In this stone building with red roof tiles, styled and furnished as an old dining hall, one gets the feeling of a journey through time, with the screening of an exciting multimedia film show.
This dining hall was built in 1924 using basalt stones by the "Unity" group of settlers who lived in Gesher for 12 years. In 1936, the group moved and built Kibbutz Ashdod Yaakov.
The Gesher dining hall is the only building that survived. It was an important social meeting place where people would gather for meals, meetings and activities. The most important decisions about the future of the kibbutz were decided upon in this building.
The building, partially destroyed from the shelling during the War of Independence, was about to collapse, but fortunately underwent reconstruction and conservation efforts. Although today no meals are served in the building, we can enjoy the wonderful multimedia presentation screened on its walls.

Jara - (large clay jug)
A water jug made of clay that offered cool drinking water for the members who had no refrigerators and an only piping system that was exposed to the hot sun. The night guard was the person responsible to fill the jug with water (clay is a material that "breathes and sweats" and the water inside would be cooled off by the night wind). You can see the original jug near the north entrance to the Dining Hall.

The carousel
Built in the children's courtyard by a member of the kibbutz, Ben Ami Rivlin, for the children of Gesher.

Weather Vanes
An outdoor sculpture by the artist Noam Rabinovitch, that draws a connection with a similar sculpture positioned on the silo tower at the present day Kibbutz Gesher, symbolizing the connection between the past, present and future.

Cartina
Built in the 1920's as a holding station for animals, it once housed large cages, a water tower, troughs, and office rooms.
During the battles of 1948, this area was in enemy hands and the holes in the walls are evidence to the bullets the building absorbed from members of Gesher. The building has been reconstructed and is used today as a high quality chef restaurant. Recommended to order space in advance: 972-4-6752237.

The "slick"
A hiding place for prohibited weaponry by the British Mandate government of the time.
The "Haganah" fighters were forced to gather together weaponry for defending their homes for a future and expected war. A good "slick" is one that doesn't arouse suspicion, for example, a "slick" that is beneath a child's sandbox. Other "slicks" can be found near the viewpoint, in the rubble of the Khan, and in the palm tree near the dining hall. Every "slick" and its story....