The Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is a prominent historical museum and memorial located on Edmond J. Safra Plaza in Battery Park City, Manhattan, New York City. Serving as New York's official Holocaust museum, it functions as a living memorial dedicated to Holocaust education, Jewish history, and tolerance, acting as a center for remembrance, activism, and community outreach. The museum preserves and educates about Jewish life in the 20th and 21st centuries, with a particular focus on the Holocaust, through intellectually rigorous exhibitions, programs, educational resources, and public history initiatives that explore Jewish history before, during, and after the Holocaust. Drawing on survivor testimonies, rich collections, and collaborations with organizations such as the Association of Holocaust Organizations, the museum hosts contemporary exhibitions highlighting Jewish artists who resisted fascism and connects historical lessons to current issues through speakers' bureaus, teacher trainings, curricula, internships, film festivals, tours, and special events. Established through incorporation and chartering in 1984, dedicated in 1986, and constructed between 1994 and 1997 under architect Kevin Roche at a cost of $21.5 million, the nonprofit institution opened to the public on September 15, 1997, and has welcomed over two million visitors. Its facilities include a library, research centers, memorial gardens, event rental spaces, a café, and a museum shop, with membership programs supporting its mission to foster understanding of Jewish heritage and promote tolerance and activism.