Adelaide Holocaust Museum and Andrew Steiner Education Centre — Attraction in Adelaide

Small but engaging and deeply moving at times. Although there's one thing I came across that detracted greatly from the experience and does serious discredit to the museum. In the section towards the end, on other genocides around the world, there is a plate that addresses treatment of Aboriginal people in Australia. It states that "all aspects of Australian society" were "active participants" in the genocide of Aboriginal people. This is a horrible thing to say and is inflammatory and untrue. There were many that worked very hard and made great sacrifices to help Aboriginal people. Certainly the past treatment of Aboriginal Australians has been terrible at times and must be acknowledged. But to make an absolute statement damning "all aspects of Australian society" is unreasonable, unjust, and does nothing to further...

I visited earlier today and would highly recommend this place. A guide greeted me on arrival (Diana) and took a small group of us around the displays offering insights and explanations which I found really interesting. She was happy to spend time answering our questions afterwards too. The museum is quite small but has lots of information and short videos. I easily spent about an hour after the tour by myself going around and reading the exhibit information in more detail and the things I read about and saw have stayed...

A small museum but you could easily spend 3 hours here reading all of the information - I know I certainly did. Well established considering they opened towards the end of 2020. As a young person, it is so important for to learn about what happened and to engage with the information provided. I've visited Holocaust museums overseas and was genuinely so pleased to learn that we now have one in Adelaide. Absolutely worth your time visiting, and the staff member and volunteer I spoke to were very kind...