Dear Museumers

After an absence of nearly three years, I am delighted to be back on the net
and to be resubscribing to this discussion group.

I am the Co-ordinator of the Creative Workshop of the South African Board of
Jewish Education and we are currently mounting an exhibition to focus
educationally on Jerusalem in its 3000th year of existence.  Unfortunately I
am joining this important discussion group quite late in the game, as the
exhibition is scheduled to be opened to the public during March of this
year.  However, I am very keen to investigate any input on hands-on displays
and interactive educational projects which you mount in your institutions.
Our exhibition covers three levels on religious, geographical and physical
strata, we have made reconstructions of the Western wall and Marc Chagall's
windows of the twelve tribes, as well as a model of the Temple.  We are also
creating an archaeological dig in our basement area, a market place, three
of the gates to Jerusalem and a whole barrage of barrel vaults.  Together
with the exhibition, we will be mounting about eight teachmasters which will
feature trigger videos for discussion.  The exhibition is geared
specifically to the children who attend our schools.  This means a range of
ages from about 3 to about 18, and for the first time, our exhibition will
also be opened to adult members of the public.

Knowing the high calibre of professionalism on this list, I would be very
appreciative of any assistance whatsoever which I may be able to obtain
through you.

I look forward to a long and happy relationship with Museums discussion list.

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Robyn Sassen
Co-Ordinator of the Creative Workshop
South African Board of Jewish Education
P O Box 10 Cyrildene 2026 South Africa
2711 616 1019
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