Exhibit updated and education workshops this month

By Samuel Asher The museum has recently updated its permanent exhibit, Camps and Ghettos, which highlights the methods used by the Nazis to imprison civilians. This...

Dimensions in Testimony Exhibit in January at VHM to feature...

By Samuel AsherAnnual Meeting Recap On Dec. 9, the 25th Annual Meeting of the Virginia Holocaust Museum was held with over 90 community members in...

Dimensions in Testimony Exhibit

 On Nov. 1st, we proudly launched our Dimensions in Testimony exhibit in partnership with the USC Shoah Foundation. This innovative exhibit, located on the Museum’s...

Museum visit connects pair to their Jewish Heritage

We went to the Virginia Holocaust Museum with our 8th grade class thinking we would learn more about this horrible genocide, however we came...

Happy New Year and Shana Tova from our family at the...

By Samuel Asher October is shaping up to be a busy and exciting month as we gear up for our Annual Meeting on Oct. 29,...

September at the Museum: A month of special programs and exciting...

By Samuel Asher, Executive Director, Virginia Holocaust Museum As September arrives, the Museum comes alive with the return of students on field trips and group...

Record number of teachers attend TEI first session

By Samuel Asher, Executive Director, Virginia Holocaust Museum As summer approaches and visitorship softens, our focus shifts to the Alexander Le-benstein Teacher Education Institute (TEI). For...

VHM welcomes, educates 50,000 visitors a year

By Samuel Asher, Executive Director, Virginia Holocaust Museum The Virginia Holocaust Museum has a unique role in preserving and documenting the Holocaust in our community...

Yom HaShoah Commemoration features 200 guests

By Samuel Asher Executive Director, Virginia Holocaust Museum More than 200 people gathered at the Museum on May 5th for our 2024 Yom HaShoah Commemoration. The Museum’s...

VHM Visual Arts Contest

The title and theme of this year’s VHM Visual Arts Contest was “Survivor Stories.” Students were asked to use the Museum's collections to research...