Jewish History Museum

What Jewish History Museum does

The Jewish History Museum, legally operating as the Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center (TJMHC), is a small non-profit museum housed in the first synagogue built in the Arizona Territory, located at 564 S Stone Avenue in Tucson, Arizona. The organization operates with 1–10 staff and is open to the public Wednesday through Sunday from 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM. Its mission centers on four pillars: educating visitors about the Holocaust and other genocides, exploring the legacy of Jewish experiences in Southern Arizona, preserving the historic synagogue site, and collaborating with Tucson's diverse community to promote human rights.

The museum's product surface consists of curatorial exhibits (including the Antisemitism and Exclusion exhibit, Pioneering Jews of Southern Arizona, Southern Arizona Holocaust Survivor Testimonies, Contemporary Human Rights, and the Gumbiner Project) alongside Holocaust and genocide education programs and educator resources such as the annual Educators' Conference. Supporting technology is limited to a Squarespace-hosted website with newsletter signup, blog content, and event promotion; there is no mobile application, API, or proprietary digital platform.

The business model is a donation- and grant-supported non-profit with no publicly disclosed admission pricing. Revenue mechanics rely on individual donations, memberships, volunteer support through the League of Friends, and institutional grants (e.g., a 2019 Community Foundation for Southern Arizona grant). Customer segments are primarily general public visitors in Southern Arizona and K-12 educators, reached through community outreach, email/newsletter marketing, events, and heritage tourism partnerships including the Santa Cruz Valley Heritage Passport program.

Name

Jewish History Museum

Legal name

Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center

Website

https://jewishhistorymuseum.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1910

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

The Jewish History Museum (legally Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center) is a small Tucson, Arizona non-profit museum housed in the first synagogue built in the Arizona Territory. It serves the Southern Arizona public and K-12 educators through Holocaust education, Jewish heritage exhibits, and human rights programming funded by donations and grants.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cultural Museum and Holocaust Education

NAICS

Museums (712110), Historical Sites (712120), Museums, Historical Sites, and Similar Institutions (712)

akta.pro primary industry

History Museums (THAJADAB)

akta.pro secondary industry

Museums & Heritage Sites (History, Science, Specialty) (BPAGAHAA)

Keywords

• Holocaust education
• Jewish heritage
• Museum exhibits
• Cultural preservation
• Human rights education

Headquarters

HQ city

Tucson

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

The Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center operates a physical museum in the first synagogue built in the Arizona Territory, presenting curatorial exhibits on Jewish heritage in Southern Arizona, the Holocaust, antisemitism, and contemporary human rights. It delivers in-person educational programming and an annual Educators' Conference, supported by educator resources and community collaboration initiatives, all offered free of charge and funded through donations, memberships, and grants.

Product overview

Tucson Jewish Museum & Holocaust Center operates as a unified museum experience offering educational programming, curatorial exhibits, and community engagement. The core offering consists of Holocaust and genocide education programs combined with exhibits exploring Jewish heritage in Southern Arizona, including preservation of the historic first synagogue in the Arizona Territory. Supporting modules include educator resources, specific named exhibits (Antisemitism and Exclusion, Pioneering Jews of Southern Arizona, Southern Arizona Holocaust Survivor Testimonies, Contemporary Human Rights, and the Gumbiner Project), and community collaboration initiatives. The museum also hosts programs and events for public engagement.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Museum Visits and Curatorial Exhibits

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered minor and moderate.

• Candid (GuideStar)minorGTM or Marketing PartnerCandid provides transparency seal and profile services for nonprofit organizations. TJMHC displays Candid/GuideStar transparency seal indicating organizational accountability and nonprofit status verification.
• American Association for State and Local History (AASLH)moderateOthersAASLH is a professional association for historians and historical organizations. TJMHC maintains membership indicating affiliation with the broader historical institution community.
• Arizona Museum FoundationminorGTM or Marketing PartnerArizona Museum Foundation supports museums throughout Arizona. TJMHC partnership indicates regional support and visibility within the Arizona museum community.
• League of FriendsminorGTM or Marketing PartnerVolunteer organization supporting museum operations through fundraising and community engagement activities.
• Santa Cruz Valley Heritage PassportminorGTM or Marketing PartnerHeritage tourism program providing passport stamps for visitors exploring historical sites in the Santa Cruz Valley region. TJMHC participates as a heritage destination.

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust: New York museum focused on Jewish life before, during, and after the Holocaust. Directly comparable as a Jewish history and Holocaust education institution with similar programming model.
• Los Angeles Museum of the Holocaust: Free-standing Holocaust museum in Los Angeles focused on survivor testimony and education. Closely comparable in subject-matter depth and education-first mission.
• National Museum of American Jewish History: A Philadelphia-based history museum dedicated to interpreting the American Jewish experience. Directly comparable in mission - Jewish heritage preservation and education - though at a significantly larger institutional scale.
• Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center: Mid-sized regional Holocaust education center serving the Midwest. Directly comparable in scope, mission (Holocaust and genocide education), and educator programming model.
• Skirball Cultural Center: Los Angeles Jewish cultural center combining heritage exhibits, education, and community programming. Directly comparable in combining Jewish heritage with broader human-civil-rights themes.
• Holocaust Museum Houston: A regional Holocaust education museum in Texas with similar community-outreach and educator-training programming. Closely comparable as a regional Holocaust and human rights education peer.

Broad incumbents

• Arizona Historical Society: Statewide historical organization operating multiple museum sites across Arizona. Comparable as a regional history museum peer, though broader in subject matter beyond Jewish heritage.
• Museum of Tolerance (Simon Wiesenthal Center): Los Angeles human rights education museum combining Holocaust history with contemporary tolerance programming. Comparable in blending Holocaust education with broader human rights themes.
• United States Holocaust Memorial Museum: National Holocaust memorial museum in Washington, D.C. Comparable as the preeminent Holocaust education institution; far larger scale but sets programming and curatorial standards for peers like TJMHC.

Regional players

• Tucson Presidio Trust (Presidio San Agustín del Tucsón): Historic site and museum in downtown Tucson preserving Spanish colonial heritage. Comparable as a small-scale Tucson-based history/heritage museum with overlapping tourism audiences.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jewish-history-museum

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Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors1 record

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Investments

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