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- EIN 13-3376265
- (646) 437-4200
- 36 Battery Pl New York NY 10280-1502 USA
- www.mjhnyc.org
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Causes: Arts & Culture, Historical Organizations, History Museums, Judaism, Religion
Mission: The museum of jewish heritage - a living memorial to the holocaust is new york's contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. See schedule o for additional information.
Programs: Education department: the museum of jewish heritage has helped to educate more than 750,000 schoolchildren through curricula, tours, classroom materials, and online exhibitions. The museum offers professional resources for educators who teach about the holocaust and modern jewish history in support of students in grades 3 through 12. Each year, nearly 60,000 students from public and independent schools are welcomed to the museum.
the collection and exhibitions department acquires, preserves and maintains rare artifacts, documents, and materials that not only tell the story of holocaust but also prevent others from falsifying its scope, magnitude, and significance; monitors the facilities to help preserve historical materials; and researches and develops exhibitions. The department coordinates all logistics and planning for the museum's traveling exhibitions as well as those that travel from other institutions.