Jerusalem’s YMCA was designed by the same architects who had executed the Empire State Building project in New York. YMCA Tower dominates over the other buildings in the neighborhood and contributes to the city’s skyline. The view from the top of the tower is magnificent and is well worth a visit. You will observe the traits of the Byzantine style and the influence of Christianity on the architecture of this building. It has for example 40 columns that recall the 40 days that Jesus spent in the desert.

The L.A. Mayer Institute for Islamic Art is a museum in Jerusalem, Israel, established in 1974. The museum was founded by Vera Bryce Salomons, daughter of Sir David Lionel Salomons, in memory of her professor, Leo Aryeh Mayer, rector of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, a scholar of Islamic art who died in 1959. It has nine galleries organized in hronological order, exploring the beliefs and art of Islamic civilization. A gallery in the museum also displays the David Salomons clock and watch collection.

The Jerusalem Theater is a center for the performing arts in Jerusalem, Israel. The theater opened in 1971. The complex consists of the Sherover Theatre, which seats 950, the Henry Crown Symphony Hall (home of the Jerusalem Symphony Orchestra) with 750 seats, the Rebecca Crown Auditorium, with 450 seats, and the Little Theater with 110 seats. Changing art exhibits are held in the main foyer and other spaces in the building, and a restaurant and bookshop operate on the ground floor.

The Monastery of the Cross is a monastery in the Nayot neighborhood of Jerusalem, Israel. The monastery was built in the 11th century, during the reign of King Bagrat IV by the Georgian Giorgi-Prokhore of Shavsheti. It is believed that the site was originally consecrated in the 4th century under the instruction of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great, who later gave the site to the Georgian King Mirian III of Iberia after the conversion of his country to Christianity in 327 A.D.

The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens is located in the neighborhood of Nayot in Jerusalem, on the southeastern edge of the Givat Ram campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. The Jerusalem Botanical Gardens opened to the public in 1985. The garden is arranged in phytogeographic sections, featuring flora of various regions around the world. The tropical conservatory opened in 1986 and the South Africa section was planted in 1989. The Hank Greenspan Entrance Plaza, Dvorsky Visitors’ Center and restaurant were built in 1990.

The Israel Museum was founded in 1965 as Israel's national museum. The Museum has extensive collections of biblical archaeology, Judaica, ethnography, fine art, artifacts from Africa, North and South America, Oceania and the Far East, rare manuscripts, ancient glass and sculpture. A uniquely designed building on the grounds of the museum, the Shrine of the Book, houses the Dead Sea Scrolls and artifacts discovered at Masada. The Samuel Bronfman Biblical and Archaeological Museum, which is a part of the museum complex, contains various archaeological finds. It has the largest collection of artifacts from Israel in the world.

The Bloomfield Science Museum is for families with children and those interested in science. You can learn a lot from science through your own experience while visiting the museum.