Pesach 2013 at the Israel Museum

About This Event

The Israel Museum invites you to enjoy a huge variety of Passover activities in the week leading up to Passover and over the intermediate days of the holiday.

Passover Day Camp:This year’s camp examines the significance of order in archaeology, art, the Jewish holidays, and in each child’s personal life, with a day devoted to making a perfect mess!!

Grades 1-5 | March 17-21 8:30 am – 1:30 pm | Registration opens February 17 | Call 670-1302

Sandbox: A Studio Projectwith the Bezalel Industrial Design Department

Feb 19 – April 1

New exhibition in the Youth Wing! A “sandbox” is a metaphor for a place where ideas find their realization through exploration, examination, and contemplation. The exhibition presents selected works by industrial design students from Bezalel, produced as part of a project that began with seminars and visits to the Israel Museum, continued at the Dead Sea, and concluded in the Museum’s Youth Wing.

Daily activities inspired by the Sandbox exhibition

March 17-20

10 am – 3 pm: Recycling workshop: Creative activity in small sandboxes | NIS 151:30 pm: Meet artists/curators of the Sandbox exhibition | For all ages | Free

Casting workshop with artist

Tues March 19:2-4:30 pm | NIS 10

Seder StoryIlluminated Haggadahs, a story in reverse, and more, with Library staff

March 17-21 at 12:00

Israeli Dance Festival

March 22, 2013

Fourteen dance troupes demonstrating the beauty, joy, and vitality of Israeli folkdance in a performance integrating original choreographies, varied music, and colorful costumes.

Interim Days of PassoverMarch 25 – April 2: Children admitted free!

March 27-28:Casting workshopwith artist: 2-4:30 pm

March 27-28:Stories of Elijah the ProphetWith actress Anat Geiger Shabbtai and her special puppets

March 17-22; 27-29; April 2:Moses in the BasketOnly in the Recycling Workshop do the wise, the simple, Moses, and a frog come together in a single box!

Secrets and Lies in Herod’s Palace:Figures from the past guide the public through the exhibition Herod the Great: The King’s Final Journey

March 27-28 10:30 am, 1 pm| Ages 6 and up | NIS 20 per child| Space limited

The Life and Times of King Herod

March 28, 2013 at 11 am

Join Makom Theater on a fascinating journey through the life of one of Jewish history’s most controversial figures | Children and members NIS 30 | Adults NIS 60 (including Museum admission) | Ages 6 and up | Springer Auditorium | For details, call 02-6771302

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Pesach 2013 at the Israel Museum

Info

Phone

02-670-8811

Event Facilities

Location

Ruppin Rd.