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Dear Members:

These are exciting times at the Museum, as we continue with our major campus renewal program. While work is underway and our permanent collection galleries are closed, we invite you to enjoy a rich, exciting program of exhibitions, family activities, and special events in the Shrine of the Book and Model of Second Temple Period Jerusalem complex, the Weisbord Exhibition Pavilion, and the Ruth Youth Wing, and to experience the beauty of the Billy Rose Art Garden.
We wish you an enjoyable visit and thank you for your continuing participation and support.

James S. Snyder
Anne and Jerome Fisher Director

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The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
POB 71117, Jerusalem 91710

Tel. (02) 670-8811
Fax (02) 677-1332

Buses: 9, 9a, 17, 24, 24a
The Israel Museum is open:

Sun, Mon, Wed, Thurs 10 am – 5 pm
Tues 4–9 pm
Fri and holiday eves 10 am – 2 pm
Sat and holidays 10 am – 5 pm

Special Holiday Hours

Shavuot
Sun June 8 10 am – 2 pm
Mon June 9 10 am – 5 pm

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Free entrance
For children aged 17 and under Tuesdays and Saturdays Courtesy of the Canadian Friends of the Israel Museum and the David and Inez Myers Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio

For soldiers doing compulsory military service and for those doing National Service
Courtesy of the Israeli Friends of the Israel Museum (IFIM)

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Audio guide
in selected languages available
free of charge
in the Entrance Pavilion.

Free Guided Tours in English
Meet at the Entrance Pavilion Information Desk (unless stated otherwise).

Shrine of the Book: Sun, Mon, Wed, Thurs 1 pm; Tues 4:30 pm; Fri, Sat 11 am
Model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period: Sun, Mon, Wed, Thurs 11 am
Art Garden: Tues 6 pm
Stories in Stone: Sun 3:30 pm
Ancient Synagogues Revealed: Thursdays 3.30 pm

No Guided Tours on Shavuot, June 8-9

See details of other tours below.

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Programs are in Hebrew
unless otherwise indicated

 

Meet at the Entrance Pavilion Information Desk for tours in:
French – Mon 11 am
Spanish – Thurs 11 am
Hebrew – See Hebrew newsletter


Guided group tours:
To book guided tours in various languages for private groups, organizations,
and delegations, call 02-670-8884.

To book guided tours for adult education centers, institutions of higher learning,
and school groups, call 02-670-8884.

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  Coat check services and folding chairs are available in the Ruth Youth Wing. Please inquire at the Information Desk for details.
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The Museum keeps its doors open with the help of its Guardian friends:
 

June 1-7

The Harvey and Constance Krueger Family

June 8-14

Lillian Bartell Cohn

June 15-21

Jack Weprin Foundation

June 22-28

Sondra and David Mack

The Museum gratefully acknowledges the generosity of those who contribute to its exhibitions:

Orphaned Art
Ingeborg and Ira Rennert, New York
The donors to the 2008 Exhibition Fund*

 

Looking for Owners
The French Ministry of Foreign Affairs
The French Ministry of Culture
Ingeborg and Ira Rennert, New York
The donors to the 2008 Exhibition Fund*

Real Time
The Sam Weisbord Trust, Beverly Hills
The Museum's Palm Beach Friends
Steve Chernys, Florida
The donors to the 2008 Exhibition Fund*
Gilbert and Lila Silverman, Detroit

Signs of Life
The donors to the 2008 Exhibition Fund*

Swords into Plowshares
The donors to the 2008 Exhibition Fund*

  * Donors to the Museum's 2008 Exhibition Fund
Melva Bucksbaum and Raymond J. Learsy, Aspen, Colorado
Ruth and Leon Davidoff, Paris and Mexico City
Hanno D. Mott, New York
The Nash Family Foundation, New York
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Shrine of the Book Complex
Take a virtual tour of the Shrine of the Book


An enlightening journey through another era awaits you at the renewed Shrine of the Book complex. Explore the Model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period; experience the spirit of the time in an original film presentation; and visit the heart of the complex, the Shrine that houses the Dead Sea Scrolls and unique manuscripts of the Bible. In our new Information and Study Center, you can extend your journey by taking a detailed virtual tour of the Model and Shrine or digitally browse the Dead Sea Scrolls.

