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The Museum will be closed after 2 pm on Tuesday, December 24. and all day on Wednesday, December 25. We will re-open on Thursday, December 26.

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FREE Admission Friday

Visit the Museum with FREE admission this Friday, December 27, and see how we transform the history of the Holocaust into lessons for today.

Now Open: "Resilience"

Told from the point of view of Sansei (third generation) Japanese Americans, "Resilience - A Sansei Sense of Legacy" is an exhibition of eight artists whose work reflects on the generational impact of the forced imprisonment of Japanese Americans during WWII.

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Every night as I was scared and hungry and cold, my aunt Bella put her arms around me and whispered, ‘Tomorrow will be better.’

THE JOURNEY BACK: A VR EXPERIENCE

Experience the first-in-the-world virtual reality exhibition, The Journey Back, which applies cutting-edge technology to engage visitors on a journey as they walk through concentration camps with Holocaust Survivors who experienced them. Read More

Education is key to learning from the lessons of the Holocaust and confronting antisemitism.

Survivor Profiles: Sam Harris

Samuel R. Harris (born Szlamek Rzeznik) is one of the youngest Survivors of Nazi concentration camps. Born in 1935 in Deblin, Poland, he was just four years old when the Nazis occupied Poland. Sam and his seven siblings and parents were forced to move into the ghetto. Read more of Sam’s story>>

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It was like they were sitting right in front of me, and we were having a conversation.

Interactive Holograms: Survivor Stories Experiences

“Meet” a Survivor and ask them questions about what life was like before, during, and after the Holocaust in the interactive Abe & Ida Cooper Survivor Stories Experience holographic theater.

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Voice of the Museum

Honoring International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Today, as candles are lit in remembrance of the 79th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, and with commemorations across the globe in observance of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, we remember the victims and Survivors of the Holocaust. As an institution founded and built by Survivors of the Holocaust, we are inspired by their courage, resilience,… Read More

Joint Statement by Holocaust Museums

The following is a joint statement issued by The Florida Holocaust Museum, Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust, Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, The Zekelman Holocaust Center, Holocaust Center for Humanity, Holocaust & Humanity Center, and Holocaust Museum L.A. in response to the vandalism at Seattle’s Holocaust Center for… Read More

Museum Condemns Recent Antisemitism on College Campuses

We are concerned about the latest reports of increasing verbal harassment and physical violence targeting Jewish students on college campuses. It is all the more alarming that some of the harassment uses references to the Holocaust. Jewish Americans hold a wealth of political viewpoints, backgrounds, and identities. It is antisemitic to assume that, by being… Read More

Open Letter From Survivors

As the world watches the ongoing conflict in Israel and Gaza, moments like this reverberate with many Holocaust Survivors. Today, on the 85th anniversary of “Kristallnacht,” several Survivors have come together to share a message with the world. Our hearts are broken – but now is not the time to give up. Over 80 years ago… Read More

Developments in Israel and the Gaza Strip

Resolution of the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors WHEREAS: We – the community of Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center – mourn the murder and wounding of hundreds of soldiers and innocent Israeli civilians during an unprovoked attack on Israel by Hamas terrorists, which is known to have resulted in more than 1,300… Read More

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