Museum of Jewish Heritage
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The Museum of Jewish Heritage, located in Battery Park City in Manhattan, New York City, is a living memorial to those murdered in the Holocaust. The museum has received more than 2 million visitors since opening in 1997. The mission statement of the museum is "to educate people of all ages and backgrounds about the broad tapestry of Jewish life in the 20th and 21st centuries—before, during, and after the Holocaust."[1]
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Established | 1997 |
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Location | 36 Battery Place, New York, NY, 10280 |
Coordinates | 40.706211°N 74.018750°W / 40.706211; -74.018750 |
Type | Holocaust/Jewish museum |
Director | Jack Kliger, President & CEO |
Architect | Roche-Dinkeloo |
Public transit access | Bus: M15, M15 SBS, M20, M55 to South Ferry, M9 to Battery Park City Subway: trains at Bowling Green trains at South Ferry/Whitehall Street |
Website | mjhnyc |
The museum's building includes two wings: a six-sided building with a pyramid-shaped roof designed to evoke the memory of the six million Jews killed in the Holocaust, and the Robert M. Morgenthau Wing. The six-sided building, opened in 1997, contains the museum's core exhibition galleries. The Morgenthau Wing, opened in 2003, contains the museum's offices, theater, and classrooms, as well as the Irving Schneider and Family exhibition gallery. Both wings were designed by Roche-Dinkeloo.[2]