A seminar room situated in the complex may be booked in advance for meetings and other events.

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Shrine of the Book
Entrance Pavilion

New Exhibition
Swords into Plowshares: The Isaiah Scroll and Its Message of Peace
[For further details]
Explore the Great Isaiah Scroll
Detail of the Isaiah Scroll found in Qumran. From the exhibition Swords into Plowshares

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Audio guide
in Hebrew, English,
French, Russian,
Spanish, and Arabic
Available in the
Entrance Pavilion.

Take a virtual tour of the Model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period
English guiding

Meet in the Entrance Pavilion
Sun, Mon, Wed, Thurs 11 am

Model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period
This 50:1 scale model, covering nearly one acre, evokes ancient Jerusalem at its peak, meticulously recreating its topography and architectural character in 66 CE, the year in which the Great Revolt against the Romans broke out, leading to the destruction of the Temple and the city in the year 70. In 2006 it was transferred to the Israel Museum campus, and here it offers a concrete illustration of the period documented in the Dead Sea Scrolls, when Rabbinic Judaism took shape and Christianity was born, and makes a striking visual connection to the Shrine of the Book and the symbols of modern Israeli statehood that surround it.

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Shrine of the Book
Upper Level

Audio guide and audio play

in Hebrew, English,
French, Russian, Spanish, and Arabic


English guiding

Meet in the Entrance Pavilion
Sun, Mon, Wed, Thurs 1 pm
Tues 4:30 pm
Fri, Sat 11 am

The Shrine of the Book
The Shrine of the Book is home to the Dead Sea Scrolls, archaeological artifacts from Qumran, and rare medieval manuscripts of the Hebrew Bible. This internationally renowned building was designed by Frederick Kiesler and Armand Bartos, who succeeded in integrating its architectural symbolism and the unique objects it houses to create a sense of the sublime. The upper level of the Shrine contains a permanent exhibition about the daily life of the Judean Desert sect and the ideology that led its members to view themselves as a human sanctuary.
At the center of this display are the Dead Sea Scrolls: sectarian texts that present this ideology, together with the oldest biblical manuscripts in existence.
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Dorot Auditorium
Hebrew with English subtitles and German, Spanish, French, and English simultaneous translation (earphones).

Screened on weekdays;
for details, call
02-670-8880
No extra charge

Film: A Human Sanctuary
This feature film about the Judean Desert sect is based on information
drawn from ancient texts and archaeological finds. A Human Sanctuary
tells the story of three young men who lived in the Land of Israel
at the end of the Second Temple period – their trials and tribulations,
and their hopes and dreams.

 

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Shrine of the Book
Lower Level
Song of the Sea: An Unknown Scroll Fragment from the 8th Century
A rare Torah manuscript from ”the silent period” – some 600 years, between the 3rd and 8th centuries, from which almost no Hebrew biblical manuscripts have been found. Apparently written in Egypt, this scroll fragment contains a section of the book of Exodus, including one of the earliest and most beautiful examples of biblical poetry, the Song of the Sea. The manuscript’s text is strikingly similar to the traditional Masoretic version familiar from later Bible codices (dating from the 9th century on). It constitutes a link between these medieval manuscripts and more ancient texts from the late Second Temple period, found in the Judean Desert. This special exhibit is on loan courtesy of the Rare Book Department at Duke University, North Carolina, USA.
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Shrine of the Book
Lower Level

Audio guide
in Hebrew, English,
French, Russian, Spanish, and Arabic

 

A Wandering Bible: The Aleppo Codex
The amazing story of a codex that was created in Tiberias in the 10th century, traveled to Egypt and then to Syria in the Middle Ages, and returned to Israel in the 1950s. This ancient book, the most authoritative manuscript of the Masoretic Text of the Hebrew Bible, is displayed together with other rare biblical manuscripts and related Jewish and Islamic objects.
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Shrine of the Book
Visitor Center
Open Sun, Mon, Wed,
Thurs 11 am – 5 pm;
Tues 4–6:30 pm

Tel. 677-1388

Audio guide

in Hebrew, English,
French, Russian,
Spanish, and Arabic
Dorot Foundation Dead Sea Scrolls Information and Study Center,
in Memory of Joy Gottesman Ungerleider

