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History

1976

The Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre is founded.

1979

The Museum is open to the public.

1980

Temporary Exhibits

1985

Children of the Holocaust

1987

Initial docent training program

June 4, 1991

The Centre is incorporated under federal jurisdiction.
Permanent Exhibit

1994

City-wide week of Commemoration and Education
Witness to History: Survivors, Liberators, Rescuers
Integration of Canadian Jewish Congress Remembrance Committee

February 2001

The Quebec Minister of Culture and Communications recognizes the Centre as a museum institution.

June 2003

After a period of renovations (new 500m² space, new permanent exhibition), the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Museum is inaugurated by Canada's Prime Minister and the Premier of Quebec.

2005

The Centre receives the Jewish Community Service Award, in recognition of its remarkable initiatives and its capacity to carry out a diversity of programs.

2008

The Centre adopts an action plan that defines the organization's priorities in relation to education, the Museum, commemorative programs and the transmission of memory.