The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage is proud to announce a summer installation for younger audiences. Back by popular demand, The Everyday Heroes Activity Center will open for the second year in the Museum’s special exhibition gallery space. Children are invited to discover their own everyday superpowers, such as kindness, compassion, listening, and helping through hands-on activities. From Painting Kindness Rocks to Building a Better World Lego Station to Zooming around the Good Mood Movement Area, young families can explore values of being an everyday hero. The Everyday Heroes Activity Center will be open during regular Museum hours, June 4 – August 18 (2929 Richmond Road, Beachwood; 216-593-0575; maltzmuseum.org).
The Everyday Heroes Activity Center will feature interactive stations where children can enjoy books, crafts, movement, and more. Examples of stations include:
- Make Your Own Capes and Masks
- Zoom Around the Good Mood Movement Area
- Paint Kindness Rocks to Keep and Share
- Build a Better World with Jumbo Legos
- Be the Hero of Your Own Story at the Puppet Theater
- And more!
In addition, guests can participate in an Everyday Hero Story Tour, which is a self-guided, hands-on tour using a new children’s book to explore the Museum’s core exhibition, An American Story. Discover heroic qualities of a family moving to a new country on this newly designed tour created to engage younger audiences.
In partnership with Bellefaire Jewish Children’s Bureau on their 150th anniversary, the Museum honors those standing up and speaking out for children who are vulnerable such as those at-risk and with special needs, through shared thematic programming. Audiences of all ages are invited to join in celebrating the power within each of us to help someone when they need us, including recognizing when we need help ourselves.
These two significant Cleveland institutions join together to offer a dynamic documentary film series on the power of positivity, lectures and panel discussions on compassionate living, performances on healing through humor and expression, and gallery talks on exploring Jewish Cleveland Heroes.
Additionally, drop-in tours will also be offered throughout the summer. Starting in June, visitors can drop-in for a docent led tour of An American Story, Treasures of the Temple-Tifereth Israel Gallery, and the Museum’s most popular group tour now offered as a drop-in, Stop the Hate. These tours are recommended for ages 12 and up.
Check the Museum’s website for details on programming and tours as they become available.
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