Expanding Its Reach: With $60 million addition, Museum of Jewish Heritage is hoping to become a cultural force in Lower Manhattan, and beyond

From: The New York Jewish Week | Date: January 3, 2003| Author: | Copyright information

The Museum of Jewish Heritage-A Living Memorial to the Holocaust is closing its doors -- and opening a window, of sorts.

From mid-January through mid-March, the museum in Battery Park will close temporarily as part of a long-anticipated expansion. When the institution reopens on March 16, its distinctive hexagonal-shaped building will connect via a glass-walled walkway to an 82,000-square-foot addition. The expansion, which should be complete and open to the public next fall, triples the museum's size and creates facilities for programs and exhibitions that until now have been practically ...

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