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Rendering: Chyutin Architects

  

Museum Of Tolerance

New 150,000 SF, 6-story Center consists of spaces for exhibition, an education center, a theater, a multipurpose hall, offices, a restaurant, a gift shop and an outdoor garden/amphitheater.  Building accommodates two experiential museums (one for adults and one for children) a state-of-the-art International Conference Center, Grand Hall, Education Center and a Theater for the Performing Arts.  

Acoustic expertise addressed appropriate settings for theater, galleries, conference and educational spaces and supported an overall ambiance oriented to reflection, reverence, possibility and collaboration.

Client
Simon Wiesenthal Center

Location
Jerusalem, Israel

Project Type
New Construction

Cost
$100 Million

  

Square Footage
150,000

Complete
2015

Architect
Aedas
 
As part of the Simon Wiesenthal Center’s initiative, the new location in the heart of modern Jerusalem offers residents and tourists an additional social and cultural destination.  

“This cultural and education Center which promotes the ideals of universal tolerance and respect will give visitors a better understanding of the history of our people as well as an appreciation of the need to protect the shared values that are so vital to our common future.”

Remarks by Benjamin Netanyahu
Prime Minister of Israel