Address: 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place
Washington, D.C. 20024-2126
Phone: 202-488 -0400
Fax: 202-488-2690
TDD: 202-488-0406
Email: https://www.ushmm.org/online/form/contact-the-museum/input
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Website: https://www.ushmm.org/
Facebook: www.facebook.com/holocaustmuseum
Twitter: twitter.com@holocaustmuseum
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/ushmm
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Director/Person-in-Charge: Sara J. Bloomfield, Director
Principal Staff Members:
Sarah Ogilvie, Chief Program Officer
Diane Saltzman, Director, Constituency Engagement
Paul Shapiro, Director, International Affairs
Jordon Tannerbaum, Chief Development Officer
Michelle Stein, Director, Marketing and Communications
Yariv Lapid, Director, Levine Institute for Holocaust Education
Sarah Lumbard, Senior Digital Curator
Tad Stahnke, Director, Initiative on Holocaust Denial and Antisemitism
Gretchen Skidmore, Director, Educational Initiatives
Marcus Appelbaum, Director, Initiative on the Holocaust and Civic Responsibility
Jennifer Ciardelli, Director, Initiative on the Holocaust and Professional Leadership
Jill Savitt, Acting Director, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide s/b Naomi Kikoler
Lisa Leff, Director, Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies
Rebecca Boehling, Director, National Institute for Holocaust Documentation
Naomi Kikoler, Director, Simon-Skjodt Center for the Prevention of Genocide
Established: 1980, Chartered by Congress; opened: 1993
Staff: Salaried - 437; Volunteer - 435 (including 80 Holocaust survivors)
Days and Hours Open to the Public: https://www.ushmm.org/information/visit-the-museum/plan-your-visit
Type of Organization or Mission: A living memorial to the Holocaust, the USHMM inspires citizens and leaders worldwide to confront hatred, prevent genocide, and promote human dignity. Federal support guarantees the Museum's permanent place on the National Mall, and its far-reaching educational programs and global impact are made possible by generous donors. More than 40 million people have visited the Museum since it opened in 1993, and through its website, podcasts, social media channels, traveling exhibitions, and educational programs the Museum reaches millions more. In 2015 the website had more than 25 million visits from over 17 million visitors representing 239 countries and territories. (43.6 % were international visits.)
Significant sections are currently available in 15 languages including Arabic, Bahasa Indonesia, Chinese, English, Farsi, French, Greek, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish and Urdu.
Services: For information about the Museum's Registry of Holocaust Survivors, contact (202) 488-6130; For information about requesting a Holocaust survivor to speak, please contact (202) 488-0414 or This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.; The Museum has an extensive program of traveling exhibitions. For information, contact Christine Brown (202) 314-7848 (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.); The Museum has a research library and extensive archival holdings. Research questions including information from the International Tracing Service Archive may be directed to the library's reference desk at (202) 479-9717 and for archival research (202) 488-6113. Library website: www.ushmm.org/research/library; For information about the Museum's scholarly programs, contact the Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Center for Advanced Holocaust Studies, (202) 488-6162; For information about Museum membership, contact (202) 488-2642 or visit the Museum's website
Publications: The Museum publishes an Annual Report, a semi-annual magazine Memory & Action, a calendar, and numerous scholarly, programmatic, and general interest publications, many of which are available on the Museum's website and through its Museum Shop; Holocaust and Genocide Studies, a scholarly journal published by Oxford University Press in association with the Museum, is published 3 times a year.
