National Holocaust Museum announces major Google partnership

Users of the platform will be able to do a virtual walkthrough of the museum’s Memorial Gardens and its The Journey Exhibition. The latter, recently redeveloped, immerses the visitor in a young boy’s journey as he flees Nazi Germany on the Kindertransport.

The museum has also created five new online exhibitions for the platform, and its heads view the partnership as a significant step towards widening access to Holocaust education.

“By working with Google Arts & Culture, we are ensuring that the stories we safeguard in Nottinghamshire can be accessed by people everywhere, regardless of geography,” said Adam Dawson MBE, chairman of the museum.

“At a time when Holocaust education is more vital than ever, expanding our reach globally is not just an opportunity – it is a responsibility,” he said.

Adam Dawson (Photo: National Holocaust Museum)[Missing Credit]

Umbach said: “We hope [the artefacts and exhibitions] will inspire open conversations among all those who use them, around the globe, among friends, families, fellow students. There is no better way of learning than from having a thoughtful conversation.”

The National Holocaust Museum is now one of more than 2,000 cultural institutions across 80 countries featured on the platform, which was originally launched in 2011.

Abi Levitt, the museum’s interim director since Marc Cave stepped down last month, said that the “collaboration allows us to stand alongside some of the world’s leading cultural institutions” – including the British Museum, the Guggenheim Museum, and the Musée d'Orsay.

Founded in 1995 by a Christian family, the National Holocaust Museum welcomes tens of thousands of visitors a year, tours its exhibitions nationally and internationally, and provides Holocaust education to school groups.

Click here to visit the Google Arts & Culture page for the National Holocaust Museum.