Christmas Family Tree & Ornament Family Workshop
VIEW EVENT DETAILSTemple, Scrolls and Divine Messengers: The Archaeology of the Land of Israel in Roman Times Educational Offerings
Registration at 1.45pm
Workshop at 2pm
Close at 4pm
Age limitation: For families with children aged 6-12 years old
Language: English
What comes to mind when you think of Christmas? Santa Claus? Turkeys? Join our family workshop to discover more! Create a holiday decoration for your home sweet home by making your unique Christmas family tree and angel ornaments, a perfect opportunity for the family to bond over arts in the season of love.
Designed for families with children aged 6-12, the family workshop will begin with an interactive gallery tour led by experienced museum educators. Afterwards, families will draft their family trees together for the younger ones to understand about their family heritage. Drawing inspiration from the divine messengers (angels) that have appeared in The Gabriel Revelation, families will create their own versions of angel, making unique ornaments to hang on their Christmas family trees.
Aiming at enhancing children’s understanding of family heritage, this workshop is also crafted as an opportunity for quality family time and enhancing cross generation communication. The workshop provides creative, hands-on opportunities for children to explore specific themes related to the exhibition with their parents or caregivers, encouraging dialogues in families, nurturing creativity in children and adults alike.
About the exhibition:
Temple, Scrolls and Divine Messengers: Archaeology of the Land of Israel in Roman Times unravels the secrets and meanings behind the Gabriel Revelation Stone and the Isaiah Scroll, and through them, explores the significance of Jerusalem during the Second Temple period between the 1st century BCE and the 1st century CE. It not only examines the Gabriel Revelation Stone and the Isaiah Scroll within the historical, spiritual, material and social context of Judaism of the Second Temple era, but also looks at the life and times of the city’s inhabitants and the importance of their rituals and customs. In addition, the exhibition contains other rare items such as carved stone fragments from the Temple Mount complex, ossuaries and tools, glass and pottery from Jerusalem's Herodian Quarter and Khirbet Qumran in the Dead Sea region. The exhibition is on view for a strictly limited 11-week season between November 4, 2014 and January 25, 2015 at the Chantal Miller Gallery.