Situated in the grounds of the former Páva Street Synagogue, completed in the 1920s, the museum serves as a memorial for and about Hungarian Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust.

A set of stairs lead visitors to the exhibitions, meant to "symbolize the distorted and twisted time of The Holocaust.

[2] The research center offers people to search for their family member and have the opportunity to add to the list of names in the museum's database.

A wall in the courtyard of the Holocaust Memorial Center is inscribed with the names of 60,000 of Hungary's approximately 600,000 victims of the genocide.

[5] Following the victory of Viktor Orbán's Fidesz Party in the 2010 Hungarian parliamentary election, Andras Levente Gal was appointed to head the center.