Guided Tours and Educational Program in October, November, and December 2012
Press Information
Press Release, Fri 28 Sep 2012
The children’s program this fall is all about Sukkot, the Feast of Booths, and Hanukkah, the Festival of Lights. Guided tours through the new special exhibition "R.B. Kitaj (1932-2007) Obsessions" present the life’s work of Jewish artist R.B. Kitaj, providing visitors with insight into his montage and superimposition techniques, and leading on to contemporary questions about belonging, identity, and life in the "diasporic world."
Tours Surrounding the Special Exhibition "R.B. Kitaj (1932-2007) Obsessions"
23 September 2012 to 27 January 2013:
"Images in Flux and Flow. Obsessions: The Life and Work of R.B. Kitaj"
Public Tour for Young People and Adults
The tour presents the life work of the great Jewish artist R.B. Kitaj. His friends David Hockney, Lucian Freud and others will be discussed as well as his intellectual role models Franz Kafka, Walter Benjamin, and Sigmund Freud. They – besides his diverse reading – were sources of inspiration for Kitaj’s works into which their influence flowed directly. From the mid-1970s, R.B. Kitaj positioned himself explicitly as a Jewish artist. He saw his work as a modern Jewish art and his images show what became an obsessive analysis of his Jewish identity.
Sundays at 2 pm
Location: Old Building, ground level
Meeting Point: Old Building, "Meeting Point" in the foyer
Duration: 1 hour
Cost: 7 €, reduced rate 5 € (including admission)
Information and bookings: tel. +49 (0)30 259 93 305 or fax +49 (0)30 259 93 412 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de
23 September 2012 to 27 January 2013:
Group tour "Images in Flux and Flow"
In the pictures of the painter R.B. Kitaj, countless references to various artists as well as quotations from literature, film, newspapers, and world history can be found, mixed with his personal impressions, thoughts, and experiences. The artistic arrangement of these diverse sources of inspiration gives rise to irritating interconnections between things and events. In his highly expressive and often chaotic images, Kitaj shows himself as a seeker, is everywhere and nowhere, a commuter between world events and everyday life, between Europe and America, between Judaism and atheism, between arrival and departure. Images in flux and positioning oneself are the guiding threads through the tour and lead into contemporary issues of belonging, identity, and life in the "diasporic world."
By appointment.
Location: Old Building, first level
Duration: 1 hour
Admission for Young People and Adults: 60 € for a group of up to 15 adults plus 2 € admission per person (with a maximum of 15 participants per group).
Admission for school students from Grade 9: 2.75 € per person for school groups including admission to the special exhibition (with a maximum of 15 participants per group).
Information and bookings: tel. +49 (0)30 259 93 305 or fax +49 (0)30 259 93 412 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de
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Jewish Museum Berlin Foundation
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10969 Berlin
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 Images in Flux and Flow. Obsessions: The Life and Work of R.B. Kitaj
3 pm Moses Mendelssohn or Nathan the Wise
The following applies to public tours for adults:
Duration: approx. 1 hr
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)30 259 93 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de
Public Tours for Children
4 and 11 October:
Sukkot – Mobile Living in Biblical Times
Tour for children from 8 to 12 years
Before Moses and his people could settle in their homeland, they wandered through the desert for 40 long years. People were born and grew up during this time. They ate, slept, and celebrated in transportable booths. On their stroll through the exhibition, the children learn about the lives of the Israelites in the desert and which requirements a booth must fill to be a "sukkah" for the Feast of Booths. To conclude the tour, they design and build their very own model of a booth.
Duration: 2 hours from 11 am
7 October and 4 November:
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 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.
Duration: approx. 1 hour from 11 am
21 October and 18 November:
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 build their very own crazy fantasy house with cardboard, modeling clay, and other handcraft materials.
Duration: approx. 2 hours from 11 am
2, 9, 16, 23, 27 und 28 December:
Hanukkah – Festival of Lights!
A festival tour for children of 6 to 12 years
Each year at wintertime, the Festival of Lights comes around again. On this tour, the children learn how Hanukkah is celebrated in different countries, which children’s dishes are prepared for the festival, and about the Hanukkah miracle and the role played by the little pot of oil in the Jewish temple. And then it is time to get creative! Each child can make its own candle to take home in the festive Hanukkah atmosphere.
Duration: 2 hours from 11 am
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)30 259 93 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de
On every first Saturday of the month admission is free for all visitors under 18.
Children's Program
2, 8, 15 und 27 December:
The bubales – Hanukkah Show!
Hanukkah puppet theater for children from 6 years and adults
Colorful puppets and funny songs lead us through this Hanukkah show by the Jewish puppet theater "bubales." The redheaded Shlomo explores the background and traditions of Hanukkah with the help of his humorless but smart sheep, Mendel. For this, he questions his family, his rabbi, and his therapist. The clanging Shamash candle band creates a festive and fun atmosphere with its musical interludes.
Duration: 1 hour from 3 pm
Location: Old Building, ground level, Auditorium
Admission: 3 euros
Information and bookings on tel. +49 (0)30 259 93 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de
8 and 15 December:
The Lighting of the Hanukkah Menorah
Hanukkah falls from 9 to 16 December this year. On the eve of each of these days, the Hanukkah candle is lit at sunset. On 8 and 15 December, this will take place directly after the puppet show.
Duration: 10 minutes from 4.15 pm
Location: Glass Courtyard, ground level
Admission free
Information and bookings on tel. +49 (0)30 259 93 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de
