What's On

Permanent Exhibitions

Discover the vibrant history of Jewish life, from biblical times to the present. The Skirball Cultural Center presents ongoing exhibitions featuring material from the permanent collection, along with regularly scheduled guided tours.

Visions and Values: Jewish Life from Antiquity to America

$10 General, $7 Seniors and Full-Time Students, $5 Children 2-12
Free to Members and Children under 2
Includes admission to all other exhibitions
Tickets available at the door.

Featuring changing displays of works from the Skirball's permanent collection, this exhibition traces the history, accomplishments, and values of the Jewish people over 4,000 years. Travel through the many lands where Jews have lived and carried on a rich tradition and discover how the visions of our ancestors helped shape our values today. Galleries explore themes including Beginnings, Journeys, Holidays, Lifecycle, Synagogue, Passage to America, Nation of Immigrants, the Holocaust, Israel, and Personal Journeys among others.

• Docent-led tours offered Tuesday through Sunday, 1:30 p.m.
• Self-guided interactive Gallery Kits—featuring games and puzzles for children ages 4 to 8 and their families—are available at no charge at the Admissions Desk.
• Learn more: About the Collections.

The Teri B. Ziffren Archaeology Discovery Center

Featuring interactive multimedia presentations, environmental exhibits, and objects from the Skirball's collection of Near Eastern antiquities and on loan from the Israel Antiquities Authority, showing how the experiences of our ancient ancestors in the Near East helped shape the world today.

• Docent-led family tours include optional hands-on, outdoor archaeology dig. Children are invited! See Tours for current schedule.
• Self-guided interactive Gallery Kits—featuring games and puzzles for children ages 4 to 8 and their families—are available at no charge at the Admissions Desk.

Noah's Ark at the Skirball

$10 General, $7 Seniors and Full-Time Students, $5 Children 2-12
Free to Members and Children under 2
Includes admission to all other exhibitions

The Skirball Cultural Center welcomes children and their families to climb aboard for an extraordinary, wondrous journey. Inspired by the ancient flood story of Noah's Ark, which has parallels in many different cultures around the world, this hands-on gallery and outdoor experience beckons visitors to take shelter and set sail together on a gigantic wooden ark. Immerse yourself in a community of interactive play with hundreds of handcrafted, fanciful animals made from recycled materials, ranging from life-size elephants and giraffes to snakes, hedgehogs, and flamingos. Conduct a storm, make rain, help build the ark, scale the walls, feed the animals, marvel at folk art, create art, and meet new friends!

• Learn more