Culture in a Time of War: Haifa Museums are with you in the Protected Room (MAMAD)

Due to the "Lion's Roar" war and Home Front Command instructions, Haifa Museums have been forced to close their doors. However, on the Haifa Museums website, you can find a variety of free museum experiences suitable for the general public to help pass the time: virtual guidance for the exhibition "Beit Ha'am. The Templers: Heritage and Dream."

* Collections Portal:

Haifa Museums recently launched a new portal featuring approximately 50,000 items from the museums' various collections. This is a highly innovative system for managing museum collections, which until now has been used in a pilot phase by curators, art researchers, and academics—and has now been opened to the general public, free of charge.

Link to the Collections Site

* A Glimpse into the World of Curators:

Yotam Yakir, CEO of Haifa Museums, in filmed interviews with various museum curators, past and present: the curator of the Haifa Museum of Art, the curator of the Haifa City Museum, the curator of the National Maritime Museum, and the curator of the Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art. A glimpse into the work of curators and the behind-the-scenes of setting up exhibitions. Additionally, on the website, you can find virtual tours of past exhibitions, such as: "I, Haifaite," "Japanese Design Today 100," "Tel Shikmona," and more.

* Lectures or Not to Be:

"Bite-sized lectures" on a variety of topics, such as: Russia - 50 Shades of Darkness, Buddhism, and more.

* Activities for the Whole Family:

DIY Workshops – Anyone Can Do It: Filmed creative workshops that can be done from home: dreamcatcher workshop, quilling workshop, mask workshop inspired by Pablo Picasso, salt sculpting workshop, and more.

Children's Theater Plays from "The Tale Theater": "Aya! Ouch! Ava!", "The Man and the Line," and more.

Children's Storytime, also available in Arabic: "The Cat that Daphne Wants," "Mia's Blue Kangaroo," a Japanese folk tale, and more.

* For all "Museum to Your Home" content:

In the coming days, additional content will be uploaded to the Haifa Museums website; it is recommended to stay updated on the site. Furthermore, lectures that were planned to be in-person will be moved to Zoom; for details and registration, please visit the Haifa Museums website.

Yotam Yakir, CEO of Haifa Museums: "Haifa Museums have been closed since yesterday according to the instructions, but we have a range of digital capabilities open to everyone and free of charge. Now is the time—while you are at home in your protected space—to enjoy them together as a family. Haifa Museums will continue to be with you and provide every possible service even at this time, as we did during COVID and during previous wars. This is our mission, and we will continue to fulfill it in every way."

* Haifa Museums offer the public, free of charge, an audio guide integrated with a photo gallery from the exhibition, in 4 languages: Hebrew, Arabic, English, and Russian.

All details here