Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum | Moshe Safdie

Published: Aug. 18, 2020, 10 a.m.

Architect Moshe Safdie describes the process of conceptualizing and designing the new Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum in Jerusalem. The rebuilding of the Yad Vashem Holocaust Museum includes a new visitors’ center (Mevoah), a new history museum replacing the existing museum constructed in 1953, a Hall of Names, a synagogue, galleries for Holocaust art, an exhibitions pavilion and a learning and visual center. In addition, new underground parking and facilities for tour buses are located adjacent to a new entrance piazza. The overall program quadruples the permanent exhibition space.