Guided Tours and Educational Program in January, February, and March 2012

Guided Tours for Adults

Saturdays

11 am Jewish Life and Traditions

3 pm Through the Museum in Seven League Boots

Sundays

11 am Jewish Life and Traditions

2 pm Tour through the special exhibition ("How German is it?" until 29 January*, and "Berlin Transit" from 25 March)

3 pm Through the Museum in Seven League Boots

* There will be no tour on 1 January

Mondays

6 pm Through the Museum in Seven League Boots

The following applies to public tours for adults:

Duration: 1 hour

Price: 3 € plus admission fee

(Permanent exhibition: 5 €, reduced rate 2.50 euros

Special exhibition: 4 €, reduced rate 2 euros)

Please gather at the Meeting Point on ground level of the Old Building

Further information and tour bookings (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de

Public Tours for Children

The Crazy Crooked House. Daniel Libeskind For Children

Why are the walls at the Jewish Museum Berlin at a slant? Why does a staircase lead to nowhere? Why don’t flowers blossom in the garden? Tailored to their age group, our young visitors receive a fun introduction to the architecture of Daniel Libeskind. Afterwards they can design their very own crazy fantasy house with cardboard, paper, and other handcraft materials.

When: Sunday 15 January, 19 February and 18 March 2012, 11 am

Duration: 2 hours

Halakah and Braided Bread – What goes into the Shabbat Basket?

Children’s Tour through the Permanent Exhibition

How did a Jewish merchant live 300 years ago? What did she pack in her suitcase when she went traveling? A prayer book, clothes, or even a mobile phone? On this stroll through the exhibition, our very young visitors look at Jewish traditions and how they have changed in the course of the centuries. They have fun experiencing how it feels to wear a kippah, admire a real scroll, and sniff a besamim box full of spices.

When: Sunday, 5 February 2012, 11 am

Duration: 1 hour

The following applies to all public childen’s tours:

Price: 3 € including admission and handicraft materials

Please gather at the Meeting Point in the foyer on ground level of the Old Building

Further information and bookings (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de

Vacation and Bank Holiday Program

Tu Bishvat – New Year for Trees

Tour with Workshop for Children from 6 to 10 Years

Very few plants blossom in winter in Northern Europe – everything is gray and the sun hardly shows itself. At the same time in Israel, the trees begin to blossom and Tu Bishvat is celebrated. The Jewish New Year’s Festival for Trees is also celebrated in Germany. On the tour, the children learn the significance of trees and their fruits in Judaism and can make their very own tree to take home.

When: Monday 30 January 2012 at 11 am and Thursday 2 February 2012 at 11 am

Duration: 2 hours

Admission: 3 €. Bookings and information (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de
This event can also be booked for vacation/afternoon care groups, and school groups.

My Little Purim Game

Tour with Workshop for Children from 5 to 11 Years

The pretty Jew Esther marries the Persian king. That way she can rescue her people, the Jews, from the evil Haman. On the tour, the children learn the story of Purim and its customs and, among other things, when they can make noise with the Purim gragger according to Jewish tradition. Then they make a finger puppet theater and stage the Purim story! Please feel free to dress up, as is the tradition at Purim.

When: Sunday 4 and 11 March 2012, 11 am

Duration: 2 hours

Admission: 3 €. Bookings and information (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de
Separate dates are available for kindergarten and school groups from 13 February to 12 March.

Esther – Queen and Saviour

Purim Puppet Theater for Kids from 5 to 11 Years

It is a tradition to perform plays at Purim. The Jewish puppet theatre "Die Bubales" perform an interpretation of the Purim game with much laughter and gragger noise and the kids learn how the courageous Queen Esther once saved all the Jewish people. A small surprise awaits children in fancy dress.

When: Sunday 4 and 11 March 2012, 1.30 pm

Duration: 30 minutes

Admission: 3 €. Bookings and information (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de

Educational Program Surrounding the Special Exhibition "How German is it? 30 Artists’ Notion of Home"

Images of Germany

Workshop for School Students from Grades 8 to 13, Apprentices and University Students

Students work in small groups exploring a work of art from the exhibition "How German is it?" They consider how the artists approach weaving the culture they bring with them as an immigrant with the new reality they face. Following this task, the students discuss the opportunities for a heterogeneous coexistence and how immigration alters both immigrants and natives.

When: by appointment (until 28 January 2012)

Duration: 2,5 hours

Cost: 3 € for students. Maximum number of participants: 35.

Information and bookings (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de

Educational Program Surrounding the Special Exhibition "Berlin Transit. Jewish Migrants from Eastern Europe in the 1920s"

"Berlin Transit"

Interactive Tour for Adults and School Students from Grade 8

Taking reasons for fleeing as a starting point, visualized in the images of Issachar Ber Ryback from the years 1918 and 1919, the tour presents Berlin as a haven for Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. Photographs, print media, three-dimensional objects and acoustic sound clips give visitors diverse impressions of Jewish life in Berlin between the World Wars. A particular focus of the tour lies in the exploration of what different types of object express about people, time, or "reality."

When: by appointment

Duration: 1 hour

Cost: 60 € for a group of up to 15 adults plus 2 € admission per person; 2.75 € per person for school groups including admission to the special exhibition.

Information and bookings (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de

"Berlin Transit" will be available as a public tour from 25 March on Sundays at 2 pm.

The "Scheunenviertel." An Historico-critical Image Analysis

Workshop for School Grades 8 to 13, Apprentices, and Students

Participants learn through diverse images of the Jewish population of Berlin’s "Scheunenviertel" in the 1920s and 30s to use photographs as a historical source. They take a critical look at the picture content and composition and discuss the role that usage context, background information, and picture title play in interpretation.

When: by appointment, from 26 March 2012

Duration: 2 hours

Cost: 3 € for school students. Maximum number of participants: 35

Information and bookings (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de

"The Photographic Perspective of ‘the Other’"

Project Day for Grades 8 to 13 and Other Interested Parties

Based on public and private photographs of the Jewish population of Berlin’s Scheunenviertel (of the 1920/30s), students undertake an historico-critical image analysis. They then examine visual stereotypes in present-day media examples. Against the background of this exploration, students experiment independently with the camera and learn how certain image constructions can influence perception.

When: by appointment, from 26 March 2012

Duration: 6 hours

Cost: 5 € for school students. Maximum number of participants: 35

Information and bookings (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de

The Jewish Museum Berlin is open daily from 10 am to 8 pm and to 10 pm on Mondays.