The Holocaust Museum and Learning Center is an invaluable
resource for educators around the Midwest. Each year, over
22,000 students from middle schools, high schools, and colleges
visit the Museum to learn the history and lessons of the Holocaust.
In addition, the HMLC has an extensive collection of videos
that are available to teachers at no charge. If you are a
teacher who is interested in bringing a student group to the
Museum, please review the following information about class
visits and resources for studying the Holocaust. The links
below will provide you with information to help you teaching
the history of the Holocaust. If you would like to schedule
a tour after reviewing this information, contact the HMLC
at 314-442-3711.
SCHEDULING
Group tours of the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center
are generally scheduled weekdays in the morning at 9:30 a.m.
and afternoons between 11:30 a.m. and 2:30 p.m. We recommend
that tours be scheduled at least two months in advance. Please
call our office at 314-442-3711, and press 1 to leave all information regarding your tour. We
will send you a confirmation notice for your tour.
Please specify the number of visitors anticipated in your
group when you make your reservation. This number should not
be increased after it is confirmed as we schedule our docents
four weeks in advance and it is difficult to accommodate last
minute changes. If less than the number of people specified
in the registration form will be coming, we would appreciate
being notified at least one week in advance.
NUMBER OF VISITORS PER TOUR
In order for the learning experience to have a maximum impact,
we recommend that the number of scheduled visitors per tour
not exceed 60 people.
LENGTH OF TOUR & PUNCTUALITY
All tours must begin on time. Please plan your schedule accordingly
and be prepared to arrive 10 minutes before your tour begins.
For groups of more than 20 people, docents will divide the
group and take visitors through the exhibits at 15-20 minute
intervals. The tour lasts a minimum of an hour. A survivor
testimony also takes a minimum of 45 minutes following the
tours. Larger groups will need to plan for extra time in order
for everyone to have a chance to go through the exhibit and
to accommodate a speaker if one is scheduled.
It is understood that proper behavior be observed in accordance
with the subject of the museum. Teachers and adult chaperons
are responsible for supervising student behavior.
If you are scheduling a Holocaust survivor as a speaker,
students should be forewarned that the survivors are not native
English speakers. Despite this, they all express themselves
well and make a tremendous impact on their audiences. These
speakers are sharing traumatic personal experiences and should
be afforded the greatest attention and respect.
BOOK STORE
The Holocaust Center book store carries a selection of reading
and other related materials. Purchases from the book store
also help support the Holocaust Center.
FOLLOW-UP LETTERS
Docents and speakers are all volunteers. Feel free to send
follow-up letters thanking docents and speakers for the time
they spent with a group. Please send these to the Center and
we will forward them to the docents and speakers.
PARKING
Parking is available for private cars in our parking lot at
the Jewish Federation Kopolow Building. School buses should
be prepared to drop students off in front of our building
and then park at the JCCA outdoor pool parking lot.
DIRECTIONS TO CENTER
The Center is located in the Creve Coeur area, at 12 Millstone
Campus Drive, which is one block west of Lindbergh Blvd. off
Schuetz Road. Schuetz Road is between Page Blvd. and Olive
Blvd. Map
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