Founded
by survivors.
Holocaust Museum LA commemorates those who perished, honors those who survived, educates about the Holocaust, and inspires a more dignified and humane world.
Our History
The first survivor-founded and oldest Holocaust museum in the United States.
In 1961, a group of Holocaust survivors met in an English language class in Los Angeles. As they got to know each other, they discovered that each of them had held on to something from before the war: a photograph, a document, a personal item carried through the camps and across an ocean.
They decided these artifacts needed a permanent home. They needed to be kept safe, and they needed to be seen. So the survivors built one: a place to memorialize the loved ones they had lost and to teach the public what had happened to them.
Sixty-five years later, Holocaust Museum LA is the only cultural institution in Los Angeles with a sole focus on the horrific impact and the enormity of the Holocaust that is free for students.
"It's important for me to teach the young generation about the Holocaust."Jona Goldrich z"l, survivor and co-founder
Timeline
- 1961Survivors found the MuseumA group of survivors in Los Angeles begin collecting and preserving the photographs, documents and personal items they carried through the war.
- 2010A permanent home in Pan Pacific ParkOn October 14, 2010, the Museum opens its purpose-built home at 100 The Grove Drive, designed by Hagy Belzberg.
- 2026The Goldrich Cultural CenterThe Goldrich Cultural Center opens, adding new galleries, a 215-seat theater, classrooms, gardens and the Boxcar Pavilion.
The Building
Designed by Hagy Belzberg, set into the landscape of Pan Pacific Park.
The Museum's permanent home is built into the park itself, its green roof rising from the ground so that the building recedes into the landscape and the galleries descend into the earth. It is one of the most honored museum buildings in Los Angeles.
- LEED Gold Certification
- Awards for Architecture and Interior Architecture
- Cultural Affairs Commission Design Honor Award
- Green Building Design Award
The Goldrich
& the Museum
Holocaust Museum LA is the founding institution of The Goldrich Cultural Center.
The Goldrich is the campus: the building at 100 The Grove Drive, its theater, classrooms and amphitheater, and the public program that fills them. Holocaust Museum LA is the museum within it, with its own galleries, collection, survivor programs and education mission. One address, one front door, two names you will see on this site.
Donors
& Partners
The Museum is free for every student because of the people who fund it.
Foundations, families and individuals make our exhibitions, survivor programs and field trips possible. Community organizations, cultural institutions and government agencies work alongside us to build them. We are grateful to every one of them.
Help us inspire humanity through truth.
Holocaust Museum LA is free for every student who walks through its doors. That is only possible because of people like you.