Sept 3, 2010
Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
36 Battery Place, Battery Park City
(at 1st Place)
New York, NY 10280
Tel: (646) 437-4202
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Children under 12 free
Wed: 10 am – 8 pm
Fri: 10 am – 5 pm
The Museum of Jewish Heritage commemorates the murder of six million Jews at the hands of the Nazis while honoring those who survived the Holocaust to rebuild their lives, begin families and create vibrant communities around the world.
The museum opened on September 15, 1997. In addition to some 2,000 photographs and 800 artifacts, 24 original video documentaries chronicle the experiences of survivors and include testimonies from the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation, a video repository created by filmmaker Steven Spielberg. Three full-floor exhibitions depict the Holocaust within the context of 20th-century Jewish life.
On the first floor, Jewish Life a Century Ago explores pre-Holocaust culture. In devastating contrast, the second floor's exhibition, the War Against the Jews, depicts the Holocaust. Jewish Renewal, on the third floor, chronicles the creation of modern Israel, the establishment of America as a dynamic home of Jewish culture and tradition and the regeneration of the Jews as a people.
The museum's building is a hexagonal ziggurat that resides on the waterfront; on clear days it offers dazzling views of Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty. In 2003, a $45 million expansion added 82,000 square feet to the museum, including a 375-seat theater, special exhibition galleries, Andy Goldsworthy's Garden of Stones and an education center.
$18
Receive $2 off admission to when you present your Jewish Museum ticket stub. Visitors to the Jewish Museum can present their ticket stub from the Museum of Jewish Heritage to receive the same discount.
General admission is free on Wednesdays, 4-8 pm.
Seniors (65 and older) can purchase discounted memberships: Individual ($36) or Senior Dual ($70).
- Directions: Subway: 4, 5 to Bowling Green
- Audio Guides
- Disability Access: The museum is ADA compliant. Wheelchairs and care chairs are available.
- Disability Assistance:
Hearing: American Sign Language (ASL) tours and programs available by special arrangement. Assistive listening devices (neckloops) and transcripts (regular and large-print) available at the admissions desk. Open-captioned programs.
Vision: Large-print materials available. - Gift Shops: Sculpture, posters, reproductions of exhibit materials, jewelry, books
- On-Site Food: The Heritage Cafe at the museum offers a full lunch and snack menu.
- On-Site Parking: The museum offers a $3 discount at three nearby garages. Visitors should present their parking ticket at the admissions desk to receive discount validation. Download a map which includes locations of participating garages.
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Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust Listings
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In Search of Memory: The Neuroscientist Eric Kandel
Wed, Sept 15, 2010 After the screening about his life, hear Dr. Eric Kandel, one of the most important and passionate neuroscientists of our time, trace the roots of his revolutionary theories about memory to his childhood experiences in Nazi-annexed Vienna.
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Enemies of the People: My Family's Journey to America
Mon, Sept 20, 2010 Author Kati Marton draws on her skill as an investigative reporter to discover who her journalist parents really were—and how they survived the Nazis in Budapest and imprisonment by the Soviets during the Cold War.
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A Lucky Child: A Memoir of Surviving Auschwitz as a Young Boy
Sun, Sept 19, 2010 (Little, Brown and Company, 2010)Author Thomas Buergenthal, retired American judge from The Hague, interviewed by Dr. David G. Marwell, Museum directorWhen Buergenthal was just 10 years old, he survived Auschwitz and the infamous death march. His poignant and inspiring book is filled with the honest insights of a child and the optimism of a remarkable adult dedicated to the preservation of human rights.
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