Armenia

Yerevan History Museum, Yerevan

Exhibition and presentation

Yerevan History Museum is going to organize:

1. As a city Museum YHM (Yerevan History Museum) is preparing to celebrate the 35 anniversary of IMD in a special way for museums of Yerevan. The aim of this project to collect the photos done by the many museums in Yerevan during IMD and Museum’s night 2005-2011. This program became as a report for us due to Armenian museums are celebrating IMD and Museum’s Night since 2005. It will hold with presentation and slid-show. And at Museum’s night (2012) the visitors will be able to look and enjoy the photos of the special programs that have been organized in various museums in Yerevan.

2. An exhibition: YHM will make an exhibition with the collection of YHM’s fund. 2012 is a special year for Armenia as Yerevan is proclaimed as World Book Capital by The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the anniversary of Armenian printing (1512). These all events will promote and remind books and reading and in Yerevan.

3. Discourse about books and the foundation of printing house in Yerevan.
These all events will be happened in May within the frameworks of Yerevan World Book Capital and the 35th Anniversary of International Museum’s Day.

4. Exhibition “Written exhibits from the treasury of museum.”

5. Exhibition of Armine Sarkavagyan (SarkoMeene’) “C’est L’amour et C’est La Vie”

These all events will be happened in May within the frameworks of Yerevan World Book Capital and the 35th Anniversary of International Museum’s Day.

Free activities

Tel. (+374 10) 568 185, 568 109  Fax. (+374 10) 568 108
Email: yhm782@yahoo.com –
info@yhm.am
Contact: Gevorg Orbelyan

www.yhm.am

China

Association of Museum Student Researchers, Macao

Exhibitions, Competitions and Carnival

The Association of Museum Student Researchers (AMSR) was founded by a group of energetic and ambitious students from high schools and universities in the end of 2009. Members in AMSR have been working hard to stimulate students and the rest of the society’s enthusiasm towards museums ever since the beginning. Some activities had been organized corresponding to the IMD in the last two years, but a well-planned and banquet-like series of activities will be hold this year from mid-April to the end of May so as to celebrate and promote the IMD 2012. These activities included:

First, “Approaching to the Museum”, a tour exhibition, will be displayed in numbers of high schools and introduce the history of museums, basic information about museums in Macau and the world. This exhibition will last from Apr. 8th to late May.

Second, AMSR will organize a writing contest, which collects articles under the topic of “Museum and I” or “Museum in a Changing World” from high school students from May 1st to May 28th. In this competition, students are encouraged to express their unforgettable experiences in museums or their ideas about the role of museums in the society. Articles will be graded by experts in writing and museum studies and authors produced the best articles will be awarded.

Third, a carnival will be hosted in Rotunda de Carlos da Maia on May 13th. Dances, music, games and tea ceremonies will be the most important elements in this carnival and AMSR wants to call people’s attention on the entertaining aspects of museums, as well as promote the coming IMD to the public in an exciting way.

Forth, May 19th and 20th will witness the inauguration of the second “Champions of Muse”. Following the old ways, the champions will be selected by a Q & A Competition, which consists numerous questions about museums and some related issues. All high school students are welcomed and competitors should organize themselves in a four-member-team and try to exclaim the correct answers faster than any other competitors. 

Free activities

Rua Central da Areia Preta, Polytec Gdn, No. 183, BL 1, 5/G, Macao
Tel. (853)6252-9467 Fax. (853)2896-2896
Email: amsr2009mo@gmail.com
Contact :  Miss Liu – (0853)6252-9467
http://www.facebook.com/#!/amsr2009mo

China

The Palace Museum, Beijing

1. On the morning of May 18, 2012, ten volunteers will be gathered at the Jianting Square of The Palace Museum. They will interpret and disseminate the history of Cultural relics for the passer-bys. The history will include”pottery, one of China’s name card”, “the delicacy of clocks in the Palace Museum”, “folding screen of the forbidden city” and so on. The activity plans to be extended to communities and schools to gain an extensive social impact.
 
2. Consulting activity
This is a traditional activity for International Museum Day. To provide necessary consulting services for the audiences, the stuffs will disseminate cards for all the audiences. The card will concisely carry the history, architecture and also the map of the Palace Museum. 

