Summer 2018 at the Bloomfield Science Museum in Jerusalem
* For the first time in Israel *
An international exhibition straight from Paris
Opens
– 22.6.2018 – Closes – 10.12.2018
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| על הקצה קרדיט F Jeliaoui |
For the first time in Israel, this new
exhibition for the entire family deals with the subject of risk and/or chance
and is part of the Israel – France Season 2018, featuring cultural exchanges
between institutions, artists and various cultural organizations. In Paris, the Universcience Museum will host
the “Illusions- Mind Boggling” exhibition.
Helmet Head: An
exhibition of helmets designed by students of industrial design.
The helmets were designed
during a course in their 2nd year of studies, when they were asked
to design useful products. The students
were asked to design a product to protect the head against impact (Professional
guidance: Eran Lederman, Dov Ganchrow
and Haim Parnas).
Protective
Gear: modeling exercise – One of the accepted ways of managing
risks is to use safety measures – products that protect us from injury in a
variety of fields, such as sports, work, medicine, etc. In the exhibition, there is a display of risk
reducing articles that are enlarged to giant proportions! These enlarged product models were created as
part of the training of 1st year industrial design students at
Bezalel, in the Tool Box course. This
basic course deals with the relationship between providing a shape for
technology and between planning and production. (Professional guidance: Haim Parnas and Dov Ganchrow – Exhibition
opens on 7.8.18).
“Not Easy Prey” – How do animals deal with their
predators? This is an exhibition of
fascinating nature photographs that investigate a variety of mechanism and
responses that enable animals to cope with the danger of being preyed upon by
reducing the danger of them being discovered, attacked and caught by their
predators (Curator: Damon
Shusterman. Scientific Consultant: Dr. Dror Hawlena, the Hebrew University).
Additional activities in the exhibition:
Ouch!
Building Workshop:
Every visitor can use his finger to ‘hammer in’ a nail, without a drop
of blood… build something you can take home as a souvenir (ages 4 and up).
In a new and unique surrounding at the
science museum - Courage on a Tree – children
are invited to reach new heights. In the
museum’s courtyard, three tall structures will be installed that will enable
the children to see into the distance, check out the height, walk on a
suspended bridge, become frightened and then overcome their fear, climb, touch,
dare and be careful (for ages 4 and up).
Challenge
and Risk - children's books activity
Many children’s stories feature obvious or subliminal values and
one of the main values in these books relates to the subject of risk: “Must we take risks in order to develop
independence? What happens when we step out of the boundaries
that surround us, either physical (“Elephants Don’t Ballet Dance”) or social
(“Bentzie the Elephant”)? How do we cope
with the tension between ‘being who I am’ and the desire to dare, innovate and
change?
As part of this activity, a reading area will be opened at the
museum with many children’s books that deal directly or indirectly with the
subject of risk. For each book,
background will be given as to its position regarding the subject of risk
(caution, challenge or calculated risk) and ideas are offered to the parent as
to how to read a book together with the child.
“The activity will be run in cooperation with the Laboratory for
Social Development at the Department of Psychology at the Hebrew University
Jerusalem, directed by Prof. Ariel Knafo-Noam.
A Story
Tour – In addition to
the reading area for children and parents, the children can ‘tour’ a room
inspired by the classic – “Oh, the Places You’ll Go” – a book by Dr.
Seuss that presents the positive and negative aspects of taking a risk and
daring. “And then things start to
happen don’t worry. Don’t stew. Just go
right along. You’ll start happening
too.” The book encourages readers to
also think of the dangers along the way and to be aware of them. Dr. Seuss summarizes the complexity of taking
risks in the following words: “So be
sure when you step. Step with care and
great tact and remember that life’s a great balancing act.” (Building a
design concept and creating the story tour:
Yasmin Steinmetz and Ofri Elisha).
A Tour
for ‘Brave’ Families – You are invited to take a fascinating
journey to discover the chances and risks throughout the exhibition. Discover what is preferable – taking it safe
– or taking a gamble? And how it feels
to walk on the edge? You can examine
just how much you trust yourself and how much you trust others. In this activity, you will learn how to
reduce risks using special protective equipment. Do you dare to join?
The 'Nerds' – A comic and exciting circus show for the entire family, without
words and with audience participation.
The pair of nerds, the odd couple, will win the hearts of the audience
in an acrobatic and clown show. Get
carried away by moments of love and crisis, laugh together with them and
especially at them. Be awe struck by the
impressive acrobatics and you may even be picked to fly with them on stage
(July: Tuesdays and Saturdays: 14:00,
16:00; August: Mon-Thurs, Saturday:
12:30, 13:30, 14:30, 15:30).
Conquest of the Skies – 3D Movie
The ability to fly is
one of the greatest wonders of nature. Millions of creatures soar above our
heads, using an amazing variety of techniques to overcome gravity and rule
their aerial environment. Yet how did animals make the extraordinary transition
from land to air?
The movie Birds of
the Sky uses up-to-date scientific knowledge and technological effects to
discover and present the story of the evolution of flight among animals (Hebrew
narration. Twenty minutes, at an additional cost of 10 NIS from age 2 and up).
July August
Mon-Thurs:
10:00-18:00 Sun-Thurs: 10:00-19:00
Fri:
10:00-14:00 Fri: 10:00-14:00
Saturday: 10:00-17:00 Saturday: 10:00-17:00
Children under the age
of 5 – free, child/adult – NIS 45, family ticket (parents/grandparents and all
their children/grandchildren) NIS 160
During the summer
vacation period: 1.7.18-31.8.18: Child/adult – NIS 60, family ticket – NIS 220
Discounts to Yerushalmi
Resident Card Holders, soldiers, defense forces, people with disabilities,
senior citizens, customer clubs
The exhibition features the international
collaboration between three museums:
Universcience (France), Heureka (Finland), Ciencia Viva (Portugal) and
it has been planned as part of the Israel-France Season 2018 events.
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