Fodor's Expert Review Beit Ha'ir

Catch up on Tel Aviv's remarkable history at this historical museum in the original 1924 municipal building, an architectural masterpiece that has been lovingly restored. Among the exhibits highlighting the progress of the last century is a brief film tracing the city's development from huts in the sand to gleaming apartment towers. There's also a pretty patchwork floor made up of colorful tiles typical of vintage buildings and the restored office of the city's first mayor, Meir Dizengoff, with the original map of Tel Aviv hanging on a wall.