Skirball Cultural Center Youth and Family Programs

Skirball Cultural Center Youth and Family Programs take place within the Skirball Cultural Center’s museum spaces, including the Skirball Museum and Noah's Ark, which is a permanent exhibition. The Skirball Museum holds collections that include some 30,000 objects, ranging from ancient to contemporary Jewish art, ritual objects, and material culture, as well as the Project Americana collection, which documents everyday life during over three centuries of American Jewish life. Past youth and family offerings have included exhibitions such as “Citizen 13660: The Art of Miné Okubo,” which presented archival material and rare original artwork by Miné Okubo and explored her graphic novel Citizen 13660.

• Schedule: Open to visitors Tuesday–Friday from 12:00–5:00 pm and Saturday–Sunday from 10:00 am–5:00 pm; closed Mondays
• Price: Free on-site parking

Guided by Jewish tradition and inspired by American democratic ideals, the Skirball Cultural Center states that it welcomes people of all communities and generations to participate in cultural experiences that celebrate discovery and hope, foster human connections, and call upon participants to help build a more just society. The Skirball Museum is one of the oldest repositories of Jewish cultural artifacts in the United States and became Los Angeles’s first Jewish museum. Its collections include one of the world’s largest holdings of Jewish art, ritual objects, and material culture. The exhibition “Citizen 13660: The Art of Miné Okubo” was presented at the Skirball in association with the Japanese American National Museum.

Hebrew Union College opened in Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1875, and its Union Museum was founded in 1913. In 1950, Hebrew Union College merged with the Jewish Institute of Religion, and in 1972, with initial support from the Skirball Foundation, the collection relocated to Los Angeles. The museum reopened in 1996 as the central component of the new Skirball Cultural Center.

Last updated June 7, 2026.