YIVO Learning and Media Center
The YIVO Learning and Media Center (YLMC) is a new learning lab dedicated to bringing Jewish history, archival education, and cultural enrichment from YIVO’s vast collections to visiting groups from high schools and universities. The YLMC offers a dynamic range of features, including:
- A striking welcome vestibule highlighting photographs and objects from YIVO’s storied history.
- Artifact displays from YIVO’s Archives and Library.
- Interactive activities like a poster-making station and a touch-screen map featuring hundreds of photos of Old-World Jewish shtetls.
- An intimate open-stacks library with Yiddish and English books.
- Multimedia stations for listening to sound recordings and watching videos from YIVO’s collections.
- A classroom for lessons that utilize rare archival materials.
The YLMC is currently open by appointment for visiting groups. Are you interested in bringing a class to visit the YIVO Learning and Media Center? Contact Susannah Trubman to schedule your visit today!
News from the YLMC
- People of a Thousand Towns: An Interactive Map (August 28, 2025)
- YIVO Learning and Media Center Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony (August 27, 2025)
- Inside an Archival Box (January 24, 2025)
- What's in an Archival Box? (September 4, 2024)
- Continuing the Learning and Media Center's Pilot Phase (February 5, 2024)
- The YIVO Learning and Media Center Hosts Its First Pilot Programs (August 24, 2023)
- YIVO Receives $2.5 Million Grant to Create Learning and Media Center (January 18, 2023)
YLMC in the News
In geveb, A Repository for All: YIVO’s New Learning and Media Center (January 21, 2026)
Ramaz, The Cultural NYC Class Visits YIVO (January 9, 2026)
Hadassah Magazine, YIVO Seeks to Demystify Prewar European Jewish Life (January 2026)
Jewish Link, YIVO Opens Learning and Media Center in Manhattan (September 18, 2025)
Spectrum NY1, YIVO Learning and Media Center Opens (August 29, 2025)
JNS, YIVO Learning and Media Center opens, bringing Jewish culture to life (August 4, 2025)
Jewish Link of New Jersey, Just Another Extraordinary Week at Yeshivat Frisch (May 24, 2023)