[1] The new museum was opened by president, Nelson Mandela in 2000, and he was accompanied by Helen Suzman and Mendel Kaplan.

[4][1] The Old Shul was the recipient of a grant from US State Department’s Ambassadorial Fund for Cultural Preservation for its renovation.

[5] It reopened in 2023, in a ceremony attended by Reuben Brigety, United States ambassador to South Africa.

[5] Permanent exhibitions include a reconstruction of a Lithuanian shtetl, showing the life and conditions of the Jewish migrants before their arrival in South Africa.

[8] In 2015, the museum showcased the exhibition ″Helen Suzman: Fighter for Human Rights″, chronicling her anti-apartheid activism.