Free activities
 
No.4, Jingshanqian Street, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
Tel. 0086-10-85007417 Fax. 0086-10-65237344
Email: guomeixia@yahoo.com.cn
Contact: Ms. Guo Meixia – guomeixia@yahoo.com.cn

www.dpm.org.cn

Indonesia

Museum House of Sampoerna, Subaraya

“Theme Tour Surabaya Heritage Track (SHT) – Tour de Museum”
15-31 May 2012

To commemorate the International Museum Day every May 18th, Museum House of Sampoerna, Surabaya, Indonesia organizes a thematic city sightseeing “Tour de Museum”, visiting four museums in Surabaya: Museum Perjuangan 10 November, Museum Kesehatan dr. Adhyatma, MPH., De Javasche Bank, and Escompto Bank every Tuesday-Sunday, at 09:00 and 13:00.

The Surabaya Heritage Track (“SHT”) program comprises a tour around North of Surabaya or also known as Old Surabaya on a city sightseeing bus. Using a bus that is modeled after the tram that once roamed across the city in the past, so-called history trackers can enjoy and get to know the buildings and history of Surabaya, which is wellknown as the city of history, learn the “Babad Surabaya” traditional history, the rich culture and obtain information about other interesting places to visit in Surabaya.

 House of Sampoerna

Taman Sampoerna 6

Subaraya 6016

Contact: Tracker Information Center (TIC) 031 – 353 9000 ext. 24142
Email: hos.surabaya@sampoerna.com

Learn the uniqueness, history and diverse collection of Surabaya’s museum and Indonesia’s museums in our website: www.wisatamuseum.com.

For further information of Museum House of Sampoerna, please visit www.houseofsampoerna.museum.

Indonesia

Ullen Sentalu Museum, Jogjakarta

Ullen Sentalu Museum will join museums in Jogjakarta to hold an exhibition at the State Palace, Gedung Agung, Jogjakarta. The exhibition will hold on October 2012.  Ullen Sentalu’s exhibition aims to introduce Javanese culture to the present generation. In keeping with the theme of IMD 2012, the modern life must be balanced with traditional culture. So it is museum’s mission to communicate the Javanese culture and foster community pride of their identity and culture. Therefore, Ullen Sentalu Museum will show and tell the story of museum’s collection to the public. The collections are paintings and photos of the Javanese dance, Javanese princess, the king of Java, etc.

In addition, the museum also will hold an art performance at Gedung Agung. The dancers are children that learn Javanese classical dance at Museum Ullen Sentalu dance school.

Besides that, museum will hold a seminar for elementary school student around Jogjakarta. The focus of the seminar is about museum as an agent of communication from the past to the present generation.  So the present generation will know their own culture and the nation identity. This seminar will be held on May 2012.

Free Activities

Jalan Boyong, Kaliurang, Jogjakarta
Tel.: +62274895161, +62274880158 Fax: +62274881743
Email: info@ullensentalu.com
Contact : Isti Yunaida (+6281932570815) or  Jonathan Haryono, jonaharyono@gmail.com
Facebook Page : Museum Ullen Sentalu
Twitter : @ullensentalu

www.ullensentalu.com

Israel

Bible Lands Museum, Jerusalem

Free entrance and Guided tours

ICOM International Museum Day
Free Entrance Thursday, May 10th 2012

Guided tours:  You Can’t Argue Taste…: 11:00, 12:00, 15:00, 16:00

This year, International Museum Day surrounds the theme of “Museums in a changing world.” Join us at the Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem for a tour of a different flavor… with taste that will stimulate your senses. Throughout the tour we will taste, smell, hear (even) touch and see artifacts from the past from a new modern point of view.
Join us on this tour and surprise your senses…
The Bible Lands Museum Jerusalem is the only museum in the world dedicated to the history of the Ancient Near East from a biblical perspective. The permanent exhibition displays an extraordinary collection of ancient art and archaeology tracing the roots of monotheism from the dawn of civilization to early Christianity.

