Pictures Make People

A Museum Visit for People with Dementia and their Companions

Experience a cozy and inspiring afternoon in the Jewish Museum Berlin! On entry, we’ll invite you to have coffee and freshly baked challah. Challah (Hebrew for braided yeast bread) is eaten on Friday evening, which is when the Shabbat begins according to the Jewish calendar.

Fri 24 May & Thu 13 Jun 2024, 2 pm

Map with all buildings that belong to the Jewish Museum Berlin. The Old Building is marked in green

Where

Old Building, ground level, “Meeting Point” in the foyer
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin

Where, when, what?

While enjoying this culinary treat, we will get to know each other, handle some objects and share what Friday evening means for the participants, and which bread is the most delicious.

Afterwards, we will visit the exhibition room Pictures Make People and look at three paintings from the nineteenth century together. There, we will talk about “Chess in the Salon” and “Celebratingrespectively”.

On the topic of “Chess in the Salon”, we will plunge into the Berlin of the nineteenth century, learn about the philosopher Moses Mendelssohn and salon culture, and question the role of the game of chess. The paintings on the topic “Celebrating” allow us to dip into a private family celebration and an extravagant festival.

The exhibition visit will be enhanced with musical accents and the opportunity to handle physical objects. Seating will be made available in the exhibition.

The event is being held in cooperation with the Alzheimer Gesellschaft Berlin e.V.

Porcelain (exhibition copy), Izhar Patkin (born 1955), USA, New York 2000, Hand drawing, watercolor, Jewish Museum Berlin, inv. no.: Deko/816/0, photo: Roman März Further information on this collage can be found in our online collections

A pair of hands feeling a model of a synagogue

Accessibility at the Jewish Museum Berlin: An overview

General Information: Accessibility at the Jewish Museum Berlin: Directions, visiting the museum, audience-specific; Simple English: Information about the Jewish Museum Berlin and its website in Simple English; Accessibility Statement: Information on areas in which accessibility is still lacking, options for giving feedback, and the arbitration service

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Where, when, what?

WhenFri 24 May & Thu 13 Jun 2024, 2 pm
Where Old Building, ground level, “Meeting Point” in the foyer
Lindenstraße 9–14, 10969 Berlin
See location on map

Entry fee
6 €, reduced rate 3 €, accompanying person free of charge
Reserve Online Ticket
InformationT +49 (0)30 259 93 305
F +49 (0)30 259 93 412
visit@jmberlin.de Please register all participants with personal requirements.