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Museum of Jewish Heritage
Museum of Jewish Heritage
The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is New York’s contribution to the global responsibility to never forget. The Museum is committed to the crucial mission of educating diverse visitors about Jewish life before, during, and after the Holocaust.
As a place of memory, the Museum enables Holocaust survivors to speak through recorded testimony and draws on rich collections to illuminate Jewish history and experience. As a public history institution, it offers intellectually rigorous and engaging exhibitions, programs, and educational resources.
Programming
Programming
Grades: 6-12
Audience Size: 10 - 140
Length of Performance: 90 minutes from scheduled start time for WHCD, 60 minutes from scheduled start time for CTA, 60 minutes from scheduled start time for Speaker’s Bureau
Description:
Guided Tour of The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do
The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do explores the impact of World War II and the Nazi genocide on Jewish lives and communities in Europe. Through close examination of the Museum’s artifacts and in discussion with a Museum educator, participants will explore issues of cultural identity, responsibility to community, and decision-making, as well as ways in which individuals and nations responded, or failed to respond, to the crisis.
It is recommended for grades 6 and up. Tours of The Holocaust: What Hate Can Do are 1.5 hours from scheduled start time.
Self-Guided Tour of Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark
Courage to Act: Rescue in Denmark is the Museum’s first exhibition for visitors aged 9 and up. The exhibition tells the remarkable story of the rescue of the Danish Jews during the Holocaust. Together, Jewish and non-Jewish neighbors of all ages mobilized to create one of the most effective—and exceptional—examples of mass resistance and escape in modern history. Despite the enormous risk, ordinary citizens united against Nazism to save nearly 95% of Denmark’s Jewish population.
Speaker’s Bureau – Holocaust Survivor Testimony
The Museum of Jewish Heritage’s Speakers Bureau is comprised of Holocaust survivors, World War II veterans, and descendants of survivors who present their or their family’s experiences during the Holocaust to groups of 20 or more people scheduled in advance. Holocaust speakers are adept at sharing their insights with diverse audiences and contextualizing their own perspectives within the larger narratives of history. They provide experiences that are educational, emotional, and unforgettable.
Please note that not all services will be provided simultaneously – up to the school and the Museum’s Gallery Education Coordinator to plan programming for day of visit and the Museum’s discretion for scheduling.
This performance supports the following NYS Learning Standards:
Common Core Learning Standards: English Language Arts
Research to build and present knowledge
Responding to literature
Presentation of knowledge of ideas (speaking and listening)
Learning Standards for the Arts
Responding (reflect, interpret, evaluate, critique)
Connecting (relate artistic ideas with societal, cultural & historical context)
Categories: History / Museums / Exhibits
Cost:
$100 per 30 students, Larger groups call for costs
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