Simple English
Welcome to ANOHA!
This page has information in plain language about the children’s museum ANOHA and this website.
Contents
The information in plain language is divided into three sections:
1. About ANOHA
ANOHA is the children’s museum
of the Jewish Museum Berlin.
It is for children from 3 to 10 years old
and their families.
ANOHA tells the story of Noah’s Ark.
This story is in the Torah, the Bible and the Quran.
These are important books in different religions.
The Ark was a big boat.
Noah used it to save his family
and all kinds of animals from the Great Flood.
The Great Flood means there was a very large amount of water.
Jewish Museum Berlin, photo: Yves Sucksdorff
There is a big Ark in the children’s museum.
The Ark is round and made of wood.
There are 150 toy animals in the boat.
Artists used old things to make the animals.
Children can go inside the boat
and play with the animals.
This helps them think about important questions:
- How does everyone get on the boat?
Do they use the slide or the rope?
Or do the big animals help them? - How can everyone get along together on the boat?
- What happens after the Great Flood?
- What does a better world look like?
You can build a little boat in a workshop area.
Then you can put your Ark on water.
This makes ANOHA more than a normal children’s museum.
2. Website Layout
Top Part of the Page
Right at the top, in the middle, there is always this logo:
Image: Logo with the lettering ANOHA in dark blue capital letters on a light blue background.
Click on it to get back to the home page.
You will leave the plain language area.
There is always a magnifying glass at the top left of the page.
You can use it to search the website.
There is more information about the search function below.
There is always a menu at the top right of the page:
Click on the menu to see the main topics.
You can click on the main topics.
Then you can see subheadings for each topic.
These are the five main topics:
- Visit
This has information about things like tickets,
opening times and accessibility at ANOHA. - Exhibition
This has information about the toy animals,
the story of Noah’s Ark
and the different exploration stations. - Activities
This has information about ANOHA’s education programs, tours and workshops.
There are also videos
and audio plays about Noah’s Ark here. - You & Us
This has information about what is really important to the museum.
You can also find out how to support ANOHA here. - Donate
This takes you to a page where you can support ANOHA’s education program with a donation.
At the bottom of the menu there are four buttons:
- De
This changes the language of the website
from English to German. - Press
This has information about things like the Jewish Museum Berlin’s announcements
in newspapers and on radio and TV.
This web page will open in a new browser tab. - Simple English
This has information in plain English.
You are here now. - German Sign Language
This has videos in German sign language about ANOHA and this website.
The videos have English subtitles.
Click on the cross at the top right of the page
to close the menu.
Home Page
Sometimes there is important information at the top of the home page.
For example, it might show updated hours
or the current waiting time to get into the museum.
Then there is a section about “News, Visitor Information & Activities.”
There is always a picture with some text there.
Click on the left and right arrows next to the picture
to move between different pictures and texts.
Under this section there is always a video
about the children’s museum.
Under the video there are colorful tiles with these topics:
- Planning & Preparation
This has information for your visit.
When you click on “Book a time slot”,
a website opens in a new browser page.
You can see a calendar there
showing which days still have tickets.
This website is not in plain language. - ANOHA friends
Here you can find out about supporting ANOHA
through a membership. - Activities
Here you can find different activities at ANOHA,
for example workshops for children and primary school groups
or tours for adults without children. - The Animals & the Ark
This has information about the wooden Ark and the toy animals.
Bottom Part of the Page
At the bottom of the page there is always a white panel
with the main headings and subheadings from the menu.
Under this there are always these sections:
- Contact
This takes you to a contact form
you can use to send a message to the museum. - Jobs
This takes you to the museum’s current job opportunities.
When you click on “Jobs”, a website will open in a new browser tab. - Credits & Legal
This takes you to a page with information about who is responsible for the website.
This is the Jewish Museum Berlin Foundation
represented by the director, Hetty Berg. - Privacy policy
The website collects some data,
like information about your Internet browser.
