Guided Tours and Educational Program in September and October 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 "How German is it? 30 Artists’ Notion of Home". Tour through the new special exhibition (from 18 September)

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 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 25 993 305 or fuehrungen@jmberlin.de

Public Tours for Children

Sukkot – Mobile Living in Biblical Times

Fall Vacation 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 huts. On their stroll through the exhibition, the children learn about the lives of the Israelites in the desert and which requirements a tabernacle must fill to be a "Sukka." To conclude the tour, they design and build their very own model of a tabernacle.

When: 4 and 11 October 2011, 11 am to 1 pm

Cost: 3 € for children, 5 € for adults.

Bookings (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 322 or ferienprogramm@jmberlin.de

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: 4 September and 2 October 2011, 11 am

Duration: approx. 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: 18 September and 16 October 2011, 11 am

Duration: approx. 2 hours

The following applies to "Halakah and Braided Bread" and "The Crazy Crooked House":

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

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

Immigration Country Germany

Tour for Adults through the Special Exhibition

The tour presents the artists and their works and encourages – in the light of current debate – in-depth (re)consideration of the themes integration, migration, and national identity.

When: by appointment (from 16 September)

Duration: 1 hour

Languages: English or German

Cost: 60 € (for groups of up to 15 people) plus 2 € admission fee per person.

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

"Immigration Country Germany" is offered as a public tour on Sundays at 2 pm.

The Exhibition "How German is it?" in the School Lesson Context

Information Event for Teachers and Educators

The themes pooled in the exhibition "How German is it?" of migration, national myths, religion, language, commemoration, and identity play a central role in virtually every school subject. "How German is it?" shows works created through the artists’ exploration of the themes of Germany and homeland. We would like to show you the exhibition and the educational program surrounding it as well as working with children in the "Archive room" at the end of the exhibition. It contains documentary material that embeds the works of art in a contemporary context.

When: 22 September 2011, 3 to 6 pm

Cost: 5 € including admission to the exhibition. Bookings (for non-journalists) by 19 September to n.wilkens@jmberlin.de or tel. +49 (0)30 25993 424

Images of Germany

Workshop for Students from Grade 8

School 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 emigrant 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 (from 16 September)

Duration: 2.5 hours

Cost: 3 € for students incl. exhibition admission fee. Maximum number of participants: 15

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

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, strolling 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, etchings, and paintings of the historical buildings.

When: 4 September 2011, 11 am

Meeting point: U-Bahn station Klosterstraße

In Search of Traces of Jewish Life in Friedrichstadt

The city tour through southern Friedrichstadt focuses on the rise to bourgeois society and the considerable contribution of the Jewish population to Berlin becoming a financial and cultural metropolis. Multimedia guides show what can no longer be seen.

When: 18 September 2011, 11 am

Meeting Point: main entrance, Jewish Museum Berlin

The following applies to city tours:

Bookings (for non-journalists) on tel. +49 (0)30 25993 587 or d.eck@jmberlin.de. Further tours can be booked on request.

Duration: 2 hours

Cost: 10 euros

Please inform your readers that the museum will be closed on the following days in September and October: 29 and 30 September 2011 (Rosh ha-Shanah) and 8 October 2011 (Yom Kippur).