Check out the new Museum Shop and Bookstore at VHM

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...

A Message from Executive Director Samuel Asher

I hope you're having a healthy and safe summer! We have had a busy summer here at VHM with a number of great programs and...

Visiting Exhibit: There’s Just Us

August 11 and 12, 2022, marked the five-year anniversary of the Unite the Right rally that shook the quiet, central Virginia city of Charlottesville. Through...

Holocaust Exhibit in Fiber opens April 5

On April 5 - June 2, All that Remains: a Holocaust Exhibit in Fiber - Artist Leslie Klein opens her Exhibit in the Downstairs...

VHM kicks off Capital Campaign

The Virginia Holocaust Museum has launched a $2.5 million “Campaign for the Future” to salute its 25th Anniversary in 2022. “We want to recognize our...

2022 VHM Student Visual Art Contest

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,...

VHM & VPM to partner for Holocaust film screening

The Virginia Holocaust Museum and VPM are partnering to bring a screening and panel discussion for "The U.S. and the Holocaust," a three-part documentary...

Unique Children’s Memorial Joins VHM’s Permanent Collection

The Virginia Holocaust Museum proudly announces the opening on April 7 of the Children’s Memorial, a new exhibit honoring the memory of the 1.5...

Children’s Memorial opens at VHM with reception

The Virginia Holocaust Museum opened its permanent and unique Children’s Memorial Exhibit on April 7 at a special reception featuring a number of Commonwealth...

Meredith R. Weisel of ADL to speak at Yom HaShoah on April...

Meredith R. Weisel has served as the Regional Director of the ADL (the Anti-Defamation League) Washington, D.C., Regional Office since early 2022. Meredith is the...