Tours, Testimonies and Workshops

• Cost: For tours, workshops and testimonies at the Museum, $6 per student or senior / $8 per adult.

$10 per student or senior / $14 per adult when combined with a second in-person or virtual program.
Admission is free for 1 teacher/organizer per 15 participants, per program.

• Cost: For an off-site testimony, $300/group in Montreal, $500/group outside Montreal

Tours of the permanent exhibition

Guided Tour | gr. 6 and up | 90 min. | At the Museum

10 to 48 participants, or more if a second program is booked for the same group

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 | gr. 6-Sec. 5 | 90 min. | At the Museum

10 to 35 participants, or more if a second program is booked for the same group

During this immersive tour experience, 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 | Sec. 1 and up | 60 min. | At the Museum

10 to 60 participants, or more if a second program is booked for the same group

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:

• 1^st Section (early 20^th century): Jewish communities in Europe and North Africa, Jewish traditions and holidays.
• 2^nd 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.
• 3^rd Section (1939-1950): The invasion of Poland, non-Jewish victims, the ghettos, deportation, concentration camps, armed and spiritual resistance, the Righteous Among the Nations, the collaborators
• 4^th Section (1945-1955): Liberation, displaced persons’ camps, immigration of survivors to Canada.

To reserve a tour for your group, complete the pre-reservation form.

Survivor testimony | At the Museum, Sec. 1 and up | Off-site, gr. 6 and up | 60 min.

10 to 60 participants at the museum or more if a second program is booked for the same group; minimum 50 participants if off-site

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.

Offered as of December 2023 Interactive Biography Dimensions in Testimony from USC Shoah Foundation

Interactive biography| gr. 6 and up | 60 min. | At the Museum

10 to 60 participants or more if a second program is booked for the same group

An interactive biography uses artificial intelligence technology to provide participants with a new way of engaging with survivor testimony.

Accompanied by a Museum mediator, participants will learn about a Holocaust survivor’s life story by asking the interface numerous questions and listening to the answers.

To reserve an interactive biography for your group, complete the pre-reservation form.

Our educational workshops allow students to explore the story of a Holocaust survivor through primary sources (video testimonies and artefacts).

Life in Hiding Workshop | gr. 6 – Sec. 2 | 60 min. | At the Museum or on-line

10 to 48 participants at the Museum, or more if a second program is booked for the same group; 1 class on-line

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 analyzing 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.

To reserve an educational workshop for your class, complete the pre-reservation form.

Resistance during the Holocaust Workshop | Sec. 3 and up | 60 min. | At the Museum or on-line

10 to 48 participants at the Museum, or more if a second program is booked for the same group; 1 class on-line

In this workshop, students will discover the story of Avrum Feigenbaum and his family during the Holocaust.

Through analyzing primary sources (documents and testimonies), participants will better understand the different stages of  genocide, as well as how Avrum and his family resisted at every stage.

This workshop was designed to complement the teacher’s guide Studying Genocide.

To reserve an educational workshop for your group, complete the pre-reservation form.

Thank you to Desjardins for supporting school visits