We recommend the following Museum experiences:
Tours of the permanent exhibition
Guided Tour
The guided tour offers participants the opportunity to discover the history of the Holocaust through in-depth explanations from our guides. The knowledge and the anecdotes they share allow participants to learn more about the objects and testimonies presented in our permanent exhibition and to humanize the victims of the Holocaust.
Discovery Tour
Try a new interactive and immersive tour experience! During the discovery tour students explore the objects in the exhibit and reflect on how they contribute to illustrating the history of the Holocaust.
In each section of the museum, a guide provides historical context before students embark on the exploration phase. Students work in small groups to observe and analyze the objects on display in order to understand how they illustrate the lived experience of Jewish communities. At the end of each section, a group discussion enables the tour guide to assess understanding and answer questions.
Self-Guided Tour
The self-guided tour allows participants to discover the Museum’s permanent exhibition on their own (without a guide). After a brief introduction by one of our front-desk agents, participants can explore, at their own pace, the history of Jewish communities before, during and after the Holocaust. For groups who are interested, an activity sheet provides historical context and focuses the visit on certain objects in the exhibition.
Learn more about our permanent exhibition.
Museum Themes:
- 1st Section (early 20th century): Jewish communities in Europe and North Africa, Jewish traditions and holidays.
- 2nd Section (1919-1939): Treaty of Versailles and the Weimar Republic, Hitler’s accession to power, persecution of the Jews, propaganda, the reaction of German Jews, the pogrom of the Night of Broken Glass, the reaction of Canada and the world.
- 3rd Section (1939-1950): The invasion of Poland, non-Jewish victims, the ghettos, deportation, the camps, armed and spiritual resistance, the Righteous, the collaborators, liberation, displaced persons’ camps, immigration of survivors to Canada.
Useful Information:
To reserve a guided tour for your group, complete the pre-reservation form.
Testimony with a Holocaust Survivor:

Click for more information about Virtual Survivor Testimonies and to complete the pre-reservation form for an in-person testimony.
A survivor testimony adds a personal dimension to the history of the Holocaust and the millions of victims. It puts students in direct personal contact with a complex and incomprehensible part of history.
Useful Information:
To reserve a testimony for your group, complete the pre-reservation form.
Interactive Biography (Beta Test) Dimensions in Testimony from USC Shoah Foundation – In French only

Now in it’s testing phase at the Montreal Holocaust Museum, Marguerit Élias-Quddus’ interactive biography uses artificial intelligence technology to provide participants with a new way of engaging with survivor testimony.
Marguerite Elias-Quddus was filmed for five days by the USC Shoah Foundation, in collaboration with the Montreal Holocaust Museum and the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. During this time, she was asked 700 questions. Her answers were then integrated into an interface developed by the USC Shoah Foundation for the public to interact with.
Accompanied by a Museum mediator, participants in the beta test can learn about Marguerite’s life story by asking the interface numerous questions and listening to the answers. As the system is in its testing phase, it is expected that some answers may not be accurate. Participants will then see how the mediator flags incorrect answers and how their questions contribute to improving the system.
Useful Information:
- Education level : grade 6 and up
- Languages : French
- Number of participants : Minimum of 10, maximum of 48 participants, or more when you also book another activity simultaneously.
- Duration : 1 hours
- Cost : Free
To reserve a guided tour for your group, complete the pre-reservation form.
Educational Workshops

These educational workshops allow students to explore the story of a Holocaust survivor through their video testimony, artefacts and primary sources.
Life in Hiding Workshop
In this workshop, students will discover Eva Kuper’s story. Eva was born in Warsaw in 1940, shortly after the Nazi invasion of Poland. A few months after her birth, her family was confined to the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw. After her mother was deported, Eva and her father managed to escape from the ghetto. They survived the war in hiding.
Through watching a video excerpt of Eva’s testimony and interacting with reproductions of artefacts that belonged to children and teenagers who survived the Holocaust in hiding. Students will discover what life was like for them under the Nazi Occupation and reflect on the difficult choices they had to make.
Useful Information
To reserve an educational workshop for your class, complete the pre-reservation form.
Resisting during the Holocaust
In this workshop, students will discover the story of Avrum Feigenbaum and his family during the Holocaust.
Through analyzing primary sources (documents and testimonies), the participants will better understand the different stages of a genocide. They’ll discover how Avrum and his family resisted at every stage.
This workshop was designed to complement the teacher’s guide Studying Genocide soon to be available in English.
Useful Information :
To reserve an educational workshop for your group, complete the pre-reservation form.
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