Petach Tikvah Archives (part of Museum Complex)

General Information

Facility Director: Galia Duvidzon
Archivists: Natanel Malachi, Yona Yaron, Sharona Mishael
Address: 30 Arlozorov St. Petach Tikva
For post: POB 1, Petach Tikva, 49100
Phone: 972-3-928-6303
Fax: 972-3-922-3026
E-mail: galia_yb@petach-tikva.co.il
Website: under construction
Hours of Operation: Sunday - Thursday 9.00 – 15.30, appointment by telephone is required
Consultation: by phone or by email
Closest Public Transportation:
Bus: 5, 82
Directions: Beit Yad le-Banim
Access for Disabled: Partly

Description of Resources

The Historical Archives of Petach Tikva is under reorganization from 2003.The archival description is made according to the ISAD(G). The Metadata is being built in archival application LMS+ of TOP System. There is a simple vocabulary composed by archivists, which is updated during the Metadata input. Our permanently updated Data Base contains the list of the Petach Tikva pioneers, the Jewish family names which are spelled in the same manner they used to be spelled in the XIX-th century. There is a plan to build a Thesaurus of these manes.
Archival material: Records of Petach Tikva local government from 1903 till 1980; records of Bet ha-Ikar – The Farmers Union; private archives and collection of Petach Tikva pioneers.
Photograph Collections
Maps and Drawings Collections
Collection on Genealogy and Family History
Oral History Collections Regarding Petach Tikva's history.
Historical Objects Collections
Ephemera Collections
Publications

Search Guides, Information retrieval in online Data Base.

There is reading room. The access to material is in reading room only. The material is available after consultation.
Most of the documents are in Hebrew, with a few in Yidish. Very few are in English, French and Turkish.

For use of photocopying machines on the premises there is a charge. The public can photocopy material.
Fees:A4 – 1-10 copies – 15 NIS (for BA and school students – 1 copy 1 NIS)
Photo scanning – 1 file on CD or by email - 5 NIS
Genealogic search – 20 NIS first visit and consultation