Golem – the famous Jewish legend figure has inspired artists and authors for centuries and the Jewish Museum Berlin invites you to an exhibition all about the artificial creation of life.
As an exhibition preview, come and join us in the Golem Lounge on Long Museum Night! Enjoy a cocktail in the Glass Courtyard and watch the silent film classic The Golem: How He Came Into the World with sound fusions by DJ D'dread – a psychoacoustic experience!
Where
Old Building, ground level, Glass Courtyard
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
6 pm to 2 am
The Golem is Coming!
Make yourself comfortable in the Golem Lounge with cocktails and film clips, media insights, and a virtual giant golem!
6.45 pm to 12.15 am
Composing, Melodizing, Understanding
Consider things from a different perspective! The express guided tours with their different themes present the museum as a place of discovery:
6.45 pm + 9.45 pm Resounding Image – The Peddler’s Orchestra
7.15 pm + 8.45 pm Bibliodramatic – Scenes from the Garden of Eden
7.45 pm + 11.15 pm Architecture Condensed
8.15 pm + 10.45 pm A Peep through the Spectacles – Enlightenment Profiles
9.15 pm + 11.45 pm Restaged – Jewish Weddings
10.15 pm + 12.15 am Laid in Wool – Reviewing Images of Modernity
10 pm + 12 midnight
SilentFilmDJ - The Golem: How He Came Into the World
Silent film classic from 1920 with live accompaniment by DJ D'dread
Long Museum Night; Jewish Museum Berlin
Contact
Stefan van Zwoll
T +49 (0)30 259 93 483
F +49 (0)30 259 93 513
s.zwoll@jmberlin.de
Events: Cultural Summer 2016 (9)
Cultural Summer 2016
Every year, the Jewish Museum Berlin invites visitors to its cultural summer program held in the Museum Garden from June to August.
Semer Ensemble:
Rescued Treasure
25 June 2016
Concert Opening the Cultural Summer
Summer Garden Party
3 July 2016
This year’s summer garden party is all about Eastern European and Yiddish culture.
Reading with Christian Berkel: Tevye the Dairyman
9 July 2016
To mark the 100th anniversary of Sholem Alejchem’s death, the actor Christian Berkel will read from the new translation of the book Tevye the Dairyman
Jazz in the Garden:
Shira Z. Carmel and her Brasserie
17 July 2016
Jazz Concert with Cabaret Jazz
Jazz in the Garden:
Bester Quartet
31 July 2016
Concert with Klezmer jazz
Bobe Mayses: Yiddish Knights and Other Impossibilities
7 August 2016
Street Theater: The theater visionary Jenny Romaine transforms the Jewish Museum Berlin and its garden into a stage for an extraordinary theater extravaganza.
Long Museum Night
27 August 2016
The Golem is Coming! The Jewish legend figure has inspired artists and authors
Jazz in the Garden:
Zlata Razdolina
28 August 2016
Concert with Jewish jazz
Jazz in the Garden:
Libelid Quintet
11 September 2016
Concert with Ambient jazz
Events Accompanying the Exhibition: GOLEM (11)
GOLEM
Golem talks, workshops, readings, and film premiere: events for adults, kids, and families held during our Golem exhibition in 2016–17.
Long Museum Night
27 August 2016
The Golem is Coming! The Jewish legend figure has inspired artists and authors
Golem – The Legend of Man
13 September 2016
ARTE Film Première and Discussion
The Clay Giant's Alive!
Held on 8 and 9 October. A musical reading (in German) with the author Anke Kuhl, plus a visit to the golem workshop, for children aged 5 and older
The Golem is Coming
A vacation day all about golems for children aged 8 to 12 (in German)
Workshop
20 and 27 Oct 2016
Greetings from Golem
Exhibition tour and screen-printing workshop for adults and children 6 and older (in German)
Workshop
13 Nov 2016
Joshua Cohen:
You want a golem?
17 November 2016
Golem talks: Joshua Cohen reads from his highly-praised Book of Numbers.
Cathy Gelbin: The Golem Returns
1 December 2016
Golem talks: The slide presentation examines the special role of the golem for the formation of a modern Jewish culture and identity.
Guided Tour for School Students
Program for school groups, ages 6 to 19
Guided Tour
2016/17
Tour for Adults
A one-hour group program
For Preschool and Afterschool Groups
A program for school groups and after-school groups, ages 7 and older, who want to built their own golem
Workshop
2016/17
Public guided tour for adults
Every Sunday (23 September–29 January 2017), 2 pm
