It is organised as an independent foundation and is an affiliated institute of the University of Oslo.

In 2006 it moved from the University of Oslo campus to Villa Grande, the former residence of Vidkun Quisling.

The center's endowment was donated by the Norwegian government at the behest of the Jewish community of Norway as part of the restitution made to Norwegian Jews for the confiscation of their property while Norway was occupied during World War II.

Though it is an independent entity, it has established formal relationships with the University of Oslo, Yad Vashem, and the Jewish Museum in Trondheim.

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