During the Hanukkah holiday, between December 11 and December 14, the Israel Children’s Museum in Holon, together with HML Hayor, offer special activities dealing with heroism and light, an illustration exhibition, and unique creative workshops.
The illustration activities will take place alongside the favorite and well-known itineraries, activities and adventures at the Israel Children’s Museum: ‘Trip with Yanshul’, ‘Following the Butterflies’, ‘Where Mish’, ‘The Beatles – The Mysterious Magic Journey’, the ‘Invitation to Silence’ exhibition, the ‘Dialogue with Time’ exhibition , the ‘Dialogue in the Dark’ exhibition and a variety of different activities for children and the whole family.
All the activities in the children’s museum have unique characteristics and each track has a different educational intention. The museum strives to emphasize and give museum visitors an exciting and empowering experience combining important values, relating to emotional intelligence, coping with life skills and values of openness and respect for others and others. In all activities, the visitors take an active part in the different stories: they experience, feel, get excited and learn to know their inner self.
The activities:
“illustration workshops” For ages 8 and up
Hmal Hayor was established with the aim of easing the experiences of children and families during the war. Over time, the array of Hmal expanded, which today also work to create informative, inspirational and encouraging content for a wide range of ages. The participants will go through various illustration workshops on light and heroism under the guidance of the HML instructors. Price: 15 NIS
Activity time:
11.12 – Soul Stamps Workshop on “Light and Valor” with Maya Levy 10:00-12:00
12.12 – Watercolor and wax painting workshop on “Spreading Light” with Ayelet Raziel 10:00-12:00
12.13 – paper cut-out workshop on “My Hero” with Lehi Ofir 10:00-12:00
12.14 – Paper cut-out workshop on “My Hero” with Shiri Algor 11:00-13:00
“Escapism” exhibition to all the family
What makes us happy in difficult times? What is our safe space? The “Escapism” project was created out of the need for a visual time-out. With the endless scroll full of bad news, there is an obligation to return the color and positivity to the norm, and to remind that it is also possible to escape for a moment from reality. Followers were asked what escapism is for them and the answers were illustrated by the volunteer illustrators at HML. The price is included in the entrance fee to the museum
“Trip with Inshul“For ages two and a half – four
The small “Yanshul” (half owl half cat) has just hatched from the egg and already wants to meet new friends who live in the magical forest. But he is ashamed. So what do you do when you are shy?
The children go with Hinshul on a journey in the magical forest, a journey in search of new friends.
Along the way, the children meet not only friends, but also a variety of textures, sounds, feelings and emotions that invite them (and accompanying parents) to amusing and surprising experiences.
The duration of the activity is about an hour and a quarter – the entry is in groups of 12, when a group enters every quarter of an hour.
“Following the butterflies“For ages two and a half – four
A route that presents to the children, through the life cycle of the butterfly, different families of butterflies while examining the concepts of similar and different. The children go on a trip in the footsteps of two charming caterpillars and follow the process of their growth and transformation into butterflies. During the trip, the children get to know other animal families.
The duration of the activity is about an hour and a quarter – the entry is in groups of 12, when a group enters every quarter of an hour.
“where is mish“For ages two and a half to five
An active show where the children become part of the show.
Mish is Danny’s old cuddle doll. Danny’s dad calls her “elderly Mish” the old friend
Danny’s since the day he was born. The day Danny received a new Kofif doll, he momentarily forgot an old friendship.
The offended Mish goes on a journey inside the toy box and Danny and all the participants follow him.
In an active performance, the audience is invited to visit a toy display, to observe and play, to wonder about the nature of the difference
Between different types of toys, about friendship and love, and to examine which is our favorite toy?
The duration of the show is about an hour and a quarter.
Price: NIS 68 per child, NIS 50 per adult
“The quest to repair the realm of timeFor ages 4 to 6
A legendary journey that follows the change of the world around us as a result of the cycles of life.
At the beginning of the journey, the children meet Zig and Zag, a pair of caterpillars. The two are in dire straits after they discover the nature of the change that took place in them, after turning from caterpillars to pupae.
Zig and Zag, who are not aware of the cycle of life, turn to the help of Mr. Yanshul who unfolds a magical legend about the kingdom of time.
Activity duration: about an hour and 45 minutes. Entry is in groups of 12, with a group entering every quarter of an hour.
