The museum of jewish heritage will enhance the accessibility and longterm preservation of its oral history collections to strengthen public understanding of jewish life before, during, and after the…

The Institute of Museum and Library Services awarded the Museum of Jewish Heritage—A Living Memorial to the Holocaust $1,283,116 on September 1, 2026, under the Museums for America program (CFDA 45.301) to enhance accessibility and long-term preservation of its oral history collections focused on Holocaust survivor testimonies and interviews. The museum will conduct a comprehensive inventory and rehousing of audiovisual materials in two collections, hire a collections researcher to reorganize and catalog materials for upload to its collections management system, engage a specialized external vendor to digitize materials, and contract freelance translators to transcribe testimonies recorded in other languages. The digitized and transcribed files will be uploaded to a searchable online repository, making them freely available to students, scholars, researchers, and the general public. Performance takes place in New York, New York, with a completion date of August 31, 2029. The Museums for America program supports project-based efforts in museums of all sizes and disciplines to serve the public through exhibitions, educational programs, digital resources, and collections stewardship activities.

The museum of jewish heritage will enhance the accessibility and longterm preservation of its oral history collections to strengthen public understanding of jewish life before, during, and after the holocaust. Museum staff will initiate a comprehensive inventory and rehousing of audiovisual materials in two collections focusing on holocaust survivor testimonies and interviews. The museum will hire a collections researcher with appropriate expertise to reorganize and catalog materials and prepare them for uploading to the collections management system. The project team will engage both a specialized external vendor to digitize materials as well as freelance translators to transcribe testimonies recorded in other languages. The files will be uploaded to a searchable online repository, making them freely available to benefit broad audiences including students, scholars, and researchers.