Museum of Jewish Heritage

Museum of Jewish Heritage

Address

36 Battery Place

New York, NY 10280 

Phone

646-437-4202

Area

Neighborhood

Battery Park City

Price

$12 adults, $7 students; See tips section.

Web Page

http://www.mjhnyc.org/museum aboutus.htm

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History museum

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Description

The Museum of Jewish Heritage, located at 36 Battery Park Place, Manhattan (New York City, USA), was created as a living memorial to the Holocaust. The hexagonal shape and tiered roof of the building are symbolic of the six points of the Star of David and the six million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. It opened September 15, 1997.

In addition to a large permanent exhibit on the Holocaust entitled The War Against the Jews, it also contains two other permanent exhibits on Jewish culture: Jewish Life a Century Ago, and Jewish Renewal. The three permanent exhibits are arranged chronologically, with Jewish Life A Century Ago on the first floor, The War Against the Jews on the second floor, and Jewish Renewal (focusing on contemporary Jewish culture, especially Israel) on the third floor.

Temporary exhibits and Safra Hall, a theater, are to be found in the Robert M. Morgenthau wing. There is also a memorial garden, "Garden of Stones" designed by Andy Goldsworthy, in this wing. The garden consists of 18 boulders, each with a dwarf oak sapling growing from inside the hollowed-out stone. They symbolize resiliency. The number 18 was chosen specifically because the Hebrew word for life, chai, has a numerological value of 18.

Monitors, speakers, and projectors playing interviews of relevant persons punctuate the exhibits. 800 artifacts (many of them personal belongings) and 2,000 photographs are on display. [1]

Tips

• Free admssion on Wed. from 4-8PM, general museum only
• There is a video about the museum available here.
• There is a cafe here.

Hours Subject to change. Always verify.

• Sunday-Tuesday, Thursday 10 a.m. - 5:45 p.m.
• Wednesday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
• Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (During Daylight Savings Time)
• Friday and the eve of Jewish Holidays 10 a.m. - 3 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
• Closed Saturdays, Jewish Holidays, and Thanksgiving Day. [2]