Audioguide available in English

Special Exhibitions

The Classical Court – Highlights from the Borowski collections brings forth choice examples of Classical Art that illustrate the strong influence of Greek culture on the Mediterranean world. Some of the artifacts are on display for the first time.
Glories of Ancient Greece – A rare collection of Greek pottery and exquisite jewelry from Bronze Age  Crete to Classical Athens, including a magnificent gold wreath from the Hellenistic period; necklaces, rare gold and crystal earrings and beautiful bracelets; vases portraying scenes from Greek mythology and more.
Three Faces of Monotheism – Illustrating the symbolism representing Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The exhibition presents various artifacts which bare Jewish symbols such as the menorah and the mahta (incense shovel), objects decorated with Christian symbols such as the cross and the christogram, as well as Islamic objects decorated with symbols such as the star.
Roman Fresco Room – the largest collection of 1st century Roman wall paintings from the province of Campania on display outside of Italy. The collection offers a unique opportunity in Israel to view exquisite examples of Roman wall paintings that adorned the public and private buildings in ancient Rome and Pompeii.  On view by request only.

Museum Row, 25 Avraham Granot Street, Jerusalem 91046

Phone number: 972-2-5611066
Fax: 972-2-5638228
Email: contact@blmj.org

www.blmj.org

Israel

Clore Garden of Science, Rehovot

Workshops and demonstrations.

The ancient Greeks described the Cosmos as composed of four elements : Earth, Water, Air and Fire. Fire is the element describing constant change. Fire was the first and most important initiator of human technological society. For this reason we have chosen fire as the center theme of the international museum day titled – Museums in a Changing World. Throughout the day we will hold lectures and demonstrations of fire and its behavior in different scenarios.

Free activities.

Davidson Institute of Science Education at the Weizmann Institute of Science
P.O.B. 26
Rehovot 76100

Phone:972-8-9344401
Fax: 972-8-9344402

Dr. Revital Duvdevani
Email: revital.duvdevani@weizman.ac.il

davidson.weizmann.ac.il/science-garden

Israel

Beit Abraham Krinitzi, Ramat-Gan

Beit Abraham krinitzi us a museum and an archive of the history of Ramat-Gan (a town not far from Tel-Aviv) which was founded in the year 1921 by pioneers who intended to found a “garden city”. The population of Ramat-Gan today is about 150000.

Abraham Krinitzi was the first mayor of Ramat-Gan  (1926-1969).He built his house in 1925 and lived in it till his death in 1969. He left the house to the city and made sure that it serves as a cultural and educational institution. It was wisely turned into a historical museum and later a new section was built for an archive. The building includes an exhibitions (permanent and temporary) ,an auditorium for lectures, two classrooms for educational activities, a section for the archive and offices for the staff

Description of Activities: 
 – Guided tours in the museum for children and adults in the museum/
 – Guides tours in the vicinity of the museum focusing on various subjects, such as architecture, Gardens, historical buildings, and places of historical significance.
 – My city: Past, present and future. This activity includes’ films’ research groups , dilemmas and games.
 – My neighborhood: An interactive experience of life in neighborhoods of the past//
 – My Country: A program that teaches children and adults about the role that Ramat-Gan played in the building of the State of Israel/
 – Activities of the archive: Research, Lectures, Publications and providing the museum with documents’ photographs and films.

 
64 Krinitzi st. Ramat-Gan 52433
Tel.972-3-6739050 Fax.972-3-6722863
E-mail: beit-krinitzi@ramat-gan.org.il

www.tm-it.co.il/krinizi-ramat-gan/

Israel

Hecht Museum, University of Haifa, Haifa

Guided Tours (English and Hebrew)
Archaeology: A Walk through the Bible in the Hecht Museum; Art: The Collection and the Collector:

Free admission; Free guided tours for groups

Hecht Museum, University of Haifa, Mount Carmel, 31905 Haifa, Israel
Tel.  972-4-8240308 Fax. 972-4-8240724
Email: hechtmus@univ.haifa.ac.il

mushecht.haifa.ac.il

Israel

Bloomfield Science Museum , Jerusalem

Powers and Super Powers – exhibition and activities
What would happen if we had super powers? What could we be? What could we do?Interdisciplinary combination between Israeli super heroes, art exhibits and interactives. Along side the exhibition  there will be interactive demonstrations about the forces of nature and animal senses that are the base for the attributes defining the well known super heros. Young children will build special spectacles that enable seeing what’s behind you and in the museum auditorium – a humoristic science show with the loved Dr. Molecule seeking to reveal the secret powers of our universe.

