[2] It is the only American Jewish museum in the region and preserves the largest collection of Judaica in the Southwest United States.

[3] The Herman & Kate Kaiser Holocaust Collection focuses on survivors who came to live in Oklahoma and those Oklahomans helped to liberate the Nazi concentration camps.

[4] The museum's permanent collection consists of more than 16,000 pieces, including items of archaeological and ritual significance, ethnographic costumes, synagogue textiles, historical documents, and fine art.

It even contains a model synagogue that is used for services twice a week by children from the Mizel Jewish Community Day School, also located on the Zarrow Campus.

[a] The building has two levels: The museum opened its new Holocaust Center in November 2020 after three years of planning and construction.