Spotlight: New Acquisitions

As of 2025, the Museum maintains a permanent collection of approximately 45,000 objects. The collection continues to grow in size and scope each year; 99.9% of objects enter the collection as donations from people in the New York Metropolitan area and around the world. Featured here are six New Acquisitions acquired by the Museum between 2022 and 2025. Explore these treasured objects and their stories that both illuminate and document the struggles, voyages, triumphs and heartbreak of Jewish people before, during, and after the Holocaust.