Virginia Holocaust Museum

The Virginia Holocaust Museum is proud to be the permanent home of the Jewish-American Hall of Fame exhibit. Over 50 Jewish American men and...

By Samuel Asher, Jamie Bosket and Marland Buckner During August, September and October, our region hosted the “Violins of Hope Richmond” exhibit for its first...

Richmond has become home to many Holocaust and contemporary genocide survivors and refugees. It is the Virginia Holocaust Museum’s mission to tell those stories,...

The highly successful and acclaimed Violins of Hope  Richmond will conclude its 12-week stop here on Oct. 24. Sponsored by the Virginia Holocaust Museum, it...

By Samuel Asher, Executive Director, Virginia Holocaust Museum Get ready for Purim on March 23rd this year! The sweet aroma of freshly baked Hamantaschen always reminds...

By Samuel Asher Greetings! I’m thrilled to report that our long-awaited renovation project is well underway. All the walls in our former entryway have been removed and...

By Skip Kozakewicz Reflector Editor Violins of Hope is now in the Mid-Atlantic Region for the first time – until Oct. 24. It features a collection...

The Virginia Holocaust Museum has partnered with the Weinstein JCC’s Israeli Film Festival to host a showing of Persian Lessons on Jan. 25, 7...

  By Samuel Asher, Executive Director, Virginia Holocaust Museum Every day we march a little closer to having the renovations to our first floor complete. The construction...

The Virginia Holocaust Museum commemoration for Yom HaShoah will take place on May 5th this year. We are honored to have Stuart E. Eizenstat,...