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Find out information about the Museum to help you plan a visit. The Museum welcomes visitors of all ages individually or in groups. Museum staff or Gallery Educators are available to guide adult, school and youth group tours. Reservations are required for groups so please book in advance. To find out about scheduling a school visit click here. Click here to learn more about scheduling an adult group.

Holiday Schedule

September 29: The Museum will close at 3 p.m.

September 30: The Museum will be closed for Rosh Hashanah.

October 1: The Museum will be closed for Rosh Hashanah.

October 8: The Museum will close at 3 p.m.

October 9: The Museum will be closed for Yom Kippur.

October 13: The Museum will close at 3 p.m.

October 14: The Museum will be closed for Sukkot.

October 15: The Museum will be closed for Sukkot.

October 20: The Museum will close at 3 p.m.

October 21: The Museum will be closed for Shemini Atzeret.

October 22: The Museum will be closed for Simchat Torah.

 

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Helpful Tip

The galleries are kept quite cool to reduce humidity and protect the artifacts, and therefore we suggest that visitors bring a sweater to the Museum.

Kids & Families
The Museum's family guide, You are a Museum Detective. The Case: Looking for Heritage in All the Right Places, contains a tour of the Museum's first floor with at-home activities.

Café
The Heritage Café offers visitors a full menu of options for lunch or a mid-museum visit snack. The Museum does not allow visitors to bring in outside food. (Learn more)

Garden of Stones
Andy Goldsworthy's first permanent commission in New York City, Garden of Stones, is open and free to the public. Garden of Stones, an eloquent garden of trees growing from stone, is an outdoor space that is a central feature of the Museum's new Robert M. Morgenthau Wing. (Learn more)

Edmond J. Safra Hall
Join us for concerts, lectures, performances, family programs, and symposia in the beautiful 375-seat Edmond J. Safra Hall. (Learn more)

Our Neighborhood
In one location - and all within comfortable walking distance - you can explore an abundance of cultural and historic attractions that together tell the tale of New York's rise to become the first modern city in the New World.
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Pickman Museum Shop

The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust shop offers a wide variety of Judaica, jewelry by Michal Negrin and others, books and music, and toys for children, as well as gifts related to the Museum’s educational mission.

Accessibility
The Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust welcomes all visitors and strives to ensure that its exhibitions, programs, and public facilities are accessible to everyone. Please click here for more information. Please click here for more information.

Auschwitz Jewish Center Foundation

For information about the Center, please visit the Center's website at www.ajcf.org.  To arrange a visit, contact the Center’s offices in Oswiecim at info@ajcf.pl or call Shiri Sandler at the Museum at 646.437.4276.

 

 

 


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Address
Museum of Jewish Heritage - A Living Memorial to the Holocaust
Edmond J. Safra Plaza

36 Battery Place
New York, NY 10280

View a detailed map and directions.

Ticket Reservations
Tickets are available at the admissions desk in the Spitzer Grand Foyer upon
arrival. For advance tickets, call 1.646.437.4202.

See a complete listing of events at
Edmond J. Safra Hall.

General Information

1.646.437.4200

General Admission
$10 adults, $7 seniors, $5 students, children 12 and under are admitted free.

Free admission every Wednesday from 4 p.m. - 8 p.m. Note: This applies to general Museum admission only. There may be a separate admission price for public programs.


Hours
Sunday-Tuesday, Thursday 10 a.m. - 5:45 p.m.;
Wednesday 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. (During Daylight Saving Time)
Friday and the eve of Jewish Holidays
10 a.m. - 3 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time)
Closed Saturdays, Jewish Holidays, and Thanksgiving Day.

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Edmond J. Safra Plaza • 36 Battery Place • Battery Park City • New York, NY 10280
General Museum Info call 1.646.437.4200 • Ticket Info call 1.646.437.4202
Museum Hours Sunday-Tuesday, Thursday: 10am to 5:45pm • Wednesday: 10am to 8pm • Friday: 10am to 5pm D.S.T., 10 am to 3pm E.S.T. • Eve of Jewish Holidays: 10am to 3pm

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