Try a course for your graduation

At the Danish Jewish Museum, we are in the process of developing and rethinking our teaching 'Lilmod'. That is why we invite after-school classes to visit us for free and try out new teaching methods with us. 

During the visit, bodily and sensory encounters with the museum's distinctive architecture form the starting point for the students' exploration of the museum's exhibitions.

The students examine objects that tell about Danish Jewish 400-year history and relate to current issues.

It can be minority life, identity formation between religion and culture across countries, as well as issues linked to how we live and have lived together in Denmark over time.    

In preparation for your visit, you can watch the three short films “The Life Jacket”, “The Candlestick” and “The Photo Album”, which present three objects in the museum’s magazines and exhibition. The films can be accessed here:  Elementary school - jewmus 

What is 'Lilmod'?

In the Lilmod educational project, the Danish Jewish Museum collaborates with the School Service - knowledge center for external learning environments to create a new pedagogical and didactic foundation for teaching at the museum. It is a three-year project supported by the Danish Agency for Palaces and Culture. 

Lilmod is Hebrew for learning, and in the project we explore how the museum's architecture and stories can be put into play in elementary school teaching.

We are investigating, among other things, how the museum can support and supplement teaching in the history subject's canonical points of the Holocaust, the Jewish campaign and the August Uprising in 1943.

We focus on strengthening students' opportunities to participate in the museum's teaching and on promoting dialogic and investigative practices.