In addition, the ‘CINEGOGUE’ project, based on a combination of film, music and architecture (‘cinema’ + ‘synagogue’) is an ongoing series featuring a unique film premiere each year. Its main aim is to introduce present-day audiences to little-known silent classics of world cinema, screening them with live music in a venue that to some may resemble the dreamlike interior of an old nickelodeon. The project also seeks to encourage new ways of looking at Jewish culture and at the filmmakers of the ‘post-emancipation’ period – a time that saw the beginnings of the international Zionist movement and waves of Jewish immigrants moving to the New World from Central and Eastern Europe, as well as the turbulent development of avant-garde art and film.
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Germany – ‘Jüdisches Museum’ (‘Jewish Museum’), Berlin Defining itself as a museum and an educational institution, the ‘Jewish Museum’ sees the relaying of German-Jewish history to pupils of all ages and from all types of school as an important task. The extensive educational programme is diverse, ranging from interactive tours through to permanent and temporary exhibitions and activity-based workshops lasting several hours. Over 50 000 school pupils enjoy the programme each year. Teachers can download teaching aids and worksheets. The special educational programme ‘On.tour’ is a mobile museum on a bus, which visits schools all over the country.
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Austria – ‘Die Wissensakademie’ (‘Knowledge Academy’) ‘Wiener Kinderfreunde’ (an organisation for day care facilities for children), together with cultural organisations, initiated a range of workshops for children in kindergarten and day care centres. The workshops cover disciplines such as archaeology, music, theatre, dance, physics, chemistry, astronomy, English, sports, etc. In the summer semester 2011, nearly 700 children took part in around 80 workshops. The Belvedere Museum, for example, offers workshops for aesthetical and creative elementary education where young children discover the fascinating world of the museum. Children from underprivileged families are able to benefit from a scholarship financed by a big insurance company that covers the costs of the workshops. The idea is thus to make the ‘Knowledge Academy’ accessible to all children, regardless of their social background.
Open method of coordination (OMC) Working group of EU Member States’ experts on better access to and wider participation in culture
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