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| Hours & Tour Information |  Public Schedule
- Sunday - Thursday
9:30 am - 3:30 pm - Friday
9:30 am - 12:30 pm - Closed on Saturday We are closed on Jewish holidays and most legal holidays. Free admission during regular hours.
Donations are greatly appreciated.
Docent Guided Public Tours - Sunday - Thursday 1:00 pm - Last approximately 2 hours - No public tours on Friday
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| Announcements | Children’s Gallery & Holy Ground
 Rabbi Rosenzveig
Ever since our pioneering institution opened its doors on October 21, 1984, we have advised schools and the general public to refrain from bringing children below the age of twelve to the HMCZFC. The awesome graphic nature of a number of our exhibits motivated our poli...
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| Programs & Events |  The HMC offers many opportunities to learn about the Holocaust and most are open to the general public. The following list of programs and events, sponsored by the HMC, are just a couple of them.
Yom Hashoah 2009
Details to be announced Join the annual “Yom Hashoah” ceremonies beginning at 1 p.m.. This city-wide Holocaust commemoration is sponsored by the Holocaust Memorial Center Zekelman Family Campus and the Shaarit Haplaytah in cooperation with the World Federation of...
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| Library News …Online Catalog! |
We are very pleased to announce that the HMCZFC library catalog is now online. Although we have been automated for some time, access to our collection is now conveniently available on our home page and on the library page. The HMCZFC library was established in 1984 with a small nucleus of books donated by Philip Slomovitz, longtime editor of the Jewish News, and has grown to be the major reference Holocaust and Judaica library in the area. The library specializes in Holocaust, European Jewish history, Jewish-Christian relations and Judaica.
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| The Holocaust Memorial Center's stated objectives are: |
 To preserve the memory of the 6,000,000 Jews murdered in the Holocaust.- To preserve the history of the 5,000 Jewish communities wiped out by the Nazis.
- To record the apathy of the many who did nothing and to honor those who risked their lives to save Jews.
- To recall the cultural, social, and religious richness of Jewish life in Europe prior to the Holocaust.
- To record the terror of the Nazi Holocaust and the events that led to it.
- To help future generations understand and direct their lives to the maintenance of an open, free society.
- To nourish a social consciousness whereby the righteous acts of the few become the standard of the many.
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