The Bauhaus Foundation in

Tel Aviv Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...

, Israel, has a

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on the ground floor of a building built in the

International Style International style may refer to: * International Style (architecture), the early 20th century modern movement in architecture *International style (art), the International Gothic style in medieval art *International Style (dancing), a term used in ...

in 1934, located on 21 Bialik Street. It is owned by American billionaire, businessperson,

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and philanthropist

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. Initial project was led by

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. The display area of contains furniture and belongings related to the

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movement of the 1920s and 1930s, as well as exhibitions about the International Style. Objects and furniture designed by

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Ludwig Mies van der Rohe ( ; ; born Maria Ludwig Michael Mies; March 27, 1886August 17, 1969) was a German-American architect. He was commonly referred to as Mies, his surname. Along with Alvar Aalto, Le Corbusier, Walter Gropius and Frank Lloyd ...

Marcel Breuer Marcel Lajos Breuer ( ; 21 May 1902 – 1 July 1981), was a Hungarian-born modernist architect and furniture designer. At the Bauhaus he designed the Wassily Chair and the Cesca Chair, which ''The New York Times'' have called some of the most im ...

and

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are included. The exhibits were loaned by private collections, mainly Lauder's own one.

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Admission is free. The museum is open twice a week, on Wednesdays from 11a.m. to 5p.m. and on Fridays from 10a.m. to 2p.m.BAUHAUS FOUNDATION MUSEUM
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