Visitors are invited to learn more about the Dead Sea Scrolls,
the Second Temple Period, biblical manuscripts,
and the architecture of the Shrine of the Book at our
state-of-the-art computer stations. With a click and drag of the mouse,
examine the scrolls word by word or take a virtual tour of the entire complex.
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International Conference Program

 

International Conference July 6-8
Shrine Auditorium
All lectures in English
[View the program]

Sponsored by the Dorot Foundation
In collaboration with the Orion Center,
The Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Register at +972-2-677-1300 (after June 1), IS 300 (full conference)
Registration fee includes a light lunch.
The conference will be webcast live on the internet.
Program subject to change.
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Art Garden

About the Art Garden

Ahava (LOVE) by Robert Indiana
Ahava (LOVE) by Robert Indiana

Catalogue
Audio guide
in Hebrew, English,
French, Russian,
Spanish, and Arabic

English guiding
Tues. 6 pm

The Billy Rose Art Garden, designed by Isamu Noguchi as a unique blend of Zen principles, Mediterranean setting, and Western art, is considered one of the world’s
great sculpture gardens and has been a delight to visitors for over forty years.
Works by contemporary artists are added on a regular basis, and the garden offers an experience of the major developments in modern sculpture, from the late 19th century to the present, featuring such masterpieces as Rodin’s Adam, Henry Moore’s Vertebrae, and James Turrell’s Space That Sees. Among the many other artists represented are Aristide Maillol, Alexander Archipenko, Jacques Lipchitz,
Pablo Picasso, David Smith, and Claes Oldenburg.
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Exhibitions


Shrine of the Book
Entrance Pavilion

Audio guide in Hebrew and English

Explore the Great Isaiah Scroll

New Exhibition
Swords into Plowshares:
The Isaiah Scroll and Its Message of Peace
Until August 18, 2008

Bent Scimitar Bronze 16th-13th cent  BCE

Bent scimitar, bronze, 16th-13th cent BCE

Israel’s Declaration of Independence proclaims that the State of Israel “will be based on freedom, justice, and peace, as envisaged by the prophets of Israel.” Sixty years after the issuing of this declaration, the Museum is displaying the Isaiah Scroll found in Qumran, which preserves the visions of peace of this famous prophet, and has not been exhibited for forty years owing to conservation requirements. The scroll is displayed along with a selection of artifacts from Isaiah’s time, illustrating some of the imagery employed by the prophet. On view is a scimitar that was intentionally bent in antiquity to symbolize the death of the warrior who had used it. During the historic visit of the former President of Egypt Anwar Saadat to Israel in 1977, he was presented with a replica of this sword as a token of peace in the region.

An international conference on Dead Sea Scrolls research will be held July 6-8, 2008, and is scheduled to coincide with the exhibition. [View the program]

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Weisbord Exhibition Pavilion

English guiding
Meet at the Entrance Pavilion
Sun, Wed 2 pm



Gallery Talk
June 24
With exhibition co-curator
Efrat Nathan

Real Time: Art in Israel 1998–2008

As part of the project Sixty Years of Art in Israel, six major Israeli museums are each presenting artwork from one of the decades of the nation’s history. The Museum’s exhibition, which presents a comprehensive survey of Israeli art from the past ten years, includes pieces by forty artists working in the mediums of painting, sculpture, photography, video, and installation; among these works are several created especially for the exhibition. All the artists featured here achieved prominence on the artistic scene within the last decade, bringing with them a new creative spirit. Dread of global catastrophe and a yearning to escape to distant borders – real or imagined – characterize many of their works. The artists seem to be seeking refuge in wild, primordial, or sublime landscapes and in fantastic, mythological worlds. Those works that do deal with local contexts do so either from above, framing the political present in mythical time, or by revealing dark currents hidden beneath the impassive surface of Israeli society. The exhibition comprises works by artists such as Yael Bartana, Guy Ben-Ner, Zoya Cherkassky, Sigalit Landau, Adi Ness, Yehudit Sasportas, Gil Marco Shani, Eliezer Sonnenschein, and Gal Weinstein.
[See the online exhibition]

