The Museum builds bridges to and with diverse groups based on shared historical experiences and explores contemporary issues through the lens of history, art and culture.

Based on the Jewish tenet of Tikkun Olam (repair the world) the museum focuses on social justice issues through its exhibits and programs.

Primarily donated by local residents, these materials tell the story of the Jewish immigrant experience, from the first arrival of German and Eastern European Jews in the 1800s to those who left the former Soviet Union and settled in Milwaukee in the 1970s.

This exhibit tells the story of Hedwig Strnad and her husband Paul through letters sent to a cousin in Milwaukee from Nazi-occupied Prague.

Both Strands were murdered in the Holocaust, but Hedwig's dress designs survived and have been created by the Milwaukee Repertory Theater's costume shop and are included in the exhibit.