Bat Yam Museum of Art sees the role of cultivating the future generation of art lovers in Israel as its top priority. We believe that the encounter with contemporary art gives children and teachers significant life tools – it develops creativity, encourages independent thought, and improves conversation and debate skills. We offer schools around Israel an inviting and playful introduction to contemporary art, which includes an interactive tour of our annual children’s exhibition and the main exhibition on view at the museum.
About Our School Tours
We warmly welcome school groups and offer a range of various programs for you to choose from for your class visit to the museum. The exhibition visits incorporate play-based learning and independent tasks. They introduce the pupils to central art concepts, encourage group discussions, and develop tools for visual literacy and creative thinking.
The visit is complemented by creative workshops in the City Studio. The City Studio is a space for unstructured creative work, equipped with diverse materials and tools, where the children can experiment with art techniques inspired by artworks seen in the exhibitions. In the workshop, they experiment with techniques like acrylic painting, monotype printing, engraving and hammering, paper cutting and more.
Our programs are designed to meet the needs of diverse age groups and different backgrounds:
First Museum Visit is intended for children who are visiting an art museum for the first time and offers introductory tools for viewing an art exhibition.
Learning in the Museum offers a closer look at the works displayed in the annual exhibition for children. It is intended for children who have some background in art.
Self-Reflection through Art puts the experience of viewing artworks as the starting point for self-reflection. It is intended for upper elementary and middle school groups.
Discovering Art is intended for upper middle school and offers the participants tools for viewing art in broad social contexts through the themes presented in the Bat Yam Museum of Art’s main exhibitions.
To book your school visit contact us via email.
“A very interesting workshop and very intriguing exhibition. The children were engaged and wanted to know more, it seems that the topic is very empowering, encouraging and inspiring.”
Yona Soloka Grunden, Yitzhak Sadeh School
“We had an amazing tour guide who made our time in the museum and workshop pleasant. The pupils were attentive and had a great experience, they learned a lot – well done!!!”
Yael Meir, Tachkemoni School
“The exhibition was impressive and the activity was tailored to the pupils. Liza our tour guide was very pleasant and professional. The children had a wonderful time.”
Daniel Arieli, Sokolov School