Education Programs
Each year, 3,000 local and regional students visit Belz Museum. Educational programs are offered throughout the year for students at every level of study. Our collections provide students with the...
Read MoreThe Belz Museum opened in 1998 and was originally three small rooms; over the years, the museum has expanded and now encompasses 24,000 square-feet of exhibition space and over 1,400 objects.
Originally the private collection of local entrepreneur, Jack A. Belz, and his wife, Marilyn, most pieces on display were donated by them to the foundation that runs the museum. The Belz Museum has 5 permanent exhibit galleries: 3 Asian, 1 Judaic, and the Holocaust Memorial Gallery. Special exhibits are brought in semi-annually.
The museum is unofficially called “The Jade Museum,” since one of the main materials featured is jade in sculptural form. The main Asian collection features artworks from the Qing Dynasty, the last dynasty of China, which ran from 1644-1911.
The Judaic Gallery, which opened to the public in the fall of 2004, contains over 200 works of art created by contemporary Jewish artists working and living in Israel today. Many of the pieces were commissioned by Mr. Belz from artists with whom he has personal relationships.
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Click hereEach year, 3,000 local and regional students visit Belz Museum. Educational programs are offered throughout the year for students at every level of study. Our collections provide students with the...
Read MoreGuided tours are available for groups of 10 or more students in first through 12th grade, Tuesdays through Fridays. Groups must be accompanied by at least one adult chaperone for...
Read MoreYou may schedule a self-guided tour for your group if you do not wish to have a docent-led tour. Self-guided tours are only available to groups of students, fourth grade...
Read MoreItem of the Month - JULY / AUGUST - Kiddush Cups and Rosh Hashanah dishes
Be Prepared! Rosh Hashanah, literally meaning "head of the year", is the Jewish New Year. The biblical name for this holiday is Yom Teruah, literally "day of shouting or blasting". It is the first of the Jewish High Holy Days specified by Leviticus 23:23–32 that occur in the early autumn of the Northern Hemisphere.