April 25, 2016– This week we will be showcasing the top 5 reasons to take our Teacher Education Institute. The deadline for applications is May 1st, so be sure to apply soon. This summer the Virginia Holocaust Museum will be offering the Alexander Lebenstein Teacher Education Institute. The Institute is

April 26, 2016– Amanda Sam will be speaking as part of the I Witnessed History lecture series May 21st at 1pm. Watch a short clip from her oral history below, and stop by the VHM May 21st to hear her full story.

April 26, 2016– It’s National Volunteer Week this week, and we just want to thank all the docents and volunteers who have contributed so much to our museum over the years. The VHM couldn’t exist without our hard working volunteers and their dedication to keeping the stories of local Holocaust

April 26, 2016– Join us on May 1st at 1pm for our annual Yom HaShoah commemoration. There will be a memorial candle lighting with local Holocaust Survivors, a short talk by Dr. Timothy Snyder, and the winners of our annual art contest will be announced. For information check out the

April 26, 2016– These are your last few weeks to visit our Auschwitz/Oświęcim exhibit before the next temporary exhibit goes up. We will be announcing the next temporary exhibit soon, so keep an eye out!

April 8, 2016– Today for ‪#‎MuseumWeek, we take a closer look at some of the connections between artifacts in our collection. In 2007 we received a donation of envelopes and postcards from the family of Werner Bellmann, who had fled to the United States from Germany in 1937. These letters

March 16, 2016– In July 1979, Amanda Sam’s family walked for three days and nights with nothing but a small sack with clothing, a sleeping mat, a couple of blankets, a mosquito net, a shovel, a water bucket, and very little food until they reached the Thai border. Their journey

March 15, 2016– Thanks to a generous grant provided by the Cabell Foundation, we are doubling the shelving space in our Library and Archives. Stay tuned for more information regarding our Library and Archives expansion.

March 14, 2016– Last week a few of our staff members went to visit our dear friend Simone Schwarz at Beth Sholom Gardens. Simone, who was liberated from Bergen-Belsen in 1945, was a member of our Board of Trustees for many years and gave numerous lectures and talks here at

March 8, 2016– Our oral history indexing project is well underway. The goal of the project is to make all the videos in our oral history collection searchable and enable users to easily find testimony related to any topic. Once complete you will be able to find and go directly