Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage
The Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, The Museum of Diversity and Tolerance, is located in Beachwood, Ohio, and opened on October 11, 2005. Now 10 years old, the Maltz Museum celebrates culture and explores identity to develop an appreciation for Jewish heritage and the diversity of the human experience. In two permanent collections, An American Story and The Temple - Tifereth Israel Gallery, compelling personal stories of struggle, courage and creativity are brought to life through film, computer interactives, special effects and dramatic exhibitions that feature unique artifacts, art, documents and images. The Museum also hosts rotating exhibitions (traveling and original), as well as weekly public programs.
Co-founder Milton Maltz’s company, The Malrite Company, was the lead developer. Malrite focuses on the development of innovative museum projects around the country, including the International Spy Museum in Washington, D.C.
An American Story chronicles the challenges and celebrates the achievements of generations of men, women and children in Northeast Ohio’s Jewish communities, from the original 19th-century European settlers to the individuals who today call the region home. One of the Museum’s two core exhibitions, An American Story showcases artifacts, images, audio and visual resources and interactive displays to tell the Jewish immigrant experience – a narrative that shares commonalities with other groups of newcomers who sought opportunity in the United States.
The artifacts showcased in The Temple-Tifereth Israel Gallery embody Jewish tradition and ritual, but they also highlight the links between Judaism and other faiths. The gallery features 175 treasures from The Temple-Tifereth Israel’s extensive collection of Jewish ritual objects and fine arts. Spanning more than four centuries, the collection connects the past and present through objects that are internationally recognized for their quality and uniqueness.
A 4,000-square-foot (370 m2) special exhibition gallery regularly features changing exhibitions of national and international prominence, including:
The Museum maintains a special focus on remembrance of one of the darkest periods in human history. The rise of the Nazi regime in Germany and its subsequent acts of genocide against Jews, Roma and many others in Europe represented an unparalleled act of criminality that today is nonetheless in danger of being forgotten or denied outright. The Museum commemorates those events through artifacts and images and through the voices of men and women who survived the nightmare and share their stories of fortitude and heroism with students.
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