Museum of Jewish History/Heritage
Battery Park

The Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust opened to the public in September 1997. Its mission is to educate people of all ages and backgrounds about the 20th century Jewish experience before, during, and after the Holocaust."

The Museum of Jewish Heritage is down in Battery Park City close to the National Museum of the American Indian. The museum stands at the center of a beautiful flower garden.

The Jewish Museum covers the entire history of Judaism from five thousand years ago to the present, while the Museum of Jewish Heritage focuses on the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. This museum displays artifacts related to just about every aspect of Jewish history and culture including books, clothes, artwork and religious objects. Short educational films play at several locations in the museum. One entire floor is devoted to the Holocaust, which makes visiting this museum an emotionally intense and disturbing experience.

The museum has three floors and lots of exhibits, so expect to spend about three or four hours here in order to see and read everything.

Photo 184, May 2013

Museum of Jewish History/Heritage

One of 3 reflecting pools in front of the Jewish Museum

Photo 192, May 2013