The Arizona Department of Education awarded $7M to the Arizona Jewish Historical Society to aid the development of the Hilton Family Holocaust Education Center.
The Phoenix-based site is near the Arizona Jewish Historical Society building and aims to educate 50,000 students a year.
Phoenix is the largest city in the U.S. without a Holocaust museum/education center.
Earlier this year, bipartisan legislation was passed in Arizona requiring educators to teach about the Holocaust and other genocides.
According to Steve Hilton, a Holocaust education advocate, the museum is intended to guide patrons through a roughly two-hour technical journey through the Holocaust.
Initial funding of $2M was supplied by Hilton and the Phoenix GO Bond after the Arizona Jewish Historical Society announced the plans in late 2023.
With design on the site having begun, construction is expected to begin next summer, and the facility is expected to open in 2027. (Source)
