Our Archives contain thousands of precious records of historical, sociological, educational, and biographical value. The ongoing structural reorganization has revealed a keen vision of the primary Archival organization based on distinct Record Groups. The pivotal criteria determining the multifaceted construction have been historical relevance, geo-political factors, and archival integrity.

The department of Archives and Collections has structured and prepared for access 28 Record Groups, divided on collections, sub-collections, and the groups of documents. These new archival units are created and developed with regard to the modern archival standards. An explanatory narrative, also known as ‘finding aids’, precedes every record group, collection, and documents. This explanatory part comprises such rubrics as provenance, organization, language, historical and bibliographical note, scope and contents, and archival location. All in all, the newly reorganized archival structure shall enable easy navigation through the ‘sea’ of documents, artifacts, and artworks, as well as it shall facilitate effective research and findings.

The Archives as an integral subdivision of the Museum will serve as a research, educational, and overall an interdisciplinary center in the field on the Holocaust Studies and Modern European History with the goal to accommodate needs of scholars, researchers, students, and the community.

We hope the student of the Holocaust as well as the other categories of users will appreciate the opportunity to work with the broad array of the primary sources: diaries, personal memoirs, unpublished manuscripts, artworks from the ghettos and camps, documents of the Nazi State and Party, the extensive publications of the Allied Administration in Germany and Austria, materials on the war-crime trials, Displaced Person Camps’ publications, and the immediate postwar publications on the Holocaust history.

The Museum offers tours to students and adults of all ages. Our staff is able to tailor each tour to meet specific needs in an age-appropriate manner. All Museum tours are FREE. However, the Museum survives on the generosity of our community, and donations to the Museum are appreciated.

Elementary students: For our youngest visitors, the Museum offers tours of the "World that Was" exhibit, and our famous doll collection "Badges of Shame." Following these exhibits, Survivors talk and work with the children using art as a window onto their experience of the Museum and the story it tells. (Please allow 1.5 hours)

Middle School: Middle school aged students participate in a Museum tour from the "World that Was" through the "Resistance Room." Following the tour, the students meet a Holocaust Survivor and hear his or her personal testimony. (Please allow 2.5 hours with activities)

High School: High School students receive a full tour of the Museum as well as an intensive discussion with a Survivor. Free educational materials are available for teachers to take back to the classroom in order to explore the subject further. (Please allow 2.5 hours)

Other Groups: The Museum welcomes all adult groups to tour the Museum. The Museum accommodates groups of over 20 visitors with a question and answer session with a Survivor. Groups from churches, synagogues, youth groups, corporate groups, and any other group are invited to tour our facility.


Thanks to a generous grant from Cingular Wireless, the Museum is proud to offer self-guided audio tours courtesy of the 'Guide By Cell' system. This innovative new system has only recently become available to a select group of Museums throughout the country, and we are very proud to offer this service to our patrons.

Visitors to the Museum will immediately notice a series of numbered placards which are located next to key exhibit items. To access the audio tour, visitors simply dial an access number from their cell phones, and enter the number on the placard next to the item they wish to explore. There is no fee for using the system other than the standard usage fees associated with cellular accounts.

Among other informative content, the Museum's Guide By Cell Tour features captivating first-person accounts from actual Survivors!

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