Catalogue
Audio guide
in Hebrew and English

Yael Bartana, born 1970 Trembling Time, 2001 DVD, 6:20 mins. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Purchase, ARTVISION Acquisitions Committee, Israel
Yael Bartana, born 1970 Trembling Time, 2001 DVD, 6:20 mins. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem Purchase, ARTVISION Acquisitions Committee, Israel

To the Exhibition Website
Sixty Seconds of Realtime

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Mon 1–5 pm
Tues 4–7 pm
Wed 10 am – 2 pm
Thurs 1–5 pm
Call 670-8952
ywl@imj.org.il

Youth Wing Library
Exhibition
The Israel Museum Ben-Yitzhak Award for the Illustration of a Children's Book, 2008
Original works from books that earned their illustrators an award: David Polonsky (Gold Medal); Batia Kolton (Silver Medal); Lena Guberman, Yana Bukler, Ofra Amit, and Yaniv Shimony (honorable mentions)

Batia Kolton, The Golden Chain: Best Hebrew Poems for Children
Batia Kolton, The Golden Chain: Best Hebrew Poems for Children

More about the Ben-Yitzhak Award Exhibition
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English guiding
Mon, Thurs 2 pm
Wed 12 noon
To the Looted Art Data Bases website

 

Two Landmark Exhibitions on the Fate of Stolen Art
The fruit of several years of collaboration between the Israel Museum and the French National Museums, these exhibitions present two distinct histories of loss, research, restitution, and ongoing custodianship of artworks looted by Nazi forces between 1938 and 1945.

Gallery Talk
June 17 at 6 pm
In English

No extra charge
With exhibition curator
Shlomit Steinberg

Schita stamp, Germany, 1745
Schita stamp, Germany, 1745

Until June 2
Weinstein Gallery,
Ruth Youth Wing
Catalogue

Audio guide
in Hebrew, English,
and French

Looking for Owners: Custody, Research, and Restitution of Art Stolen in France during World War II

On display in Israel for the first time, fifty-three paintings by major European artists from the collection known as MNR (Musées Nationaux Récupération) from France, including works by Paul Cézanne, Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin, Aelbert Cuyp, Edgar Degas, Eugène Delacroix, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, and Claude Monet. The exhibition focuses on the complex history behind the MNR holdings – which were taken away from France during the Second World War and are held today in custody by the French National Museums – and on the research conducted over the last decade to trace their history of possession and to identify rightful ownership.
To the MNR website Paul Cezanne, French, 1839-1906, Self Portrait
Paul Cezanne, French, 1839-1906
Self Portrait
Oil on canvas
Musee d'Orsay, Paris
MNR 228
Beningson Gallery
Ruth Youth Wing
Catalogue

Audio guide
in Hebrew, English,
and French
To the Orphaned Art database
Orphaned Art: Looted Art from the Holocaust in the Israel Museum
Showcasing paintings, drawings, prints, and books, together with a dozen examples of recovered Jewish ceremonial objects, this exhibition tells the story of art that was looted by the Nazis during World War II, discovered by the Allies in hiding places throughout Germany after the war, and brought to Israel during the early 1950s by the Jewish Restitution Successor Organization (JRSO). The works – including paintings by Jan Both, Marc Chagall, Moritz Daniel Oppenheim, Egon Schiele, and Alfred Sisley – arrived with little if any documentation of prior ownership and have been held in custody by the Israel Museum since it inherited the holdings of the Bezalel National Museum in 1965.
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Youth Wing Foyer
Special Exhibit
Matters of Eternity
An intimate display of highlights from the Museum’s Archaeology Wing evokes subjects that lay at the heart of the ancient world: religious faith and ritual, divine law, gods and earthly rulers, the powerful cycle of nature and concern for the world to come – all regarded as matters of eternity. These important objects include: the fragment from a 9th-century BCE Aramean monument that mentions the House of David; a Roman sculpture of the goddess Kore, whose annual return from the underworld heralded the coming of spring and the rebirth of nature; and a 5th-century CE mosaic floor adorned with Jewish symbols of redemption.

