Museum of Tolerance

Museum of Tolerance challenges visitors to understand the Holocaust and confront all forms of prejudice and discrimination in our world today.
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The Museum of Tolerance (MOT) is the educational arm of the Simon Wiesenthal Center, an internationally renowned Jewish human rights organization. The only museum of its kind in the world, the MOT is dedicated to challenging visitors to understand the Holocaust in both historic and contemporary contexts and confront all forms of prejudice and discrimination in our world today. Established in 1993,

the MOT has welcomed over five million visitors, mostly middle and high school students. Visitors become witnesses to history and explore the dynamics of bigotry and discrimination that are still embedded in society today. Through interactive exhibits, special events, and customized programs for youths and adults, the Museum engages visitors’ hearts and minds, while challenging them to assume personal responsibility for positive change. Twitter: www.twitter.com/musoftolerance
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06/18/2026

In N**i concentration camps, prisoners were stripped of their identities and reduced to a color-coded system of triangles sewn onto their uniforms. Each color designated a category: red for political prisoners, green for criminals, purple for Jehovah's Witnesses, and black for those deemed "asocial."

Gay men had to wear a pink triangle pointing downward, marking them as criminals under Germany's Paragraph 175. Around 15,000 men were sent to concentration camps, and many lost their lives.

The uniform displayed here belonged to a political prisoner, identified by the red triangle and prisoner number on the chest. The classification chart shows how the N**is reduced human beings to categories on paper.

Years later, activists turned the pink triangle upright and wore it proudly as a sign of defiance, connecting its history to Pride.

The Museum of Tolerance is dedicated to teaching the history of the Holocaust, teaching tolerance, and confronting prejudice in all its forms.

On June 12, we remember Anne Frank on what would have been her 97th birthday. Anne was a Jewish teenager who hid with he...
06/12/2026

On June 12, we remember Anne Frank on what would have been her 97th birthday. Anne was a Jewish teenager who hid with her family from the N**is for two years in a secret annex in Amsterdam. The diary she kept during that time has reached readers in more than 70 languages and continues to shape how the world understands the Holocaust. She was arrested in August 1944 and died of typhus at 15 years old at Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in early 1945.

At the Museum of Tolerance, our Anne Frank exhibit invites visitors into Anne's world to witness her story of courage, loss, and enduring hope amid one of history's darkest chapters. The exhibit features replicas, artifacts, videos, and Anne's own words through diary excerpts brought to life by a narrator.

The self-guided experience traces her journey from childhood to the Secret Annex, to deportation to Bergen-Belsen, and concludes with a reproduction of her diary and loose-leaf pages from her own writings. Afterward, our interactive Action Lab invites visitors to reflect on the dangers of intolerance and make personal pledges to foster empathy and justice in their own communities.

The Museum of Tolerance is dedicated to educating visitors on the history of the Holocaust to inspire tolerance and build a more just world.


What if you could see not just what happened—but how it was made possible?In partnership with TOLI - The Olga Lengyel In...
06/10/2026

What if you could see not just what happened—but how it was made possible?

In partnership with TOLI - The Olga Lengyel Institute for Holocaust Studies and Human Rights, Rooted and Targeted is a five-day seminar for California educators that starts where history too often skips—the fullness of Jewish and Black life, culture, and community. From there, it follows the legal, social, and institutional systems that made exclusion, discrimination, and erasure not just possible, but ordinary.

Through the histories of the Holocaust, the domestic slave trade, lynching, and what those histories can teach us about the world we've inherited. You'll leave with a shared language, concrete resources, and teaching strategies you can actually use.

🗓 August 3–8, 2026 | Museum of Tolerance, Los Angeles
✅ Free. Travel and hotel are covered for educators 50+ miles away.
✍️ Applications are open—spots are limited!

Apply today: www.toli.us/regional-program/california/

This National Museum Day, we look back at where it all began. On February 8, 1993, the Museum of Tolerance opened its do...
05/18/2026

This National Museum Day, we look back at where it all began. On February 8, 1993, the Museum of Tolerance opened its doors in Los Angeles. From day one, we were never a traditional museum. We were built as an innovative and interactive space designed to turn history into action.

Over thirty years later, our exhibits, including the Holocaust Exhibit, Anne Frank, the Social Lab, This World Today, and more, continue to challenge visitors to confront bias, understand history, teach tolerance, and better understand our world. Beyond our exhibits, we host films, workshops, educator trainings, and Holocaust survivor speakers, creating a full experience that extends far beyond the walls of the museum.

We have welcomed over 8 million visitors through our doors, and now we are taking that mission on the road with the Mobile Museums of Tolerance, bringing education directly to schools and communities nationwide.

We continue to lead and innovate in education. While technology has changed, our mission remains the same: to use the lessons of the past to build a more tolerant future.

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This Jewish American Heritage Month, we're highlighting a remarkable piece of history from the Simon Wiesenthal Center a...
05/14/2026

This Jewish American Heritage Month, we're highlighting a remarkable piece of history from the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Museum of Tolerance Archives.

This Jewish Major Leaguers Baseball Card Collection features 142 cards honoring every Jewish player in the history of the American Major League. After noticing that 42 Jewish players had never received their own baseball cards, Martin Abramowitz, Ph.D., president of Jewish Major Leaguers Inc., set out to create them himself. The collection spans more than 40 franchises and honors players from 29 teams.

