The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM) and the American Library Association (ALA) Public Programs Office present Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition that examines the motives, pressures and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s.
The tour schedule below shows when the Americans and the Holocaust traveling exhibition will be on display at each site. (Download PDF)
2021
October 6 – November 17, 2021
- Rio Rancho Library and Information Services Division (Rio Rancho, NM)
- Delray Beach Public Library (Delray Beach, FL)
- Nebraska Wesleyan University (Lincoln, NE)
2022
December 1, 2021 – January 14, 2022
- Bangor Public Library (Bangor, ME)
- University of Mississippi (University, MS)
- Yuma County Library District (Yuma, AZ)
January 28 – March 11, 2022
- University of Hawai’i – West O’ahu (Kapolei, HI)
- Pennsylvania State University (University Park, PA)
- Georgia Southern University (Statesboro, GA)
- University of California, Irvine (Irvine, CA)
March 25 – May 6, 2022
- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown, IA)
- University Libraries, Virginia Tech (Blacksburg, VA)
- Bismarck Veterans Memorial Public Library (Bismarck, ND)
May 20 – July 1, 2022
- Pendleton Public Library (Pendleton, OR)
- Saint Peter Public Library (Saint Peter, MN)
- Braswell Memorial Public Library (Rocky Mount, NC)
- Bozeman Public Library (Bozeman, MT)
July 18 – August 29, 2022
- Laramie County Library System (Cheyenne, WY)
- Independence Public Library (Independence, KS)
- Watertown Regional Library (Watertown, SD)
September 13 – October 25, 2022
- Gonzaga University (Spokane, WA) –NOTE: August 26 - October 7, 2022
- Northern Michigan University (Marquette, MI)
- Missouri University of Science and Technology (Rolla, MO)
- Amarillo Public Library (Amarillo, TX)
November 8 – December 20, 2022
- Juneau Public Libraries (Juneau, AK)
- University of Louisiana at Lafayette (Lafayette, LA)
- University of Arkansas Libraries (Fayetteville, AR)
- Billings Public Library (Billings, MT)
2023
January 3 – February 14, 2023
- Metropolitan Library System (Oklahoma City, OK)
- Library of Hattiesburg Petal & Forrest County (Hattiesburg, MS)
- Petoskey District Library (Petoskey, MI)
- Chattanooga Public Library (Chattanooga, TN) – NOTE: January 20 - March 3, 2023
March 17 - April 28, 2023
- Troy University (Troy, AL)
- Boise State University (Boise, ID)
- Prairie State College Library (Chicago Heights, IL)
- Furman University (Greenville, SC)
May 12 - June 23, 2023
- Ben May Main Library, Mobile Public Library (Mobile, AL)
- Dayton Metro Library (Dayton, OH)
July 7 - August 18, 2023
- Richland Library (Columbia, SC)
- Washoe County Library System (Reno, NV)
- Chattahoochee Valley Libraries (Columbus, GA)
- Kokomo-Howard County Public Library (Kokomo, IN)
September 1 - October 13, 2023
- Jacksonville Public Library (Jacksonville, FL)
- Snow College, Karen H. Huntsman Library (Ephraim, UT)
- Pikes Peak Library District (Colorado Springs, CO)
- Marshall Public Library (Marshall, IL)
October 26, 2023 - January 5, 2024
- Fresno County Public Library (Fresno, CA)
- Scott County Public Library (Georgetown, KY)
- Milwaukee Public Library (Milwaukee, WI)
- New York City College of Technology (CUNY)/Ursula C. Schwerin Library (Brooklyn, NY)
Questions? Contact ALA's Public Programs Office.
Americans and the Holocaust was made possible by the generous support of lead sponsor Jeannie & Jonathan Lavine. Additional major funding was provided by the Bildners — Joan & Allen z”l, Elisa Spungen & Rob, Nancy & Jim; and Jane and Daniel Och. The Museum's exhibitions are also supported by the Lester Robbins and Sheila Johnson Robbins Traveling and Special Exhibitions Fund, established in 1990.