Spotlight On: The Jewish Museum

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Visit Curious George, the beloved monkey, at The Jewish Museum!

See the exhibit, Curious George Saves the Day: The Art of Margret and H.A. Rey, featuring sixty original drawings from the Curious George children's books. Learn more about the exhibit when you visit!

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Art Adventure Mondays
Mondays, July 12 - August 16, 2010
11:15 - 12:15 pm
Explore the galleries with an exciting new theme every week!  Create stories and sketches while enjoying the Curious George Saves the Day exhibit.
Ages 4-7, FREE

 

Ongoing Programs

Big Dig Drop-In
Second Sundays of each month, 12-3PM
A simulated archaeological dig is open for families on the second Sunday of each month. Ages 3 to 10. 

Drop-In Art Workshop
Sundays, 1-4PM
Paint, draw, sculpt or craft a work of art inspired by the museum's permanent collection, special exhibitions, or Jewish holidays. This activity is for children and parents to do together! Ages 3+.

Storybooks & Art
Sundays, 1:15 PM
A special new program led by The Jewish Museum's Teen Interns and Educators featuring a different theme each week including a storybook reading, gallery activity, and hunt for works of art that families can enjoy together. Ages 3 to 7.

Welcome to The Jewish Museum!

I am pleased to welcome you to The Jewish Museum, the preeminent museum in the United States devoted exclusively to 4,000 years of art and Jewish culture.

Whether you visit our home in the elegant Warburg Mansion on New York City's Museum Mile, or enjoy our collections and exhibitions online, you will fnd yourself on a journey through time and across continents.

-Joan Rosenbaum, Director of The Jewish Museum 
 

 

Final illustration for title page of Curious George (1941). Curious George and related characters, created by Margret and H. A. Rey, are copyrighted and trademarked by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company and used under license. Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. Image courtesy of The Jewish Museum. 

How HOT is The Jewish Museum?

The Jewish Museum was once the home of Felix and Frieda Warburg, who built the mansion in 1908 and lived there with their children.

The fourth floor of the museum, now occupied by the art studio and children’s gallery, was where the Warburg children slept and played. Wind-up trains constantly ran the whole length of the fourth floor, weaving through connecting rooms and hallways. Sometimes there were loud dramatic crashes when the trains raced down the hall and did not make the corner at the end!  

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