Visions and Values
Jewish Life from Antiquity to America
Ongoing
Jewish Life from Antiquity to America
Ongoing
Engage with four thousand years of Jewish history and discover how ancestral visions shape modern values.
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General Admission tickets provide visitors access to all exhibitions on view at the Skirball, including Visions and Values. Visitors who would like to board Noah’s Ark, which requires timed entry, should purchase a separate Noah's Ark ticket (which also includes general admission access).
Featuring changing displays of works from the Skirball’s permanent collection of Judaica—one of the largest in the world—this historically illuminating exhibition chronicles the struggles and achievements of the Jewish people over a span of four thousand years.
Travel through the many lands and civilizations where Jews have lived and discover how ancestral visions continue to shape modern values. The Visions and Values galleries—Beginnings, Journeys, Holidays, Lifecycle, Synagogue, Passage to America, Nation of Immigrants, Struggle and Opportunity, the Holocaust, the State of Israel, and At Home in America—take the visitor on an unforgettable voyage of learning and discovery.
“I am always awed by the Visions and Values exhibition.”
Experience Later in Life: Adult B'nai Mitzvah, a Skirball-commissioned, multi-screen video installation by artist Sabrina Gschwandtner on view in Visions and Values. The project follows six Los Angeles adults—including the artist—as each prepares for and reflects upon their B’nai Mitzvah. Exploring what it means to perform this Jewish coming-of-age ritual as an adult, Later in Life highlights the importance of intergenerational connection, choosing one’s own family, and forging Jewish identity.
Throughout 2024, in celebration of Jewish culture and the American Jewish experience, Skirball team members will offer spotlight tours of Jewish ceremonial art, ritual objects, and material culture found in the Skirball collection and on display in Visions and Values: Jewish Life from Antiquity to America.
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