Our Approach

The Children’s World ANOHA is a place that children and their accompanying adults explore at whatever level is appropriate to their age and needs. By interacting with the exhibition in an active, playful way, visitors help shape the exhibition and become part of it. 

Immersion – Dive into the Story

ANOHA is much more than a children’s museum. Visiting ANOHA is like visiting a story: the story of Noah’s Ark. This kind of communication is known as immersion – which basically means diving in. It’s like opening a book, reading it (aloud), and having the parts of the story suddenly take form: words become raindrops, sentences become the Flood. That’s why there aren’t any long explanations on the walls of ANOHA. We think that that’s only fair because some of our visitors can’t read.

ANOHA and our Anohis 

There’s a lot to experience and explore at ANOHA. Since that’s our name, Anohis are the people who help families and children at the museum throughout our opening hours. You can recognize them by their blue vests. They are pedagogically trained, attentive hosts who are prepared to meet the needs of our visitors. The Anohis support you and make sure that you and the animals on the ark are doing well. If you want to hear a story, sing a song, or play a game, you can do so with the Anohis. They are happy to answer questions, welcome fellow players, and ask a question or two themselves. Who doesn’t think about climate change in light of the great flood? And how do such different creatures actually live together on the ark? The Anohis not only tell the story of Noah, but also show you how you can help on the ark and what the colorless rainbow is all about, which only becomes colorful with the help of the visitors.

You won’t find any texts in the exhibition because many of our visitors can’t read yet. That’s why the additional information is ​“stored” in the Anohis. So if you want to learn more about the story of Noah’s Ark, the Torah in which it appears, or other questions about Judaism, feel free to ask the Anohis in their blue vests at any time.

More about the Anohis and what they think about Berlin in the JMB-Journal 22 (2021).

Hands-On – Minds-On

The hands-on minds-on approach invites children to touch, sense, explore, listen, and try out the objects and installations. This makes the visit to ANOHA not just an intellectual experience, but also an aesthetic and emotional one. The international association of children in museums also takes its name from this approach. ANOHA is a proud member of Hands On! International Association of Children in Museums.

Early Excellence 

ANOHA uses the Early Excellence pedagogical approach to develop programs for families with young children that are close to these families’ lives and experiences. The Children’s Museum focuses on systematically supporting children’s education and development. The exhibition and programs are designed to view education through play as an active, sensory, and social process that children control and determine themselves.

Diversity-Conscious, Discrimination-Critical

The staff of the children’s museum follow a diversity-conscious, discrimination-critical approach to education. We understand inclusion as an ongoing process that is responsive to the various experiences and needs of all visitors. Beginning with the construction phase of ANOHA, we asked our visitors what they wanted. Through this participatory approach, we have been working to dismantle barriers in programming development and communications processes. We continually engage critically with factors that complicate or prevent social and cultural participation.

Protecting Children

ANOHA is a place where children feel safe and at home, that inspires their imagination, and that challenges them. In this safe space, values and individual abilities necessary to envision and create a better world can be learned and experienced.

The ANOHA team strives to offer children stimulation, esteem, and well-being. Through our various offerings, children can discover and test their strengths and abilities. ANOHA is a creative space of freedom and safety for young people, where joy can be expressed and holistic learning and action can take place.

In order to ensure a safe space for all children, adults without accompanying children can take advantage of a separate program: the ANOHA for Adults tour. We look forward to meeting you and exchanging ideas with you!