HOURS
Reading Room
Mon-Thurs: 9:30am-4:30pm
Genealogy Institute
Mon: 9:30am-4:30pm
Tue-Fri: By appointment only
Free Exhibit Spaces
Sun–Thurs: 9:30am–7:30pm
Fri: 9:30am-3:30pm
Sat: Closed
Ruth's Bookstore
Sun–Thurs: 10:30am-6:30pm
Fri: 10:30am-4:00pm
Make sure to check our holiday closures prior to visiting.
Please note: The Reading Room will be closed December 8-10, 2025. We are sorry for any inconvenience.
Last entry to the Center for Jewish History Exhibitions, Reading Room, and the Genealogy Institute is 1 hour before closing. The last call to page items in the Reading Room and Genealogy Institute is 3pm.
The Last Musician of Auschwitz
Date: January 29, 2026
Time: 3:30 – 5:00 PM
Online via Zoom
January 27, International Holocaust Remembrance Day, marks the anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz. As part of its commemoration of this day, the Center for Jewish History is pleased to offer a professional development opportunity for teachers focused on its curriculum for The Last Musician of Auschwitz, a film that tells the stories of Auschwitz prisoners who played and created music in the notorious death camp. The film shows how, in the most brutal and dehumanizing situations, music could offer a lifeline, a method of giving testimony, and even a way to resist.
Teachers will explore the six standards-aligned lesson plans and learn how to apply them in their social studies, ELA, and arts/music classes.
The program is free, but pre-registration is required.
CTLE credit is available for New York State teachers.
