After a 4-year-old boy broke a 3,500-year-old vase, a museum in Israel viewed it as an educational opportunity and invited him and his family back to learn about how they would restore the item.
September 3, 2024Ariel Heller, 4, helps to glue a broken clay jar during a special tour with his family after he accidentally broke another jar at the Reuben and Edith Hecht Museum in Haifa, Israel, on Friday. The boy who accidentally broke a rare 3,500-year-old jar in an Israeli museum has been forgiven and invited back, as curators hope to turn the disaster into a teachable moment.
What could be considered every parent's worst nightmare became a learning experience Friday, as the Geller family returned to the museum, which is associated with Haifa University in northern Israel. Ariel gifted the museum a clay vase of his own and was met with forgiving staff and curators. "I'm embarrassed," said Anna Geller, who said she tried desperately to calm her son down after the vase shattered."He told me he just wanted to see what was inside."
He went over to the security guards to let them know what had happened in hopes that it was a model and not a real artifact. The father even offered to pay for the damage.
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