The Israel Museum
Hello everyone! We are in Israel, the Holy Land!
Today, on 9/25, we went to the Israel museum.
We rode the bus to the museum!
We took bus 7 to get to the museum. Three stops, and we arrived at the museum!
We visited the Israel Museum 2 years ago. That time, we looked at all the permanent collection exhibits. This time, we took a look at the temporary exhibit!
The permanent exhibits were basically all about ancient artifacts and antiques. The temporary exhibit displayed modern art. It was very interesting and made us all think a lot.
On display were all sorts of creative and interesting art.
This sculpture below was made from a 3D printer:
Do you see the table in the picture below? That one was made from metal and wood together!
The exhibit showed us step-by-step how each of them were made.
This matza-maker below is one of my favorites.
The roller is used to flatten the dough.
The matza-cutter (right) is used to make the dough into a circular shape.
A screen showed how to use the matza-maker set.
My favorite part of the matza-maker was the little stamp (above).
It is used to decorate the matza to symbolize how the children of Israel fled from ("ran out of") Egypt.
Christian Boltanski's Art
A special temporary exhibit featured Christian Boltanski's art. His art makes you think a lot and focuses mostly on life and death.
Below is a stopwatch that is counting the seconds since Boltanski's birth.
Boltanski purposefully chose seconds as the unit of time to create a sense of urgency that the moment that has just passed away will never return again.
As you step in front of each coat, the coat "speaks" to you and asks you a question.
Some of the questions are:
"Tell me, was it quick?"
"Tell me, were you afraid?"
"Tell me, did you pray?"
"Tell me, were you alone?"
"Tell me, were you asleep?"
Each question is a question that we wish we could have asked our loved ones who passed away. The answer to some of those questions remains a mystery.
Below is Anabel listening to the questions.
We've just visited "DEPART". Now we are at "ARRIVE".
Hmm.. wait a minute! Why did we visit "DEPART" before "ARRIVE"? Well, that's up to you to figure out.
Here we are at "ARRIVE". A giant golden mound sits before us. It represents "ARRIVE", the start of a new life.
The Detective Room
Welcome to the Detective room!
In this room, boxes with photos line the walls. All of these photos are form 1974. Each of the people in the photos is either a criminal (murderer) or a victim.
As we look at each photo, we become detectives and try to determine whether each person is a criminal or a victim. There seems to be a tendency for us to think that harsh-looking men are criminals and that smiling women are victims. In truth, however, there is no way to tell who these people are (unless they are babies). Who they are will forever remain a mystery to us.
Eyes
This is the labyrinth of looks. Eyes - young and old, stare at you from everywhere.
What is your reaction? Do you stare back at them, or do you avert your gaze?
Below is the last exhibit I will show you. Of course, they were a lot of other exhibits that we visited, but this is the last one I will tell you about.
You'll have to visit the Israel Museum yourself to see everything else!
Let's go outside for the 33rd anniversary of the kite festival!
Children of all ages fly kites. Be careful when you walk through the plaza, though. Some kites love to land on people's heads!
It's time to leave the Israel Museum. Goodbye! We hope you enjoyed your time reading about the Museum. Come visit when you have the chance!
Read more about our trip to Israel here:
Today, on 9/25, we went to the Israel museum.
We rode the bus to the museum!
We took bus 7 to get to the museum. Three stops, and we arrived at the museum!
We visited the Israel Museum 2 years ago. That time, we looked at all the permanent collection exhibits. This time, we took a look at the temporary exhibit!
The permanent exhibits were basically all about ancient artifacts and antiques. The temporary exhibit displayed modern art. It was very interesting and made us all think a lot.
On display were all sorts of creative and interesting art.
This sculpture below was made from a 3D printer:
Do you see the table in the picture below? That one was made from metal and wood together!
The exhibit showed us step-by-step how each of them were made.
This matza-maker below is one of my favorites.
The roller is used to flatten the dough.
The matza-cutter (right) is used to make the dough into a circular shape.
A screen showed how to use the matza-maker set.
My favorite part of the matza-maker was the little stamp (above).
It is used to decorate the matza to symbolize how the children of Israel fled from ("ran out of") Egypt.
Christian Boltanski's Art
A special temporary exhibit featured Christian Boltanski's art. His art makes you think a lot and focuses mostly on life and death.
Below is a stopwatch that is counting the seconds since Boltanski's birth.
Boltanski purposefully chose seconds as the unit of time to create a sense of urgency that the moment that has just passed away will never return again.
Next, we came to the section named "Depart".
As you step in front of each coat, the coat "speaks" to you and asks you a question.
Some of the questions are:
"Tell me, was it quick?"
"Tell me, were you afraid?"
"Tell me, did you pray?"
"Tell me, were you alone?"
"Tell me, were you asleep?"
Each question is a question that we wish we could have asked our loved ones who passed away. The answer to some of those questions remains a mystery.
Below is Anabel listening to the questions.
We've just visited "DEPART". Now we are at "ARRIVE".
Hmm.. wait a minute! Why did we visit "DEPART" before "ARRIVE"? Well, that's up to you to figure out.
Here we are at "ARRIVE". A giant golden mound sits before us. It represents "ARRIVE", the start of a new life.
The Detective Room
Welcome to the Detective room!
In this room, boxes with photos line the walls. All of these photos are form 1974. Each of the people in the photos is either a criminal (murderer) or a victim.
As we look at each photo, we become detectives and try to determine whether each person is a criminal or a victim. There seems to be a tendency for us to think that harsh-looking men are criminals and that smiling women are victims. In truth, however, there is no way to tell who these people are (unless they are babies). Who they are will forever remain a mystery to us.
Eyes
This is the labyrinth of looks. Eyes - young and old, stare at you from everywhere.
Below is the last exhibit I will show you. Of course, they were a lot of other exhibits that we visited, but this is the last one I will tell you about.
You'll have to visit the Israel Museum yourself to see everything else!
In the exhibit above, different parts of a child's face are played on the screen. When you think the different parts match, press the button!
It's pretty fun, but its not as easy as it look!
Children of all ages fly kites. Be careful when you walk through the plaza, though. Some kites love to land on people's heads!
It's time to leave the Israel Museum. Goodbye! We hope you enjoyed your time reading about the Museum. Come visit when you have the chance!
Read more about our trip to Israel here:
- A Special Birthday
- Looking Back - the 8 days of Sukkot in Jerusalem
- Gan Ha'Atzmaut - Independence Park
- A tour of the Botanical Garden of the Hebrew University
- Food in Israel
- The Israel Museum
- Bits & pieces of the Old City of Jerusalem
- Goodbye, Israel!
- Ha Kotel - The Western Wall
- The Sea of Galilee
- A visit to Migdal, Israel
- The Shuk in Israel
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