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Special Exhibitions 19-February-2010 | Film Series To Honor French Documentary Filmmaker Pierre Sauvage 3-February-2010 | Grammy-Award-Winning Artists to Celebrate Yiddish and Gaelic Culture Through Song Traditions 2-February-2010 | March-April Public Programs Announced for Edmond J. Safra Hall 26-January-2010 | New Exhibition of Contemporary Photographs of Poland to Travel to the U.S. for the First Time 3-December-2009 | January-February Programs Announced for Edmond J. Safra Hall 8-October-2009 | New Exhibit About the Extraordinary Accomplishments of the Morgenthau Family and Their Legacy of Public Service Opens Now Open 1-October-2009 | Museum Launches Ground Breaking New Program:Fellowships at Auschwitz for the Study of Professional Ethics 18-September-2009 | New Interactive Heritage Installation Keeping History Center Now Open 4-March-2009 | Remarkable Story of Jewish Refugee Scholars and Their Students at Historically Black Colleges Told in New Exhibition
Click here to read about the Interfaith Living Museum in the New York Times. Watch a video about the Museum. Click here to view. Click here to read about the Speakers Bureau in the New York Times. Read the New York Times review of Daring to Resist. Click here to read part one of the review.
Check media kits for more detailed information about the Museum and special and permanent exhibitions and the press release archive for information about past events and programs. About the Museum The Museum is New York's primary institution of public education about modern Jewish history and the Holocaust. The Museum tells the moving story of 20th century Jewish life from the perspective of those who lived it. Weaving together personal experiences and world events, it paints an evocative portrait of a people and an indomitable spirit. Created as a living memorial to the victims of the Holocaust, the Museum honors those who died by celebrating their lives and legacy. It conveys a message of memory and hope that is of universal significance. Newsletter Click here to read the Fall 2008, Winter 2008, Fall 2007, Spring 2007, Winter 2007, Fall 2006 edition, Spring 2006 edition, Winter/Spring 2009 edition, or the Fall 2009 edition.
Now on View Keeping History Center The Keeping History Center is an interactive, digital visitor experience. Phase 1 of the center features Voices of Liberty, a soundscape composed of diverse voices responding to arriving in America for the first time, including Holocaust survivors, Soviet refuseniks, and others. As the exhibit grows, visitors will be able to add their own responses to seeing the harbor or their own stories of arriving in the U.S. The Center also contains a virtual exploration of Andy Goldsworthy’s Garden of Stones. Visitors can visit the Garden for themselves and then view tree growth through time and across seasons via a time-lapse camera. Footage of Goldsworthy creating each element of the memorial garden is part of this new installation. Phase 2, planned for 2011, will allow visitors to use state-of-the-art technology to add their own voices, “curate” their own experiences, and understand that they themselves are part of the history they keep. The Center is being designed by the award-winning firms C&G Design and Potion. The Keeping History Center, dedicated by Morton Pickman in memory of Morris and Fannie Pickman, is made possible by a generous grant from the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. The Morgenthaus: A Legacy of Service On view through December 2010 The Morgenthaus have embraced the promise of America since their arrival in 1886. Wanting to contribute to their country and their communities, they dedicated themselves to public service. The exhibition tells the story of three generations of this family, and explores the fascinating ways in which their services to others changed the course of world events, American politics, and Jewish history. This exhibition is made possible through generous funding from the Isenberg Family Charitable Trust, Marina and Stephen E. Kaufman, Lois and Martin Whitman, Jack Rudin, and New York State Senator Eric T. Schneiderman. Media sponsorship is generously provided by Manhattan Media.
Expert Sources The Museum is pleased to set up interviews between members of the media and our staff experts on topics related to the Holocaust and 20th century Jewish history. Please contact the Communications Department at communications@mjhnyc.org or call 646-437-4340 to submit your interview request. |
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