The Holocaust Museum of Buenos Aires, Argentina, which last week welcomed a record 17,727 visitors in one night, closes its doors for two years.
The 17-year-old museum set its attendance record on November 4, and announced on Monday that it will close for two years for renovations.
The museum, which daily welcomes Jewish and non-Jewish visitors from around the world, will undertake the building project in order to add space for a permanent exhibit on Adolf Eichmann’s life in Argentina after World War II, and for a permanent exhibit featuring a trove of Nazi-era objects uncovered in June by the Argentine Federal Police and turned over to the museum for display.
The objects include a bust relief of Adolf Hitler, medical devices marked with swastikas used to measure head and body size, Nazi puzzles for children, a magnifying glass attached to a photo of Hitler using that magnifying glass, and knives, among other objects.
— JTA
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