Historical Thinking Skills Teacher Workshop w/ the Virginia Museum of History & Culture + the Virginia Holocaust Museum Join educators from the Virginia Museum of History & Culture and the Virginia Holocaust Museum to engage with historical thinking skills through the project-based learning program Virginia History Day and the education resources of both institutions. Resources for grades 4-12 will be the focus of this event, but educators from all grade levels are encouraged to attend. All Virginia social studies educators, including from homeschools and private schools, are encouraged to attend. This free, in-person workshop will be held on Friday, September 22 from 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM at the Virginia Holocaust Museum, 2000 E Cary St, Richmond, VA 23223. Space is limited to the first 15 registrants, so register today! Participation in the workshop includes: * Coffee and light breakfast * $40 stipend * Certificate of participation for CEU points This workshop is sponsored in part by the Library of Congress Teaching with Primary Sources Eastern Region Program, coordinated by Waynesburg University.   TO REGISTER CLICK HERE!   Questions? Email Sam Florer at sflorer@virginiahistory.org

We will be closed for Yom Kippur on Sept. 25th. We will reopen as normal on Sept. 26th.

Defiant Requiem: Teaching About Art and Music as Resistance During the Holocaust October 11, 2023 | 10:00 AM - 3:30 PM Location: Virginia Holocaust Museum Cost:  FREE Click HERE For More Details!

Museum Closure   The Museum will be closed on Tuesday, Oct. 17th due to construction. We will reopen as normal on Oct. 18th.

Please join local Jewish students for a private tour of VHM followed by planting 250 daffodils in the Museum's Memorial Garden. The daffodils will be planted in memory of the 1.5 million children who perished during the Holocaust, as part of the Daffodil Project, a "global initiative to plant a worldwide Living Holocaust Memorial." The event is sponsored by Congregation Or Atid and Virginia Holocaust Museum.

Tuesday, November 14, 2024 1:00PM National Mall, Washington DC JCFR is providing subsidized bus transportation from Richmond. Register below to reserve your seat. Age 18 and under requires a chaperone. For more details about the event, click HERE. REGISTER FOR THE BUS HERE! Registrations first come first served, based on availability. Deadline to register is Monday,11/13/23 at noon. SECURITY The US Park Police and Metro DC Police will be managing security for the event. Full safety protocols will be enforced. PROGRAM ORGANIZED BY THE JEWISH FEDERATIONS OF NORTH AMERICA AND THE CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS OF MAJOR AMERICAN JEWISH ORGANIZATIONS

Free Educator Workshop:  How Jews Lived: Diversity in Prewar Central and Eastern Europe Educator Workshop November 15, 2023 10am-3:30pm at the Virginia Holocaust Museum 2000 East Cary Street, Richmond, VA. 23223 Deadline for Registration is November 8, 2023 Join the Virginia Holocaust Museum and Centropa for a day of professional development focused on Jewish life before the Holocaust.  It’s not enough to teach how Jews were murdered; we must also teach how they lived, and Centropa, a historical institute based in Vienna, offers you easily accessible resources to do just that. From 2000 to 2009, Centropa interviewed over 1200 elderly Jews in 15 Central and Eastern European countries. They did not use video or focus on the Holocaust. Rather, they asked their interviewees to share their entire life stories spanning the 20th century as they showed them their old family photographs, which they digitized. In this workshop, you will spend time with Centropa's interviews, photographs, short multimedia films, thematic websites, and podcasts about Jewish life from the end of the Austro-Hungarian Empire through the first decade of the 21st century and exploring the diversity of Jewish life and culture the Nazis attempted to wipe out. This workshop is free for educators and includes: Breakfast, Coffee, and Lunch Educator Resources A certificate of attendance   Click HERE to Learn More!

The Museum will be closed all day on Wednesday, November 22nd and Thursday, November 23rd in celebration of Thanksgiving. We will resume its normal operating schedule of Friday, November 24rd. Happy Thanksgiving to all.