“The magic forestFor ages 6 to 8
A fictional journey about discovering the world of our emotions. The children discover a mysterious box, out of curiosity and unintentionally they release a mischievous leprechaun from it, who joyfully announces that he is now free to do as he pleases. The children try to restore the situation and catch the elf. During the chase they experience an entertaining adventure. They reach the clouds and the snow mountain and there with the help of the white wizard the problem is solved.
Activity duration: about an hour and 45 minutes.
Entry is in groups of 12, with a group entering every quarter of an hour.
“the aliensFor ages 8 to 11
The route consists of an exciting adventure journey during which the children are “abducted” into an alien spaceship.
While trying to deal with the situation and return home, the children are required to take the initiative, learn about
Our treatment of difference, experimenting with dialogue with the different and the other, dealing with stigmas,
in stereotypes, and in conflict resolution.
During the route, while going on various adventures and challenging tasks, the children internalize
Because for the “other” we are other and also that in order to accept the “other” we must first of all accept ourselves.
Activity duration: about an hour and 45 minutes. .
Entry is in groups of 12, with a group entering every quarter of an hour.
“eye to eye“The Beatles The Mysterious Magic Journey for ages 5 to 120
When you talk about the Beatles, you talk about a band whose meaning goes far beyond the music they created, and the Beatles’ songs are more than meets the eye or sounds to the ear.
The influence of the Fantastic Four touches many areas of art, whether it was the instruments they played, the films they made, the model they created and even the clothes they wore.
The Beatles are a band that is easy to identify with, their art crosses ages, borders and cultures.
The idea of the exhibition is to illustrate that music is a tool for developing imagination, creativity and a tool for personal expression. The duration of the activity is about an hour and forty-five minutes.
“A dialogue with time“For adults and children from the age of 10
A project from the creator of “Dialogue in the Dark” and “Invitation to Silence”.
When we are small we dream of being big. When we grow up we are afraid of getting old.
Captive of prejudices and stereotypes and trying to look young, the dialogue with time,
Turns out accompanies us all, at any age. This interactive journey is interspersed with exciting, entertaining situations
and fun The kind of experiences that leave different from what you enter: different in dialogue with yourself, different in dialogue with the environment and with those dear to you. The tour is guided by old guides (over 70 years old) and is suitable for almost everyone,
The duration of the activity is about an hour and a half. The entrance is in groups of 12, when a group enters every 15 minutes.
“Dialogue in the dark” – a one-time experience, a lifetime experience for adults and children from the age of 9
Tour in complete darkness guided by blind and partially sighted guides.
A unique experience centered on an important social lesson – how can disability become a strength?
The exhibition is actually a tour of the park, a busy street, a boat ride and sitting in a cafe that is all conducted in complete darkness, the likes of which you have never “seen”.
The tour in the dark creates a fascinating interpersonal and group dialogue during which social patterns and prejudices are shattered.
Activity duration: about an hour and a quarter. The activity takes place in small groups of 10 people.
Every 15 minutes a group enters.
“An invitation to silence” – an experience that will leave you speechless. For adults and children from the age of 9
How do we “communicate” with the world around us? What is happening to our communication with the world?
When the sense of hearing is unusable?
The exhibition “Invitation to Silence” opens a window to a world of different communication through
Experts in this communication – the deaf.
The guides at the exhibition, deaf and hard of hearing, will accompany us on an active and experiential journey into a world of silence, where we will communicate in a variety of non-verbal ways (without voice): “we will hear with our eyes”, “we will talk with our hands” and much more…
Activity duration: about an hour and a half. The activity takes place in groups of 12 people. Every 15 minutes a group enters.
The Israeli Children’s Museum in Holon aims to provide children throughout the country with an exciting, educational, educational and in-depth visiting experience. The museum offers a variety of activities whose common denominator is the experiential engagement in the field of emotional intelligence, education for tolerance and acceptance of the different and the other. The various activities are characterized by instruction in small groups while emphasizing the added value and the values associated with the activity. The museum is one of the most invested in Israel in terms of design, and its name has spread throughout the world. In 2015, the museum was nominated by the organization of children’s museums in the world “HANDS ON” as the best children’s museum in the world.
Tickets on the website: https://www.childrensmuseum.org.il/
