Ticho House ( , '' Beit Tikho '' ) is a historical home in Jerusalem , Israel , now functioning as a museum , administered as part of the national Israel Museum , which includes a restaurant and cultural center . It was one of the first homes built outside the Old City walls during the 1860s . The house was constructed by a wealthy Arab , Aga Rashid Nashashibi , in 1864 . Antiquities dealer Moses Wilhelm Shapira lived in the house with his family between 1873 and 1883 . In 1924 , Dr. Abraham Albert Ticho , an ophthalmologist , and his wife , Anna Ticho , an artist , bought the house . Dr. Ticho was stabbed and seriously wounded during the 1929 Palestine riots outside his eye clinic near Damascus Gate . After his recovery , Dr. Ticho used the first floor as his new clinic , from where served the population of Jerusalem until his death in 1960 . Anna Ticho hosted local and British government officials in her home , as well as many artists , writers , academics and intellectuals . Anna Ticho bequeathed the house and all its contents , including her husband 's Judaica collections and library , to the city of Jerusalem
1929 Palestine riots
1929 Palestine riots
Ticho House