Holocaust Museum LA to close in August for work that will double its size
Holocaust Museum LA to close in August for work that will double its size
Holocaust Museum LA will close on Aug. 4 as the museum ramps up construction on the expansion of its Pan Pacific Park campus, officials announced Tuesday.
The Jona Goldrich Campus, designed by award-winning architect Hagy Belzberg, will feature outdoor reflective spaces, expansive galleries for temporary exhibits and classrooms, a theater for survivor talks, film screenings, concerts, conferences and public programs, a pavilion to house an authentic boxcar found outside the Majdanek death camp in Poland, and a dedicated theater for the holographic exhibition featuring a conversation with a virtual survivor.
The expanded campus at 100 The Grove Drive, opening in June 2026, will double the museum’s existing footprint and increase visitor capacity to 500,000 visitors annually, including 150,000 students. The permanent exhibit will include new cutting-edge technology to preserve Holocaust survivor testimonies, museum officials said.
“There will be no other museum quite like this in not only Los Angeles but in the U.S. For instance, our one-of-a-kind boxcar pavilion will evoke powerful emotions ranging from pathos to striking resilient hope for humanity,” Chief Executive Officer Beth Kean said.
The museum received a lead gift from Andrea Goldrich Cayton and Melinda Goldrich, daughters of museum founder and survivor Jona Goldrich, to name the new campus. The museum also received gifts from Roz and Abner Goldstine to name the learning center, from The Smidt Foundation to name the entrance courtyard, from the Stanley and Joyce Black Family Foundation to name the pavilion that will house the original boxcar obtained and donated by the family, and from the S. Mark Taper Foundation to name the theater.
During the closure, the museum will continue to host events, including screenings, concerts, book talks, survivor talks and panels, at off-site locations. More information can be found at holocaustmuseumla.org/upcoming.
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