Click on “Privacy policy” to find out how your data is used. - General Terms and Conditions of Business and Payment
This has information about general business
and payment terms and conditions for the museum and the things it offers. - Accessibility statement
This takes you to a page that explains how accessible and easy to use
this website is for people with disabilities.
You can find out more at 3. Accessibility statement. - Cookie Settings
Click on “Cookie settings” to find out which cookies the website uses.
You can also turn some cookies on and off.
Cookies are small bits of data that your Internet browser saves
either for a short time or permanently.
Cookies help the website work better.
ANOHA is supported with funding
from the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
Its logo is at the bottom right of the panel.
At the very bottom of the website you can always find these three buttons:
Use them to go to the profile pages of ANOHA
on Instagram and Facebook,
or to sign up for the Jewish Museum Berlin’s newsletter.
A newsletter is a bulletin with news.
If you sign up, you will receive the free newsletter regularly via email.
The social media profile pages and the newsletter subscription form
open in new browser tabs.
Search Function
The search function is always at the top left of the web page.
When you click on the magnifying glass, this text field opens:
Image: Text field that says, “What are you searching for?” with a magnifying glass to the right of it.
You can type one or more search terms there.
Then click on the magnifying glass on the right
or press “Enter” on your keyboard.
You will see all the pages on the website that match your search term(s).
Quick Access
When you scroll up and down on a computer,
these symbols will appear at the bottom of the screen:
Here is an explanation of the symbols from left to right:
- Heart
This takes you to a donation form. - Tickets
Click on it to go to the ticket shop.
You can buy tickets to ANOHA there. - Clock
This has opening times
and information about your visit. - Location Pin
This has the address of the museum
and information about how to get there. - Joined dots
Click on the joined dots (“Share”)
to share the website with other people on Facebook and WhatsApp.
You can also sign up for the Jewish Museum Berlin newsletter there.
Click on the cross at the bottom right of the page
to close the quick-access page.
3. Accessibility Statement
This statement is from 23 July 2025
and applies to the website anoha.de.
We aim to make our website accessible.
The rules on accessibility are in these texts:
- Barrier-free Information Technology Ordinance (BITV)
- German Act on Equal Opportunities for Persons with Disabilities (BGG)
The website’s accessibility has been tested.
The results: The website is partially accessible.
These are examples of things that are not yet accessible:
- Some graphics do not have alt text or the alt text is not good enough.
Alt text is a short description of an image or symbol. - The videos do not have audio description.
- Transcripts are not provided for audio recordings.
- The alt text for some links is not good enough.
- Sometimes there is not enough color contrast.
- Some areas and some information cannot be used with the keyboard.
- Some areas do not work when you zoom in a lot.
Report Problems
Are you having problems using this website?
Please report those problems by sending an email to:
info@jmberlin.de
You can also reach us by mail or by telephone:
Jewish Museum Berlin Foundation
Lindenstraße 9 – 12
10969 Berlin Telephone: 030 25 99 33 00
Settling Problems
If you reported problems with the website
and are not happy with how the people in charge responded,
you can ask the Arbitration Service (settling office) for help.
This office helps settle problems between
people with disabilities and public federal offices in Germany.
This help is called an arbitration procedure.
The arbitration process is free for you.
The website of the Arbitration Service
gives information about the arbitration procedure.
It also explains how to apply.
The application form is in simple German.
For deaf people, there is a service
that translates written language into German Sign Language.
Here is how to contact the Arbitration Service:
Office of the Arbitration Service under the Equal Opportunities Act
attached to the German Federal Government Commissioner
for Matters relating to Persons with Disabilities.
Mauerstrasse 53
10117 Berlin
Germany
Telephone: +49 30 185 27 28 05
Fax: +49 30 185 27 29 01
Email: info@schlichtungsstelle-bgg.de
Internet: www.schlichtungsstelle-bgg.de
