Description
Juara museum is located in a building dating from the Ottoman period situated in a gadna (youth corps) military camp in Ramat Menashe in northern Israel. The museum recounts the story of the training of the Hagannah (pre-state underground defense organization) members for positions of command throughout the years of the organization`s activity. The visitor observes an exhibit illustrating the officers` training course of that period, the spirit of volunteering, and the importance of training an army for the state in the making. The museum exhibit includes: passage through a military parade opening the officers` training course, a film on the period of the British Mandate, a display of the names of graduates of the Hagannah officers` training course throughout the years, an exhibit on "A Day in Juara" – demonstrating a day in the officers` training course in the days of the Hagannah, and a description of the Mishmar Ha`emek battle which took place in April 1948.