Underground Prisoners Museum — Attraction in Acre

IF you come alone they will NOT offer you the headset, which means you'll be walking around seeing these screens (there's a hidden switch near each screen hidden under a clear plastic lid to turn on the movies) but won't HEAR anything.... and they will NOT give you headsets (language specific audio) which they will not offer to you UNLESS you're in a tour... HIGHLY irritating. That and the military owns it, so you'll NEED your passport with you to get in .... AND the museum was 90% arab prisoners and 10% Jews, but there's almost no reference to the arabs. There's ONE reference to the founder of the Bahai religion, who did time here, but that's it. They NEED to give the headset to everyone, AND they need to talk more about arabs who...

is an Ottoman fortification, built on the foundation of the Hospitaller citadel. The citadel was part of the city's defensive formation, reinforcing the northern wall. During the 20th century the citadel was used mainly as a prison and as the site for a gallows. During the British mandate period, activists of Jewish Zionist resistance movements were held prisoner there; several were executed there. The Irgun staged a famous prison break against the citadel in May 1947, which is commemorated by a monument nearby. Famous characters like Baha'u'llah and Israel's prime minister Menachem Begin used to be locked there. Today the site is managed by the Ministry of Defense, so bring your passport if you...

It's a British prison that was turned into a museum , they talk about history back in 1920's and 30's , but act as if only jewish people were imprisoned they neglect the arabs and the palestinans completely, not giving them any history, a museum should not have political agendas and unfortunately this one has, they even give visitors the option to watch a short film about how herioc the jewish prisoners were for killing british officers and resisting, mean while there are 3 famous arab patriots that were hannged as a result of the1929 Palestine riots. All in all good preservation of the cells, and rooms but other than that you would have to build your own side of the story the moment...