A scaled-down version of the Holocaust Museum for Hope & Humanity in downtown Orlando has the funding it needs to begin construction later this year with plans to open in January 2028.
Through gifts, pledges and government support, the Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida in Maitland has about $44 million of the $63 million it needs to build, operate and endow the new museum, according to a statement issued Monday.
It’s enough to get things started with a new design using and expanding the former Orlando Chamber of Commerce building at 75 S. Ivanhoe Blvd. A previous design for a larger building there would have cost more than $100 million, Holocaust Center board chairman Ron Shirtzer said…