Middle Ages and the beginning of Modern Times.