Ilana goor biography
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Ilana goor biography
Ilana Goor Museum
Museum in Jaffa, Israel
Ilana Goor Museum or Ilana Goor Residence and Museum (Hebrew: מוזיאון אילנה גור) is an Israeli museum situated in the historical part of Jaffa, the Mediterranean port town south of Tel Aviv.
The museum was founded in 1995 by Ilana Goor, an artist, designer and sculptor.[1][2][3] Its eclectic collection has been called an "artistic jungle", but Goor considers it to have been her own "university".[4]
History
The building now housing the Ilana Goor Museum was originally erected in 1742.[2] At that time it was used as an inn for Jewish pilgrims travelling to Jerusalem.
The inn, located outside the city walls, served as a shelter, protecting the pilgrims from robbers.[5] In the second half of the 19th century it became a factory for olive oil soap. Yet another century later, in 1949 and thus by now within the newly created State of Israel, a community of Libyan Jews were us