Programs & Education

Lecture Series

The United States is one of the most religious countries on earth, but Americans know shockingly little about their own religions, or the religions of others. Nonetheless, the Bible continues to function as the scripture of American politics. In this lecture Stephen Prothero, award-winning author of "Religious Literacy: What Every American Needs to Know - And Doesn't" and Chair of the Department of Religion at Boston University, explores the implications of Americans' religious illiteracy on American public life, and suggests ways the public schools can address this challenge.
A private dinner with Dr. Prothero will follow the lecture, offering guests an opportunity to meet the author and ask questions one-on-one.

Lectures are free and open to the public.

Dinner is $150 per person; free for members of MOBIA's Director's Circle.

For more information about joining this group or to reserve a place, please contact Megan Whitman at 212.408.1586.

Join the Museum of Biblical Art on its inaugural tour to Romania where the architectural and historical sites are as varied and unique as its culture. This is a country waiting to be discovered and the tour, lead by Ena Heller, Executive Director of MOBIA, will introduce you to its romance, history, myth, and beauty in a way that no other trip could.

For more information, please visit Arts & Crafts Tours.

Bring your whole family for a trip back in time to the Middle Ages! This fun and educational day will feature wandering minstrels, storytellers, jugglers, medieval arts and crafts, and snacks.

Admission is $5/person, $15/family, and free for MOBIA members. Purchase tickets online or call 212.408.1500.

Children must be accompanied by an adult and should wear clothes that can get messy.

MOBIA invites you to a special afternoon of the unforgettable music from Lerner and Loewe's Camelot. This semi-staged production features a star-studded cast, costumes, and the world renowned New York Philharmonic.

* To reserve discounted member priced tickets please contact Megan Whitman at 212.408.1586.

Kathryn Smith, Associate Professor of Art History at New York University, discusses the Taymouth Hours, a manuscript she argues was commissioned by a queen of England as a betrothal gift for a young princess. In the process Dr. Smith will help us understand the role of women in the Middle Ages as patrons and readers of luxury books.

Concert Series

The female vocal ensemble Trio Eos will perform medieval works of chant and polyphony related to selected objects in the exhibition. The repertory on this program will reflect subjects such as Christ, the Virgin Mary and the saints.

Admission is $8 in advance, $10 the day of the concert, and always free for MOBIA members. To Purchase tickets call 212.408.1500

Steve Bowman, Professor of Judaic Studies, University of Cincinnati Professor Bowman will look at the history of Jews in Greece - their ancient origins, their contribution to Jewish culture, and fate within the larger Christian community. This lecture will relate both to MOBIA's main exhibition in its discussion of the Byzantine Empire, and to Before the Flame Goes Out. Co-sponsored by the JCC Manhattan.

A two-day Symposium co-sponsored by The Center on Religion and Culture
at Fordham University and the Museum of Biblical Art.

Scholars from diverse perspectives will reconsider the connections between art, religion and culture in the Middle Ages while asserting the era's relevance to the present day.

The symposium is free and open to the public, but space is limited.

Location

Fordham University, Lincoln Center Campus, Pope Auditorium, 113 West 60th Street at Columbus Avenue.

Schedule

3.00 p.m.: Tour or Realms of Faith: Medieval Art from the Walters Art Museum (at MOBIA)

4:00 p.m.: Panel discussion, "Why the Medieval Matters."

6:00 p.m.: Keynote address, Thomas Cahill, acclaimed author of Mysteries of the Middle Ages: The Rise of Feminism, Science and Art from the Cults of Catholic Europe and How the Irish Saved Civilization.


Register by contacting the Fordham Center on Religion and Culture at CRCevent@fordham.edu
or 212.636.7347.

A two-day Symposium co-sponsored by The Center on Religion and Culture at Fordham University and the Museum of Biblical Art.

Scholars from diverse perspectives will reconsider the connections between art, religion and culture in the Middle Ages while asserting the era's relevance to the present day.

Location

Museum of Biblical Art, 1865 Broadway at 61st Street.

Schedule

10:00 a.m.: Panel discussion, "Medieval Objects from Different Viewpoints."
Moderator: Ena Heller, Executive Director, MOBIA
Discussants: Margot Fassler, Robert Tangeman Professor of Music History and Liturgy at Yale University, C. Griffith Mann Director of the Curatorial Division at the Walters Art Museum, Mary C. Moorman PhD candidate in systematic theology at the Southern Methodist University, and Xavier Seubert Professor for Art and Theology at St. Bonaventure University.

12:00 p.m.: Tour of Realms of Faith: Medieval Art from the Walters Art Museum.

2:00 p.m.: Panel discussion, "Teaching Techniques for Medieval Studies."
Moderator: Patricia Pongracz, Adjunct Professor, Art Department, College of Saint Elizabeth.
Discussants: Dirk Breiding Assistant Curator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robin Jensen Luce Chancellor's Professor of the History of Christian Worship and Art at Vanderbilt Divinity School, Laura Weigert Associate Professor at Rutgers University, and Nancy Wu Museum Educator at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

The symposium is free and open to the public, but space is limited. Register by contacting the Fordham Center for Religion and Culture at CRCevent@fordham.edu
or 212.636.7347.

Join Executive Director Ena Heller For a reception and a tour of a private art collection featuring 17th - 19th century Old Master and Baroque paintings. Dinner will follow.

*Open to MOBIA Benefactors, members of the Director's and Founders' Circle, and Life and Corporate members only. *

Space is Limited. Contact Megan Whitman at 212.408.1586 to reserve.

Vincent Giordano will screen a rough cut of his film documenting the Romaniote communities in Ioannina, Greece, and in New York City. The screening will be accompanied by a discussion with the artist.

Visit the historic synagogue on the Lower Eastside that is featured in the exhibition. A guided tour and kosher lunch will be included. This event is co-sponsored by the JCC Manhattan.

Cost: $18 per person. To register, call 646.505.5708 or visit www.jccmanhattan.org and use code ACFTOS00S8.