Virginia Holocaust Museum

05/28/2026

05/25/2026

The Virginia Holocaust Museum is proud to offer Dimensions in Testimony, an interactive experience featuring Holocaust survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch.

Visitors can ask questions and receive responses drawn from her recorded testimony, creating a powerful dialogue that bridges past and present.

This innovative technology ensures that survivor voices remain accessible long after they are no longer with us—preserving memory through presence.

05/24/2026

Are you a Holocaust survivor—or a child, grandchild, or great-grandchild of one?

We invite you to take part in the Legacy Portrait Project, a Museum initiative documenting survivors and their families across Virginia.

Portrait sessions will take place in Richmond, Tidewater, and Roanoke. There is no cost to participate.

The completed portraits will be exhibited next year at the Virginia Holocaust Museum and at locations across the Commonwealth.

Be photographed. Be remembered. Help ensure these stories endure.

Sign up through our website to reserve your portrait session or visit: https://www.vaholocaust.org/legacy_interest_form/

05/23/2026

What if you could ask a Holocaust survivor a question—and hear her answer?

At the Virginia Holocaust Museum, you can engage with Anita Lasker-Wallfisch through Dimensions in Testimony, an interactive experience that preserves her voice, her story, and her truth for future generations.

History you don’t just learn—you meet.

05/21/2026

At the Virginia Holocaust Museum, history doesn’t sit behind glass—it speaks to you.

Through Dimensions in Testimony, visitors can “meet” Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, a Holocaust survivor and former member of the Auschwitz women’s orchestra, and ask her questions in real time.

Her answers are drawn from her own recorded testimony—so her voice, her memory, and her truth are still here to be shared.

This is not just learning history. It’s an encounter with a life that refused to be erased.

05/19/2026

This Jewish American Heritage Month, discover the story of Haym Salomon — the Jewish patriot who helped finance the American Revolution during its darkest days.

His courage, sacrifice, and belief in freedom helped shape America’s future.

Visit our Jewish American Hall of Fame exhibit and explore the inspiring stories of remarkable Jewish Americans whose impact changed our nation forever.

Their stories are America’s story.

05/18/2026

What would you ask a Holocaust survivor?

At the Virginia Holocaust Museum, you can step into the Dimensions in Testimony℠ Theater and do just that.

Ask questions. Hear responses. Experience powerful, first-person stories of survival, resilience, and hope—brought to life through groundbreaking interactive technology developed by the USC Shoah Foundation.

This isn’t a film. It’s a conversation.

Open 7 days a week
Showings every hour starting at 11 AM
Last showing at 3 PMSeating is limited—reserve at the front desk

Step into history. Ask what matters most.

05/15/2026

Throughout May, experience the powerful story of Holocaust survivor Anita Lasker-Wallfisch in our Dimensions in Testimony Theater at the Virginia Holocaust Museum.

Born in Germany in 1925, Anita survived both Auschwitz and Bergen-Belsen — saved in part by her talent as a cellist, performing in the Auschwitz women’s orchestra. Today, she continues to share her story so the lessons of the Holocaust are never forgotten.

Step inside our interactive theater this month and ask Anita your own questions through groundbreaking AI technology designed to preserve survivor testimony for future generations.

Visit our visitors desk to reserve your seat in the theater and experience history in a deeply personal way.