"Become a Coin Archaeologist!" Family Workshop
VIEW EVENT DETAILSFamily Workshop
Registration at 1.45pm
Workshop at 2pm
Close at 4pm
Age limitation: For families with children aged 3-5 years old
Language: English
Coins are used in our daily lives, but how much do you know about them? Join our family workshop to discover more! Coins are found at most archaeology excavations around the world, in this workshop; families will have a taste of being archaeologists by “excavating” coins from different era and places, and learning about the symbols on coins which are often icons for prosperity that have high cultural significance for a civilization. With the application of different colors and rubbing methods, families will together create their unique Chinese New Year greeting cards by coin rubbing – this workshop will be a perfect family bonding opportunity in the festive season!
Designed for families with children aged 3-5, each family workshop will begin with an interactive gallery tour led by an experienced museum educator. Afterwards, they will be on a secret mission to excavate some coins. After that, families will learn about different rubbing methods, and create unique patterns by using their “archeological finds”. The patterns will be transferred to a card to make a unique family greeting card.
The workshop provides creative, hands-on opportunities for children to explore specific themes related to the exhibition with their parents or caregivers, encourage 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.