 

 

Anthropoid sarcophagus, Deir el-Balah, 14th–13th century BCE

Anthropoid sarcophagus, Deir el-Balah, 14th–13th century BCE
Gift of Wilma and Laurence Tisch, New York

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Youth Wing
Youth Wing Library
Exhibition
The Israel Museum Ben-Yitzhak Award for the Illustration of a Children's Book, 2008
[For further details]
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Tues 4–7 pm
Ages 4–8
IS 10 per child
For details, call 670-8963
Recycling Workshop
A fun activity with unusual materials collected
from factories throughout the country.
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Sun–Thurs
First session
July 6–24

IS 1750
Second session
July 27–August 7

IS 1300
8:30 am – 1:30 pm
For registration, call
670-8960, 677-1302
Space is limited

Summer Camp
Sixty Years of Art in Israel

Painting and sculpture: for graduates of Kindergarten through Grade 6
Photography, comics, and theater: for graduates of Grades 4 through 6

July 6–24
IS 1750
For graduates of Grade 8 and up
Multimedia workshop: Digital photography and Photoshop processing, animation, and computer art using Painter software
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June 2, 16, 23, and 30
5 pm
IS 15
Mondays in the Library
4:30 pm
For ages 4–6
IS 25 per meeting
Big Art, Little Artists
In this series of meetings with Michal Kerer, the telling of a story
leads children to create their own works of art.
4:30 pm
For ages 4–6
IS 25 per meeting
Big Art for Bigger Artists
Meetings for slightly older children, who are either new
or continuing in the program.
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  Tuesdays in the Library

June 3
For ages 4–7

In conjunction with Hebrew Book Week
A Moonless Night
Create art inspired by old and new moon stories, in honor of A Moonless Night, this year's recipient of the Ben-Yitzhak award for best illustration of a children's book.

June 10
For ages 3–6

White On!
Movement, stories, and art all in white in honor of Shavuot with dancer Alit Etrog Heiman.

June 17
For ages 4–7

Drama in the Gallery!
Actor André Orbach presents a dynamic introduction to the many facets of an actor's profession, with live demonstrations and inspiration from a variety of artworks.

Without Words
Bodies can talk without voices, and faces can say it all. Pantomime games in the library and gallery.

June 24
For ages 2–4

Where is Pluto?
Omer the storyteller presents the adventures of the beloved dog from Kibbutz Megiddo.

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For details call 670-8884 Guided Tours for Schools and Other Educational Institutions
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Wed 7–10 pm
IS 40 per workshop
8 sessions:IS 280
For details and
registration call
677-1303 or 670-8961
For Ages 18+
Drawing Workshop: The Nude
Under the guidance of Youth Wing art teachers, try your hand at life drawing. Please bring your own materials.
(Taking photographs is not permitted.)
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5–7 pm
To register, call 670-8860
Fee of IS 450 includes
Museum membership
for a year
Lectures for Adult Art Lovers
See Hebrew newsletter for more information.
Sundays, 8 meetings
Started May 4
Matters of Identity
With Yigal Zalmona, David Ibgui, Dr. Adolfo
Roitman, and other Museum curators
Mondays, 8 meetings
Started May 5

Envisioning the Temple
With Dr. Adolfo Roitman, Head of the Shrine of the Book and Curator of the Dead Sea Scrolls

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Two straight weeks
(Sun–Thurs)
8:30 am – 2 pm
IS 800/850
Plan Ahead – Summer 2008 for Teachers and Educational Institutions
Intensive courses recognized by the Ministry of Education.
See Hebrew newsletter for more information.
First session from July 1
Second session from July 27
10 Media in 10 Days
With Youth Wing artists
Registration through Histadrut ha-Morim
From July 1 The Portrait
With Lihi Sapir and guests
Registration through Irgun ha-Morim
From July 13
Temple Versus Sanctuary
With Dr. Adolfo Roitman, Head the Shrine of the Book.
Registration at the Resnick Teachers' Training Center.

