Guided Tours and Educational Program in May and June 2011

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 "Klezmer, Pop, Hardcore, or Punk?" Tour through the special exhibition "Radical Jewish Culture"

3 pm Through the Museum in Seven League Boots

Mondays

6 pm Through the Museum in Seven League Boots

The following applies to public tours for adults:

Duration: approx. 1 hour

Price: 3 € plus admission fee

(Permanent exhibition: 5 €, reduced rate 2.50 €; Special exhibition: 4 €, reduced rate 2 euros)

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

Further information and tour bookings (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25 993 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de

Public Tours for Children

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: 1 May and 5 June 2011, 11 am

Duration: 1 hour

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 building blocks, cardboard, paper, and other handcraft materials.

When: 15 May and 19 June 2011, 11 am

Duration: 2 hours

The following applies to all public tours for children:

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 25 993 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de

Accompanying Program to the Special Exhibition "Radical Jewish Culture"

Klezmer, Pop, Hardcore, or Punk?

Guided Tour for Adults and Students from Grade 8

The tour through the special exhibition presents the New York music scene around the musician John Zorn in the 90s. Music samples and documents from the musicians’ private archives allow insight into the music creation processes and discussions about how music by Jewish artists is different.

When: by appointment

Duration: 1 hour

Cost for students: 2.75 € including admission

Cost for adults in groups of up to 15: 60 € plus 2 € admission per person

Further information and bookings (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25 993 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de

As a tour for the public, "Klezmer, Pop, Hardcore, or Punk?" takes place on Sundays at 2 pm.

"Recycling Music"

1- or 2-day Music Workshop for Students from Grade 8

Following an introduction to the exhibition "Radical Jewish Culture," the students experiment with sounds, tones, and rhythms while familiarizing themselves with various improvisation and composition techniques. The aim is to get to grips with contemporary music – what can be considered music material and how can I use it to express myself? Based on the themes of the exhibition, participants develop their own compositions that reflect their experiences and interpretations.

The workshop is led by the composer and musician Thomas Meadowcroft. His music has provoked a tremendous response in the media: Le Monde writes of "incredible clarity," the Süddeutsche of "nerve torture," while the New York Times describes his music as "dreamy post-rock."

When: by appointment

Duration: 6 to 8 hours (can be spread over two days)

Cost for students: 8 € (1 day) or 10 € (2 days) including admission.

Further information and bookings (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25 993 424 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de

The Exhibition "Radical Jewish Culture" in a Music Lesson Context

Informative Event for Teachers and Educators

The event presents the content of the exhibition "Radical Jewish Culture" and the educational program accompanying it corresponding to the music curriculum framework for lower and upper secondary.

When: 5 May from 3 to 6 pm

Cost: 5 € including admission

Further information and bookings by 2 May (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25 993 424 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de

Educational Program

In the Archive with Contemporary Witnesses

The archive workshops in May and June focus on contemporary witnesses from the USA, Canada, and Israel and the documents and objects they have donated. Studying original documents, participants explore a theme or a family’s fate from German-Jewish history. In the discussion that follows, they can pose questions to someone who experienced the period first hand.

We expect a visit from John Berrys, who was born in Berlin in 1926 as Hans Berlinsky. He was taken to England on a children’s transport in 1938 and served in the British Army at the age of 17. Today he lives in Canada.

Evelyn Lowen Apte, née Löwenberg, was born in 1929 and went to school in Görlitz, where she was exposed to anti-Semitic hostility from her schoolmates and teachers. She and her family emigrated to the USA in 1937, exchanging house and property with a patriotic German family in Portland/Oregon. She later studied psychology.

When: by appointment

Duration: 5 hours (including lunch break)

Cost for students: 5 euros

Further information and bookings (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25 993 343 or s.hiron@jmberlin.de

Is That Still a Museum?

Outreach Projects and Use of Media in Educational Work

Forms of educational work that go beyond the limits of museums are the theme of the AKMPO (Arbeitskreis Museumspädagogik Ostdeutschland) annual conference this year. Through findings of current research and projects, two aspects will be explored that significantly impact the relationship between museums and their visitors: The steadily increasing importance of new media for educational work and public relations for museums and the relevance of so-called outreach projects, meaning activities that take place outside the museum such as at schools or kindergartens. What experiences have been made with such programs? Which ones suit which type of museum? And which factors make outreach projects successful?

When:

20 May 2011, 10 am to 6 pm

21 May 2011, 9.45 am to 5 pm

Cost: 50 € for non-members and 35 € for members

Bookings (for non-journalists) by 1 May to l.eisele@jmberlin.de or by fax on +49 (0)30 25993 412

City Tours

Through Old Berlin in Search of Traces of Jewish Life

The tour visits little-known spots from the history of Berlin Jews in the 16th century. The stroll goes through three historical Berlin districts – the Klosterviertel, the Nikolaiviertel, and the Marienviertel. Many of the places of Jewish historical significance have disappeared from the cityscape. Tour participants have the opportunity to compare views of then and now with multimedia guide photos, engravings or paintings of the historical buildings.

When: 5 June 2011, 11 am

Meeting point: U-Bahn station Klosterstraße

Cost: 10 euros

The Quest for "Eternal Life": The Jewish Cemetry in Schönhauser Allee

The Schönhauser Allee cemetery reflects the transition in status and self-image of Jews in the 19th century in a special way. Tomb culture and symbolism are considered from both historical and artistic perspectives.

When: 15 May 2011, 11 am and 26 June 2011, 11 am

Meeting point: Schönhauser Allee cemetery, main entrance *

Cost: 10 euros

* Please note: Head covering for male participants is required for entrance to the Jewish cemetery

Further information and bookings (for non-journalists) for city tours on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 587 or d.eck@jmberlin.de