Holocaust Museum LA expansion takes another step forward

2022-01-28T14:09:00-05:00

Holocaust Museum LA's proposed $45-million expansion has taken a small, but important procedural step forward. Earlier this week, the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks issued a notice of exemption from the California Environmental Quality Act for the proposed Jona Goldrich Campus, which would expand upon the museum's existing subterranean building in Pan Pacific Park.

The proposed Belzberg Architects-designed project includes the expansion of the existing museum and the construction of a new pavilion. The pavilion will include a new learning center, a dedicated theater to showcase an installation by the USC Shoah Foundation, a 200-seat theater, two classrooms, a 2,500-square-foot exhibit space, and a pavilion housing a boxcar from the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland. Concession areas, administrative offices, and restrooms are also included.

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According to Urbanize Los Angeles, the expansion is expected to increase the museum’s annual capacity to 500,000 by 2030. It is reported that around $22 million has so far been raised to begin construction. A groundbreaking is set to commence later this year.

Hagy Belzberg provides a personal touch with new Holocaust Museum LA expansion

2021-10-28T12:33:00-04:00

After exceeding its own ambitious annual attendance goals to the tune of over 50,000 visitors, Los Angeles’ Holocaust Museum is set to expand on its existing 28,000-square-foot facility with a new extension plan from its original designer Hagy Belzberg.

Located in Pan Pacific Park at the edge of the city’s Fairfax neighborhood, the expanded museum hopes to eventually host around 500,000 visitors annually and greatly enhance the educational mission to which its founding traces.

Belzberg’s updated plan features a new rooftop pavilion atop the existing building that is meant to house a boxcar taken from the Majdanek concentration camp in Poland. A new building will be introduced that includes space for a 200-seat theater, expanded gallery spaces, and a new educational center for the museum, which was founded by Holocaust survivors in 1961. An expansion of an interactive installation from the USC Shoah Foundation will provide a link for future generations of visitors.

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Holocaust Museum LA expansion takes another step forward

Hagy Belzberg provides a personal touch with new Holocaust Museum LA expansion