From July 14

 

Masters and Masterpieces of Art
With Lihi Sapir and guests
Registration through Irgun ha-Morim

From July 20
How to Paint a Portrait
With Ziv Lenzner
Registration through Irgun ha-Morim
From July 27

The Digital Artist
With Tami Bezaleli-Shohat
Registration at the Resnick Teachers' Training Center

 

For details and to register:
Resnick Teachers’ Training Center 670-8860
Histadrut ha-Morim 623-6066
Irgun ha-Morim 622-2464

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Events
All educational and cultural activities for the public that take place in the Museum
are within the framework of THE SANDRA ROTMAN CULTURAL PROGRAM

Fri June 20
Shrine of the Book
Seminar Room
10:30 to 11:30 a.m.

 

Friends Friday Lecture Series in English
Last lecture in a monthly series of lectures in English given by Museum curators (with questions and answers)

The Unknown World of the Hasidim


A close look at the rich material culture of the various Hasidic groups, as characteristic examples of clothing and daily and ritual objects are analyzed and interpreted according to their religious and historical significance.

Ester Muchawsky-Schnapper, Curator in the Julia and Leo Forchheimer Department of Jewish Ethnography

Price
IS 45
Friends and Members IS 35
On sale at box office on day of lecture (includes entrance to the Museum)

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Tues June 24
8 pm

Ticho House
9 HaRav Kook Street
No extra charge
In the garden; warm
clothing recommended.
Events at Ticho House

In conjunction with the exhibition Signs of Life:
ViP 4 – Video, Voice, and Performance Art
The latest event in the ViP series, featuring leading performance artists and video art screened under the stars.
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Wed July 2
8 pm
IS 85; Members IS 75
Limited space
Advance registration
Tel. 670-8985, 677-1300
In the garden; warm
clothing recommended
Entrance to the house for ticket holders only

Events at Ticho House

Tel Aviv in Olden Times

The early days of Tel Aviv, when it was still known
as Ahuzat Bayit, told through stories and songs from
the period. Presented by Eliyahu Hacohen, with Ora
Sittner at the piano.

 

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Sun July 6
7 pm
Wise Auditorium,
Hebrew University, Givat Ram
NIS 25
Free registration for
Members and Patrons

Limited space
Advance registration
(from June 1)
Tel. 677-1300

Special session in conjunction with the International Conference
The Dead Sea Scrolls and Contemporary Culture


Cherchez la Femme: The Presence of Women at Qumran (in Hebrew)
Chairperson: Dr. Esther Chazon, The Hebrew
University of Jerusalem
Prof. Jodi Magness, North Carolina University
Prof. Tal Ilan, Freie Universität, Berlin
Prof. Lawrence H. Schiffman, New York University
Dr. Eyal Regev, Bar-Ilan University
Dr. Adolfo Roitman, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem

In collaboration with the Orion Center, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.


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Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
27 Sultan Suleiman St.
Sun, Mon, Wed, Thurs
10 am – 3 pm;
Sat 10 am – 2 pm
Tel. (02) 628-2251
Buses 1, 2
Thousands of artifacts arranged in chronological order, ranging from prehistoric times to the Ottoman period, including a 9,000-year-old statue from Jericho, gold jewelry from the Bronze Age, and much more. The story of the Rockefeller Museum is told in a recent richly illustrated booklet.
  Special Shuttle Bus and Guided Tour
Every Monday and Wednesday, a shuttlebus takes visitors from the main Israel Museum campus to the Rockefeller Museum for a guided tour of the beautiful building and its collections.
Transportation provided, but space is limited, so please register in advance (see below).
Included with the price of admission to the Museum.
Parallel tours in English and Hebrew.
Leaves Israel Museum parking lot at 11:00 am; returns at 1:30 pm.
Tour from 11:30-1:00.
  Register in advance for shuttle bus:
Telephone: 6708811
Between 8:30 am and 4 pm; Fridays between 8:30 am and 1 pm.
The tours are for individuals - groups should book separately.
Preregistration is required for everyone, including members and Friends.

