Hundreds
of game stations * Meet with the creators of the popular game, gamers and
YouTubers * Costume contest and building contest with prizes for the winners *
Animation and virtual reality zones and many other attractions
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| photo: PR |
This upcoming Shavuot holiday, the Minecraft - Building
and Creativity Festival will be held for the first time at Jerusalem’s Science
Museum. It will feature hundreds of game
stations, meetups with the game’s creators, a variety of building competitions
with prizes for the winners, , 3D printing zone, etc.
May 20-21, 2018 at the Bloomfield Science Museum in
Jerusalem
The MINECRAFT Festival, held in many countries around the
world, is coming to Israel and will be held during the upcoming Shavuot holiday
on May 20-21, 2018 at Jerusalem’s Science Museum.
The festival is the initiative of Game of Education, a
company that is engaged in the development of content and technology for games
and educational material on the Minecraft platform. The festival will be held for the first time
in Israel at Jerusalem’s Bloomfield Science Museum and is entitled Minecraft,
Building and Creativity. Partners with
Game of Education for the festival are the Jerusalem Bloomfield Science Museum
and the Jerusalem Development Authority; and the Game for Peace and PICO Kids
Organizations have been enlisted to provide content for the festival.
During
the two-day Shavuot holiday, children and their parents, teenagers, adults and
the entire family are invited to come take part in the dozens of activities,
including game stations, competitions, meetups with the creators of Minecraft
and YouTubers, a Minecraft costume contest, 3D printing, a photography zone,
arts and crafts workshops and many activities that combine games, creativity,
design, technology and education.
As
is traditional at MINECRAFT festivals, guests are invited come dressed
in costume and participate in a cool costume contest with prizes for the
winners.
At
the festival, the unique Minecraft for Education program will be launched
by Microsoft Israel. At the event, a
special zone will be dedicated to a unique learning experience with educational
content, such as English, social studies, anatomy, botany, mathematics,
chemistry, code, and story writing, which has been implemented by Game of
Education at a number of educational institutions nationwide.
Minecraft is
the most popular computer game among children and teenagers, boys and girls and
is unique in its ability to connect children and teens around the world,
regardless of their language, gender or location. It is also considered an educational game
that promotes creativity, learning and positive goals.
Minecraft
has wide exposure in western countries, with 100 million registered players, 60
million of them are active every month.
In
Israel, there are hundreds of thousands of registered players.
According
to Vic Boaron, CEO of Game of Education and the event organizer: “We are
excited about Israel’s first Minecraft Festival and hope it will become an
annual tradition. We have selected
Jerusalem’s Science Museum, because there is no better place to host this kind
of festival. We invite everyone, even
those who are not familiar with the game, to come and take part in the
festival’s activities during the upcoming Shavuot holiday. The festival will offer a playful and
educational experience to its participants, based on the values that we, as
Minecraft representatives promote in Israel, and which are promoted worldwide.”
Opening
Hours and Prices:
The
Minecraft Festival will be held at the Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem
during the Shavuot holiday:
On
Sunday, May 20, 2018 (Shavuot) and on Monday May 21, 2018 (the day following
the holiday) from 10:00 to 18:00.
Entrance
ticket to the museum and the festival for a child or adult – NIS 60
Family ticket (parents/grandparents and all their
children/grandchildren) – NIS 220
Free entrance for children
under the age of 5. Discounts for residents with a Yerushalmi
card, soldiers, members of the security forces, people with disabilities,
senior citizens and members of the customer clubs.
For further information: 054-2661449 | https://www.goecraft.comFor
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