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Permanent installation. James Carpenter, MacArthur Fellow and architectural artist, created Reflection Passage to provide visitors with a thoughtful and inspiring experience as they move through the Museum.

Reflection Passage relies upon changes in the natural world to complete the artistic process. Its glass surface captures New York Harbor’s ephemeral qualities of light and water and re-presents them inside a main passageway of the Museum, creating an ever-changing reflection in real time.

Gift of the EGL Charitable Foundation.

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The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do

The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do is an expansive and timely presentation of Holocaust history told through personal stories, objects, photos, and film – many on view for the first time. The 12,000-square-foot museum exhibition features over 1,250 original objects and survivor testimonies from our Collection.

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June 30, 2022 –

The Children’s Tree: A Living Artifact from Theresienstadt

A tree planted outside the Museum, with roots born of the Holocaust, branches out to a better future. Discover the remarkable story of The Children's Tree, a living artifact from Theresienstadt concentration camp that represents hope and resilience. The silver maple tree is named in memory of a group of students from the camp and their teacher, Irma Lauscher, who planted the tree together and nurtured it with their own water rations, as well as the children of today and tomorrow who will visit the tree and learn its history.

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