 

 

 

About the Rockefeller Museum



 

Rockefeller Archaeological Museum
Photograph: Ruth Lockshin

Booklet in English,
Hebrew, and
Arabic
Exhibition
Beliefs and Believers: Ancient Art from the Israel Museum
Some thirty objects of critical and artistic merit, drawn from the permanent collection of the Israel Museum, shed light on the religion and rituals of the Land of Israel’s early inhabitants. Featured among the works in the exhibition is a thirteenth-century BCE statue of the storm god, a prehistoric statue dated at approximately 10,000 years, ritual objects of the faithful, and breathtaking stone sculptures portraying Dionysus and Artemis.
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Ticho House

9 HaRav Kook Street
Tel. (02) 624-5068
ticho@imj.org.il
Sun, Mon, Wed, Thurs
10 am – 5 pm
Tues 10 am – 10 pm
Fri 10 am – 2 pm
(Fridays only: upper level open
from 12:30 pm)
The “Little Jerusalem”
restaurant is also
open on Saturday
nights after Shabbat
until 11 pm
About Ticho House

Exhibitions

Raaya Karas, born 1978
Raaya Karas, born 1978
Some Place for Tomorrow (Etwas Platz für Morgen)

Gallery Talk
Tues June 10
7 pm
With exhibition curator
Mira Lapidot
No extra charge


English guiding
Wed 11 am

Signs of Life: Animating Ticho House

This exhibition seeks to animate Ticho House by means of artworks that whisper and move within its walls. Thus the word “animation” is interpreted, not in the narrow sense of a cinematic medium, but in the broadest sense of giving life to inanimate objects. In animation, the triad of life, spirit, and movement is braided together; the works displayed here reveal these three strands and their delicate interweaving.

The subject of Signs of Life was inspired by its setting: the house that was purchased by Dr. Albert and Anna Ticho and became their private home, as well as an eye clinic, a studio, and a meeting place for Jerusalem’s artists and intellectuals. Like other historic houses that were reopened as galleries and cultural centers, Ticho House also acts as a monument to its former owners. It freezes time at a certain moment and in this sense brings life to a halt.

The works in the exhibition relate to the house – its architecture and furnishings, the various functions it has served, and the collection of art and objects it contains. In this interaction, they seem to become part of Ticho House. And yet, none of them was created specifically for this venue or exhibition; all are existing artworks that were chosen because of their elusive qualities of movement and animation. Here they endow a place that is about memory and the past with new signs of life.

Participating artists:
Romy Achituv, Osnat Avital, Etamar Beglikter, Dror Daum, Talia Keinan, Raaya Karas, Roy Menahem Markovitch, Rivka Press and Moran Somer, Ariel Schlesinger, Miri Segal, Sasha Serber, and Gal Weinstein

 

Anna Ticho: Works on Paper
A survey of the main subjects in Anna Ticho's work, captured in pencil, charcoal,
watercolor, and pastel, and reflecting stylistic changes over the years.

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Sun, Mon, Wed, Thurs
11 am – 6 pm
Tues 2 pm – 6 pm
Fri 10 am – noon
Art Library

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Reservations:
Tel. (02) 624-4186
Weekly Musical Events In the “Little Jerusalem” Restaurant
Every Tuesday
at 8:30 pm
Jazz, Wine, and Cheese
With the Rosh Ba’Rosh Quartet
Every Thursday
at 8 pm
”Ktzat Mehakol”
Gentle music played on a variety of instruments
Every Saturday
at 8 pm
Shavua Tov
Jewish soul music
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  See Events for special evenings at Ticho House
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Fridays at 11 am
IS 40
Members, soldiers,
students, and
ezrah vatik IS 25
www.pearl-music.co.il
(052) 326-5915

Concerticho
With the support of Dr. Erich Schumann, Vorsitzender WAZ Mediengruppe, Essen, Germany
June 6

Alexander Kotler – cello
Janna Gendelman – violin
Marina Eretzky – piano

Works by Mozart and Schubert

June 13 Marina Solodovnik – piano
Works by Mozart, Schumann, Brahms, and Tchaikovsky
June 20 Alexander Shtark – violin
Bella Shteinbuk – piano

Works by Schubert and Strauss
June 27 Trio Libertango
Adrian Justus – violin
Yevgenia Podolich – piano
Admond Gilmor – contrabass
Works by Paganini, Piazzolla, and Waxman
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Members' Corner
Space in our special events is limited; please call 670-8855 to reserve.

Tues June 3
5:30 pm
Meet at Weisbord Pavilion
No extra charge
Advance registration

Guided Tour of the exhibition Real Time: Art in Israel 1998–2008 in conjunction with Israel’s 60th Anniversary.