Free activities

Hebrew University Givat Ram 91904
Tel.  97226544888 Fax. 97225617937
Email: mada@mada.org.il

www.mada.org.il

Israel

Museum of Art, Petach Tikva

The museum invites the visitors to join in and learn more about the exhibitions: Art – Society – Community A cluster of exhibitionsCurator: Drorit Gur Arie and Flood Curator Curator: Irit Carmon Popper. The gallery talk will take place at 12:00 am.
Free activity

Museum Complex
Yad Labanim
30 arlozorov st.
pob 1, Petach Tikva
49100, Israel

Tel.: 972-39286300

Email: museum@petachtikvamuseum.com

http://www.petachtikvamuseum.com

Israel

Nahum Gutman art Museum, Tel Aviv

Gutman Museum Classical collection
Nahum Gutman is an artist who had a broad artistic endeavor: oil paintings, aquarelles, sketches, sculptures and mosaics, as well as a multitude of children’s books and illustrations. Through the museum’s richness and abundance, we open an inner place of curiosity and observance in the visitor’s soul (be it a child, adolescent or adult).

Jacque Katmor and The Third Eye
Jacques Yaacov Mori Katmor is the first Israeli multidisciplinary that was active in the 70’s – a cultural revolutionist, an enigmatic, an intellectual and a complex character on a journey amongst cultures, identities and times- Lines that connect desire, death, the female body and the magical using kabbalistic elements.

Ora Eitan- Illustrator
A solo exhibition of one of the most important illustrators for children in Israel- Ora Eitan. Eitan creates a parallel universe in visual language, which interprets and intertwines with the text. Each new book she illustrates therefore becomes an adventure, a quest for just the right kind of style and technique.

Open exhibitions on the 10th of May

Shimon Rokach st 21, Neve Tzedek  Tel Aviv 65148
Tel.+972 3 5161970 Fax. +970 3 5163133
Email: inbal@gutmanmuseum.co.il
Contact :Maya Mizrahi

http://www.gutmanmuseum.co.il

Israel

Museum of Rishon Le-Zion

Come to this historical museum and experience a chapter of Jewish Israeli  history not easily forgotten!
Rishon Le-Zion, a fast-growing metropolis only 20 minutes from Tel-Aviv, has restored some of the nostalgic scenery of its past and preserved its unique historical and cultural contributions in the Rishon Le-Zion Open-Air Museum.
 
The museum displays the contribution of Rishon Le-Zion, the first settlement of the “First Aliya” (immigration) in 1882, in molding nationalism, Hebrew culture and re-settlement in Eretz Israel. The museum is located in the historical buildings of the village: in the historical exhibit you learn about the “Firstness” of Rishon Le-Zion in creating national symbols. See where our national flag was first flown, “Hatikva” was first sung, Hebrew was first taught, and more.

2 Ehad Ha’am, Rishon Le-Zion
Tel. +97239598862 Fax:+97239676934
Email: rlz.museum@gmail.com

http://rishonlezion-museum.org.il

Japan

National Museum of Nature and Science, Tokyo

National Museum of Nature and Science will offer “Museum and Zoo Seminar” in collaboration with Tokyo National Museum and Ueno Zoological Garden. These 2 museums and 1 zoo are all located in Ueno park, and we invite our participants (5th grade and up, 30 at maximum) to walk around 3 institutes in one day. Every year, curators and caretakers choose one specific animal species, and show them in life in zoo, their anatomy and taxonomy in NMNS, and how they are portrayed in cultural properties in TNM. This year’s theme is “Giraffe”.

In Ueno Park, total 8 museums and 1 zoo are located. Together we celebrate International Museum Day, as “Ueno Museum Weeks” during 2 weeks, from May 12 to May or 27. Institutions provide free entry or special guided tour, free gifts, lectures.