Among those honored is Sandy Koufax. When he chose to sit out Game One of the 1965 World Series to observe Yom Kippur, he became more than a Dodger legend; he became a cultural icon for Jewish Americans everywhere.

Although many players are seldom remembered, this collection in the Simon Wiesenthal Center Archives preserves their legacy and honors American Jews in America's Game.

Help us preserve this history: https://museumoftolerance.com/JAHM2026?c_src=social

Join us for the screening of Monument with special guest Academy Award®-winning actor Jon Voight. Monument is a historic...
05/12/2026

Join us for the screening of Monument with special guest Academy Award®-winning actor Jon Voight. Monument is a historical suspense-filled drama that focuses on past history when the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) and the South Lebanon Army (SLA) were allied forces fighting against Hezbollah and other militant groups.

🗓️ Thursday, May 14
🕖 7:30 PM
📍Museum of Tolerance 9786 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035

Get tickets here: https://give.museumoftolerance.com/event/screening-monument/e796554

After the IDF withdrew from southern Lebanon, thousands of SLA members and their families fled to Israel for protection, where they were granted Israeli citizenship. In 1999, as the situation in southern Lebanon nears its breaking point, renowned Israeli architect Yacov Rechter (Jon Voight) is commissioned to design a monument honoring fallen soldiers of the Christian South Lebanon Army.

His idealistic son, and successor, Amnon (Joe Mazzello) challenges him to build something radically different: a memorial for all victims of the war — Christian and Muslim alike. As father and son clash over loyalty, complicity, and art, the monument becomes a haunting symbol of a peace that never lasts.

Please join us at the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival for the world premiere of The Hollywood Rabbi at the Saban Theatr...
05/08/2026

Please join us at the Los Angeles Jewish Film Festival for the world premiere of The Hollywood Rabbi at the Saban Theatre on Tuesday, May 12, at 7:00 PM. The film traces Rabbi Marvin Hier’s improbable path from an orthodox Jewish enclave to international prominence as the founder of the Simon Wiesenthal Center and Museum of Tolerance.

📍Saban Theatre
🗓️ Tuesday, May 12
🕖 7:00 PM

A portrait of outsized charisma in a modest yarmulke, the documentary presents Hier as part visionary, part showman, part statesman, and a figure whose journey mirrors the evolving story of modern Jewish identity and its unexpected intersections with global politics and entertainment. THE HOLLYWOOD RABBI is directed by Jon Kean and produced by Brad Krevoy, Susie Krevoy, and Kean.

The documentary also stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, Billy Crystal, President Bill Clinton, Governor Gavin Newsom, Ted Sarandos, Montana Tucker, and many others. The film captures Rabbi Hier's life spent in conversation with Presidents, Popes, Kings, and a constellation of Hollywood icons, all while advocating fiercely for Holocaust remembrance, human rights, and placing tolerance at the core of our social values.

Get your tickets today! https://www.eventbrite.com/.../opening-night-gala-world...

The Museum of Tolerance recognizes Jewish American Heritage Month as a time to honor the roots of Jewish American cultur...
05/07/2026

The Museum of Tolerance recognizes Jewish American Heritage Month as a time to honor the roots of Jewish American culture. It is also a time to decide how we safeguard this heritage and what we allow the next generation to inherit.

At a moment when many young people encounter Jewish history through fragments, distortion and tension, shaping understanding matters more than ever.

The Museum of Tolerance offers a window into Jewish life, culture, and tradition before the Holocaust, and Jewish American Heritage Month reminds us that these traditions did not end there. They were carried forward by generations of Jewish Americans whose stories, values, and resilience continue to shape our country.

Support our educational initiatives and help preserve Jewish history: https://museumoftolerance.com/JAHM2026?c_src=social

The Museum of Tolerance is where education meets inspiration. With all the bad news in the world, especially regarding a...
04/30/2026

The Museum of Tolerance is where education meets inspiration.

With all the bad news in the world, especially regarding antisemitism, it can be easy to slip into despair. Thanks to the generosity and partnership of the Secunda Family Foundation, the "Our World Today” exhibit at the Museum of Tolerance reminds us that there's also hope in the world.

Using innovative AI tools, this exhibit shows positive news headlines from around the world in real time, so visitors are presented with concrete examples that leave them feeling optimistic, inspired, and motivated to make the world a better place.

Join us on Yom Ha’atzmaut for the West Coast premiere of The Kid Officer. Witness a young Holocaust survivor’s journey t...
04/20/2026

Join us on Yom Ha’atzmaut for the West Coast premiere of The Kid Officer. Witness a young Holocaust survivor’s journey to find a home in British Mandated Palestine.

🗓️ Tuesday, April 21, 2026 • 7:00 PM

📍Museum of Tolerance 9786 W. Pico Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90035

This event is offered free of charge. RSVP is required: https://give.museumoftolerance.com/event/screening-the-kid-officer/e781969/register/new/select-tickets

As Hitler’s Anschluss parade shakes the streets of Vienna, young Friedrich Biermann watches from his balcony—an early witness to the violent unraveling of his childhood. Locked in a school closet the next day and shunned by the city he once knew, Friedrich is thrust into a dangerous flight from N**i terror as his once-respected Jewish family flees across Europe.

A Q&A with director John Rokosny will follow the screening.

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9786 W Pico Boulevard
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90035

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Monday 10am - 3:30pm
Tuesday 10am - 3:30pm
Wednesday 10am - 3:30pm
Thursday 10am - 3:30pm
Sunday 10am - 5pm

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