US Holocaust Museum opens new research centre

(24 Apr 2017) Holocaust survivors on Monday marked the annual memorial day for the 6 million Jews killed by Nazi Germany during World War II by attending the official opening of the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's new conservation and research center.
The David and Fela Shapell Family Collections, Conservation and Research Center is a state-of-the-art facility that has 103,000 square feet (9,570 sq. meters) for documents and artifacts, with room for expansion.
The museum's collection is expected to double in size over the next decade.
The center in the suburbs of the nation's capital is home to thousands of items in eight climate-controlled vaults in a building hardened for tornadoes and hurricanes.
The museum's collection has 20,168 objects.
Less than 1 percent of the museum's holdings are on exhibit in the Washington museum.
The collection includes everyday objects, from children's toys and clothes to sewing machines used in concentration camps.

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