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Youth Wing Auditorium
Advance registration
required
No extra charge
In the workshop, priority will
be given to those who register
for all sessions

Start Your Week at the Israel Museum!
The Oldest in the World
With Dr. Debby Hershman, Curator of Prehistoric Cultures
Meetings will focus on uncovering the origins of human phenomena that remain part of our lives: art, family, and religion.
[Click to see the series]

Sun June 22
7:30 pm
A Pound of Flesh and the Status of Women
New discoveries help decipher the basis for the war of the sexes.
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Tues June 24
Shrine of the Book Auditorium
Advance registration required
IS 25 per concert
7:15 pm Refreshments
7:30 pm Concert
Music in the Shrine
The Camertone Trio – soloists from the Israeli Camerata Orchestra Pavel Galaganov and Arieh Marcu – violin, Carmit Bar-Am – bassoon. Works by Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, and Carl Stamitz
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Sun July 6
7 pm

Dead Sea Scrolls Conference
Cherchez la Femme: The Presence of Women at Qumran
[View the program]

Mon July 7
5 pm
For Members only
In English

Special Guided Tour of the Shrine of the Book
With Prof. James VanderKam, University of Notre Dame, and Prof. John Collins, Yale University

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Tues, for children
aged 5+
Free Recycling Room workshop or story hour
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10% discount

To the Museum shop website

In the Museum shop and café, and at Ticho House
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For details call 621-6112 Discounts on subscriptions to Eretz Aheret
(IS 150 instead of IS 210)
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This right may be
exercised on presentation
of a membership card
(with sticker)
Discounts at Other Museums
Museum Members and Members of the Association of Israeli Friends of the Israel Museum (IFIM) are invited to visit the following free of charge:

In Jerusalem:
L. A. Mayer Museum for Islamic Art (Tel. 566-1291)
Museum on the Seam (Tel. 628-1278)

In Haifa:
Haifa Museum of Art
Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art
The National Maritime Museum
Haifa City Museum

50% off the full
ticket price
The Jerusalem Archaeological Park and Davidson Center
Western Wall Tunnel Tours

Tel. 627-7550
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Museum Shop
The shop is open
during regular Museum
hours and from 10 am
on Tuesdays
Discounts in the Museum Shop
25% off a selection of dishes and jewelry
50% off greeting cards, postcards and
posters

To the Museum shop website
Selected catalogues from the Museum Shop
Selected catalogues from the Museum Shop
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Contact Us

The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
POB 71117, Jerusalem 91710
Tel. +972 2 670-8811
Fax +972 2 677-1332
Buses: 9, 9a, 17, 24, 24a
Website:
www.imj.org.il

Museum Shop and Café
The Museum's shop and café are open during its regular hours, and also from 10 am on Tuesdays. The cafe is closed on Saturdays and holidays.
Shop tel. 670-8875
shop@imj.org.il

IFIM Office
Tel. 670-8815 or 677-1344
www.english.imjnet.org.il

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Study Room for Prints, Drawings, and Photographs; The Arturo Schwarz Dada and Surrealist Library; The Norman Bier Section for Maps of the Holy Land
By appointment only
Prints and Drawings, Schwarz Library, and Map Section: Tel. 670-8853
Photographs: Tel. 670-8843
Library
Closed to the public

Computerized catalogue:
http://israelmuseum.exlibris.co.il

Email:library@imj.org.il
Events
To reserve tickets, call 670-8985
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The Gabriel Sherover Information
Center for Israeli Art

Located in the Youth Wing
Mon, Wed 10 am - 2 pm
By appointment only
Tel. 670-8018
The Isidore and Anne Falk Information Center for Judaica and Jewish Ethnography
By appointment only
Tel. 677-1304

Membership Office
Tel. 670-8855
members@imj.org.il

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Youth Wing
Tel. 670-8835
Dorot Foundation Dead Sea Scrolls
Information and Study Center, in
Memory of Joy Gottesman Ungerleider

Tel. 677-1388
Sun, Mon, Wed, Thurs 11 am - 5 pm
Tues 4-6:30 pm
The film A Human Sanctuary is screened on weekdays in the Dorot Auditorium
For further information, call 670-8880.
 
 

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