Building together : Exhibits and Relations

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Building together Exhibits and Relations
The story of Cooperation between Bloomfield
Science Museum Jerusalem And Al Quds
University Sharing know how in building
exhibits a Mediterranean experience Maya
Halevy Director, Bloomfield Science Museum
Jerusalem, Israel
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Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem
Identity Card
Mission - to promote Science Culture Education
in all communities in Israel Operating - under
The auspices of the Hebrew University of
Jerusalem The Jerusalem Foundation Location -
on the National Museum Mall near the HU Science
Campus in Jerusalem Staff - Multicultural and
Multidisciplinary
Numbers - 12 Dunams 5,000 SqM 250 exhibits,
200,000 visitors a year, 33 students, 30 Arabs
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Vision
The Vision we all share

• To play an important role in promoting science
  in our societies
• To create a culture of science for all  
• To promote peace and dialogue through science.
  
• To establish a society based on knowledge and a
  culture of tolerance, moderation, understanding
  and mutual respect

In our case we added

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Infrastructure
Physical
Human

• Israeli and Arab guides all
• programs in Hebrew and Arabic
• Multicultural Multi-language
• Staff

• Exhibition labels texts in 3 languages
  Hebrew/ Arabic/ English
• Publications for schools
• Hebrew / Arabic

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Al Quds University
Identity Card

• The only Palestinian university in East
  Jerusalem, with
• 10,000 students
• 1,000 Faculty and
• Administration personnel
• 12 Faculties
• The largest health complex
• in Palestine
• Further details to follow.

Took responsibility for Science Education in
Palestine and decided to build a Science Center
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BSMJ AQU
FOCUS

• As
• Exhibitions and interactive exhibits are the
  core business of any science center
• The prices of ready-made exhibits are high
• We looked for ways to cooperate.
• To help our Palestinian partner to obtain know
  how in the field To use our experience as
  pioneers in Israel in starting a Science Center
  in a university

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History of Cooperation

• REPTEC - USAID (1998-1999) Al Quds BSMJ
• ACBP USAID (1999-2001) Al Quds Science Museums
  (Israel US)
• Al Quds Naples (2000-2001 Meetings between
  Prof. Sari
• Nusseibeh, Prof Silvestrini and President
  Bassolinno
• Science Education project (2001-2007) Al Quds
  Hebrew University,
• Weizmann Institute , BSMJ

USA
Italian Connection
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EU
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But with many difficulties
Accessibility
Though only a distance of 10 Km away A wall
hinders the Interactions Professional Human
Financial Resources
Lack of Resources
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The Turning Points
ECSITE

• ECSITE Conference London 2002
• The deep commitment of Fondazione IDIS,Citta
  dell Sceinza
• ECSITE Umbrella
• International Workshop in Naples ( July 2003)
• World Forum Budapest ( November 2003)
• Poster Exhibition in Europe Institutions (2003)

UNESCO
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The Process
The products in need

• Scenario
• Exhibits list
• Exhibition overall design
• Exhibits detailed design
• Labels texts (4 languages)
• Education programs

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The Process
Analyzing Expertise

• Management Citta
• Exhibition Design Citta
• Exhibit development BSMJ
• Web Al Quds
• Education All
• Evaluation BSMJ

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The Process
Workshops
Curators, Educators, Designers from BSMJ, Citta,
AQU Met in Naples, Jerusalem Abu-Dis
Scientists from Hebrew University, Universita
degli Studi di Napoli Federico II and Al Quds
University worked in Naples Jerusalem
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The Process
Training
Designers Al-Quds at Citta Exhibit developers
Al- Quds at BSMJ Guides Al- Quds at BSMJ

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Exhibit Production
Mechanical Multimedia - Jerusalem Wood -
Ramallah Panels Metal Plastic - Naples
But only we know which are from where
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Light Construction
From Jerusalem to Abu Dis
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The results
2 first hands on exhibitions
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Opening
Same Staff, Same Exhibits, Different Location,
Different Public
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The future

• A building with all its facilities
• Permanent Exhibitions
• Childrens discovery area
• Traveling to the periphery
• Science laboratories workshops
• Teacher-training center

A fully established Science Center In Abu Dis
Exhibitions
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Education Center
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The Challenges
For developing the next stage we know that we
need to
Find the support Create a sustainable group of
participants Overcome the differences in culture
Identify a common priorities Build common
vision Cut bureaucracy Develop better
communication tools Enlarge the circle of
influence
Make time
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We are ready!
The outcome worth the effort

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