Free activities (pre-registration required, and all the seats are booked)

7-20 Ueno Park, Taito-ku, Tokyo, JAPAN

Phone number: +81 3 5814 9865

Email: webmaster@kahaku.go.jp

http://www.kahaku.go.jp/

Kyrgyz Republic

Gapar Aitiev Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts, Bishkek

Conference (May 16), Exhibitions, Magic Night at the Museum (May 17), Open Doors Day (May 18)

May 16 – Conference: devoted to Gapar Aitiev’s 100th Anniversary. The conference will present papers on the personal and professional life of Gapar Aitiev and slideshow of his art works from the museum collection and from the collections of different other museums of post Soviet countries. The paintings will be on display on the second floor of the museum, where all the participants and guests will be invited after the conference.

Magic Night at the Museum activities:
Exhibition “Story of One Exhibit”: Different exhibits with interesting stories from different museums of the country will be on display and also the exhibits of “Story of One Exhibit” contest winners among schoolchildren. Stories will be told by representatives from the museums where the exhibits come from and schoolchildren themselves.

Interactive game “Guess the Painting”: a fragment of an artwork will be shown on the screen and visitors guess the author/title of the artwork.

Other activities include: master-classes on painting, graphic art, sculpture and Kyrgyz decorative and applied art; presentation of an E-excursion around the museum and an audio-guide; concert with the participation of Jazz group and folk/pop/opera singers; theatrical plays in different exposition halls, etc.

Permanent expositions that will work on these days: Kyrgyz Decorative and Applied Art, Kyrgyz Fine Arts, Russian Fine Arts, New Wave and Story of One Exhibit (Temporary Exposition).
Free activities

Yu. Abdrakhmanov Street 196, Bishkek 720000, Kyrgyz Republic
Tel. +996 312 66 49 59 Fax: +996 312 62 05 48
Email: knmii@mail.ru
Contact person: Gulbara Abdykalykova, Marketing Department – gulbara.art@gmail.com

www.knmii.lg.kg

Kyrgyz Republic

 
Kyrgyz State Historical Museum, Bishkek

Night at the Museum (May 16), Exhibition opening (May 16), Open Doors Day (May 18)

Within the frames of above activities there will be opening of two exhibitions “Monetary System of Kyrgyzstan”, “Revived exhibits”, video shows, concert of classical music, games, master-classes and many other interactive activities. Also two permanent exhibitions that will work on these days are “History of Kyrgyzstan: from ancient times to the beginning of the 20th” and “Gold of Ancient Kyrgyzstan”. Museum souvenir shops will be open for visitors.
Free activities

Ala-Too Square, Bishkek 720040, Kyrgyz Republic
Tel. +996 312 62-60-90 Fax +996 312 62-61-02
Email: gimkr@mail.ru
Contact person: Midinova Baktygul, Information Department – midino@mail.ru

www.museum.kg

Pakistan

State Bank of Pakistan Museum, Karachi

CONSERVATION
Shine your money:
Learn the process of cleaning coin by our conservator

PHOTOGRAPHY
Be Professional:
Learn how to capture the coin photographs professionally

PRIZE BOND ACTIVITY
Play&Win:
Understand the old process of prize bond drawal in a fun way

STORY TELLING
Recalling the past:
Historical figures will tell their story

MODELLING
Explore skills:
Our Modeller will tell you the process of making models and replicas

MOVIE SCREENING
Watch out:
Some interesting movies will be screened at SBP Mini Theatre

SPEECH COMPETITION

Speak up Speak out:
Speech compoetition on the theme “The role of Museum in our Education”

MOVING DIORAMAS
Enjoy the culture:
Special exhibition of cultural dioramas

SCHEDULE:

18th & 19th May 2012 At the State Bank Museum from 9:00am to 6:00pm
Moving Dioramas Exhibition
Prize Bond Activity
Story Telling
Movie Screening
Mystery Objects Treasure Hunt Competition
Photography Technique
Model Making
Conservation Process

19th May 2012 at LRC Auditorium SBP from 10:00am to 01:30pm
Speech Competition
Lecture

1.1. Chundrigar Road, Karachi
Phone: 99221011
Email: asma.ibrahim@sbp.org.pk

www.sbp.org.pk/museum

Singapour

Since 1977, museums worldwide have held International Museum Day (IMD) to increase public awareness of museums. This year, museums in Singapore will be celebrating IMD 2012 on 19 May. Enjoy free entry to the following participating museums and galleries when you visit on that day!

Find all museums participating in this website : http://www.museums.com.sg/cs12/promotions.html