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Tue–Fri, 12:00–5:00 pm
Sat–Sun, 10:00 am–5:00 pm
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Skirball Cultural Center

Engage with four thousand years of Jewish history and discover how ancestral visions shape modern values.

Admission

BUY/RESERVE NOW

OR

BUY/RESERVE NOW WITH NOAH'S ARK TIMED ENTRY

$18 General 
$13 Seniors, Full-Time Students with ID, and Children 2–17
FREE to Members and Children under 2 
FREE to all on Thursdays

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).

Plan Your Visit

About the Exhibition

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.”

New Installation—Later in Life: Adult B’nai Mitzvah

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.
 

Still from "Later in Life"

Still taken from Later in Life.

In the Spotlight: The Skirball Collection

Visions and Values Gallery

Visions and Values Gallery, photo by Mercie Ghimire

Tours take place on select Wednesdays and Thursdays at 2:00 pm

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

Click here for the complete schedule and details.