Holocaust Museum LA is getting a dramatic second act. After a 10-month closure, the institution will reopen on June 14 as part of the new Jona Goldrich Cultural Center, a $70 million expansion that turns the museum into a 70,000-square-foot campus in Pan Pacific Park. The redesigned complex now stretches across a series of above-ground pavilions, a central canopy, and new gardens and performance spaces tucked next to The Grove. Museum leaders say the buildout is meant to broaden the museum’s reach, especially for school groups, and to support more public programming throughout the year. Opening-day admission will be free.
Project executives expect the Goldrich campus to draw roughly 500,000 visitors each year, including about 150,000 students, a steep increase from the museum’s earlier attendance. Organizers say the project cost is about $70 million and that the expanded campus nearly doubles the institution’s previous footprint. These figures and the June 14 opening date were reported by the Los Angeles Times.
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