This first-rate regional museum, run by the SPNI, has two sections. In the old-fashioned but informative (and, in its own way, beautiful) natural history room, you can get a close-up look at (stuffed) butterflies, birds and mammals that you’re not likely to encounter in the wild. The archaeology section focuses on nearby Tel Dan and includes a copy of the Tel Dan Stele. The museum is situated just east of Kibbutz Dan, 800m north of Rte 99 and 300m off the access road to Tel Dan Nature Reserve.
The museum screens a 17-minute film on the area in eight languages. The 940km Israel National Trail , which goes all the way to the Red Sea, begins in the parking lot. The Syrian tank on the nearby lawn was knocked out by kibbutz members at the beginning of the 1967 Six Day War.
