Punctum

Guided Tour in German Sign Language

A man stands in the exhibition and gives a guided tour in sign language. — Michel; Jewish Museum Berlin, Photo: André Wagenzik

Imagine an arrow. It flies toward you. This is how an object comes to you. You don’t know why it is approaching you. But it touches you. It hurts you. And you set out to discover why it touches and hurts you.

by appointment

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin. The Libeskind building is marked in green

Where

Libeskind Building
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin

Where, when, what?

Michel was a teenager when he arrived in Germany from Syria. He is deaf. In 2020, he visited the Jewish Museum for the first time on a school trip and was overwhelmed with emotion. Today he guides visitors through the core exhibition. He uses his own experiences of having to flee, being excluded and starting anew, and focuses on individual ways to connect to German-Jewish history. Which moment, which object or photo makes a lasting impression and why? Inspired by Roland Barthes’ concept of a “punctum,” Michel presents his personal highlights of the core exhibition and encourages participants to create their own connections to history.

The guided tour is in German Sign Language and is aimed at teenagers and adults.

A pair of hands feeling a model of a synagogue

Accessibility at the Jewish Museum Berlin: An overview

General Information: Accessibility at the Jewish Museum Berlin: Directions, visiting the museum, audience-specific; Simple English: Information about the Jewish Museum Berlin and its website in Simple English; Accessibility Statement: Information on areas in which accessibility is still lacking, options for giving feedback, and the arbitration service

Tours & Workshops: JMB App: Including audio tours, German plain language, German Sign Language, optimized for screen readers, features touching instructions for tactile paintings, and audio texts for reading along; Access Program Tours by appointment and with fixed dates

Where, when, what?

WhenBy appointment
Duration90 minutes
Where Libeskind Building
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
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Cost pro Gruppe 90 € for adults; 60 € for adults reduced; rate 45 € for school groups

RegistrationPlease contact us with your request at least 4 to 6 weeks before the desired date.

ContactT +49 (0)30 259 93 305 (Mon–Fri, 10 am–4 pm) visit@jmberlin.de

Number of participants up to 15

Please noteThis tour is appropriate either for adults or for school groups ages 16 to 19.

LanguageGerman Sign Language