The federal government announced in its budget unveiled Thursday that it will provide $20 million in 2022-2023 to the Department of Canadian Heritage to support the construction of the new Holocaust Museum in Montreal.
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A new, larger, more interactive and more modern Holocaust Museum is due to open in the fall of 2025 on Saint-Laurent Boulevard in the Plateau Mont-Royal borough. It will be located at the junction of the museum corridor and the entertainment district, on a 20,000 square foot lot.
In particular, it must be equipped with larger permanent and temporary exhibition spaces, a youth space, a room devoted to interactive testimonials by hologram, state-of-the-art classrooms, an auditorium of 150 places, a commemorative space and a memorial garden.
Funding of $2.5 million has also been approved for the Sarah and Chaim Neuberger Holocaust Education Center through the Canada Cultural Spaces Fund and the Museums Assistance Program.
Assistance of $12.1 million over two years, starting in 2022-2023, will also be granted to the National Arts Center to support the creation, co-production, promotion and touring of productions with art troupes. Canadian commercial and not-for-profit interpreting companies.
And finally, to compensate Canadian arts, culture and heritage organizations for lost revenue related to health measures, Ottawa will provide an additional $50 million in 2022-23 to the Department of Canadian Heritage, the Canada Council for the Arts and Telefilm Canada.