(live here in culture) - In Lag B'Omer, Tuesday 9/5/23, Israeli museums will open their doors free of charge, including museums in Haifa and the surrounding area, on the occasion of International Museum Day.
The museums will host a variety of activities inspired by the chosen annual theme - "Museums, sustainability and well-being". There will be special tours and tutorials, gallery talks, creative workshops for children, exposure to current and new exhibitions and more.
This topic was chosen in order to shine a spotlight on the important role of museums in designing and creating a sustainable future.
Also in Haifa and the surrounding area, the various museums will be open to the general public free of charge, and special and fascinating activities will be held in them.
For the Haifa museums that will be open to the public free of charge and for the details of the activities, go to the link:
sustainability and well-being
As part of this day, the various museums will hold a variety of unique activities on the subject - exhibitions, special tours and trainings, gallery talks, exposure to new exhibitions and unique exhibits, special activities for children, creative workshops and more.
40 years of celebrations around the world
International Museum Day has been celebrated for 40 years around the world during the month of May, with the aim of increasing public awareness of the importance of museums' contribution to society, encouraging them to broaden their horizons and make accessible to the general public the fields of science, art, architecture, history and cultural heritage - displayed in museums. Last year, more than 37,000 museums in about 158 countries and territories, including Israel, participated in the event.
Haifa Museum of Art
There will be a meeting at the exhibition 'Essential Measures', the meeting will deal with communication with the body, without words. Through paying attention to the body and breathing we will explore the sensations in the body, we will discover how movement frees the mind. The meeting will take place with Dafna Green, a volunteer at the Haifa museums in education and a yoga teacher and therapist. After that, there will be a workshop where the participants will prepare an alternative to LG B'Omer's bonfires - in the form of a campfire lantern. The lanterns will give us warm and pleasant candlelight by the light of which we can play, dance and also eat potatoes and marshmallows.
Hecht Museum
A guided tour for the general public left from the museum's entrance plaza - "A look at sustainability in archeology and art". In addition, there will be a workshop for children - "on a small fire" - Fire in the service of man in ancient times - an activity for children that includes a guided tour of the museum's displays following archaeological findings that testify to the various uses of fire in ancient times. At the end of the tour there will be a creative workshop: paraffin casting in a personal design.
For the list of Haifa museums that will be open free of charge on this day and the details of the exhibitions - enter the link:
Chairman of the Association of Museums, Raz Samira:
"International Museum Day is an international holiday, in which thousands of museums around the world celebrate the contribution of museums to culture, a wide range of topics, and invite the public to take an active part in an experiential, unique and enriching celebration. In museums, tangible cultural assets are preserved, which constitute cultural resilience, and they have a contribution A large social one. Many museums deal with social issues, raise sensitive issues, and engage in research, education and enrichment. This year's theme, which deals with sustainability, climate change and environmental education, is an important issue for physical existence on the planet, many museums are working to design and create a sustainable future."
Additional museums around Haifa that will be open to the public free of charge on this day:
- The Museum of Eligibility and the Navy:
There will be a guided tour of the qualifying display and the navy display which will include a visit to a missile ship and submarines displayed in the museum. - Madatech - the National Museum of Science, Technology and Space in Haifa:
There will be a fire show at the Medatek Museum in Haifa - have you ever seen a walking fire? Have you ever heard a fire scream? What did the fire come from and how do you put it out? Come hear, see and find out in a particularly hot show. At the innovation center - embark on a journey of discovery about the circulatory system, come plan the city of the future and experience the exhibits on sustainability and entrepreneurship. In the exhibition Past, Present and Future Inventors there will be a demonstration show where we will understand the science behind the great inventions and discoveries. - Yanko-Dada Museum, Ein Hod:
At 12:00 a gallery talk will be held at the Janko Dada Museum with the artist Ofira Spitz in the exhibition "Shaver". - The Mazgaga Museum, Kibbutz Nachsholim:
In the museum there will be a tour of the new exhibits in the complex and also a tour of the ship which is a replica of a 2500 year old ship that is in the museum yard. - The Valley Museum - from vision to fulfillment, Kibbutz Yifat:
In the Valley Museum, there will be a variety of activities, a quiz for the whole family, setting up pioneer tents like in the past, a clothing store for dressing up as pioneers, soap bubbles, a tractor yard, pioneer carpentry, search for the treasure "in the app", a spray plane and a host of other fun activities.
About the Association of Museums and ICOM Israel:
The Association of Museums and ICOM Israel represents most of the museums in Israel and has about 2,000 members involved in all areas of museum work.
The union works to promote the museums and their activities, to create collaborations, professional advancement of the museum faculty and to develop professional relationships with educational and cultural institutions in Israel and abroad.
The association operates in relation to the principles of ICOM, the international organization of museums based in Paris, which operates under the auspices of UNESCO.
The Israel Museums Association is the recognized national association that represents Israel at the World Organization.
The medatek are not open for registration at all, you know, not a week before, simply disgusting behavior
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Kudos to the Haifa museums. Good night