Washington Holocaust Museum director visited Museum of Jewish Heritage and Holocaust on Poklonnaya Hill
 2 February 2010 the Museum of Jewish Heritage and Holocaust in the Memorial Synagogue on Poklonnaya Hill has been visited by the Washington Holocaust Museum delegation headed by the Museum director Sarah J. Bloomfield. The visitor list featured Paul Shapiro – the Wahington Museum Research Institute director and Vadim Altskan – head of archive programs.
Excursion for guests was performed by the head of the museum Ilya Altman. According to him, the interest of visitors was so great that the tour lasted longer than usual.
After the excursion the staff of the Memorial Synagogue Museum had a productive conversation with their colleagues from the Museum of Washington and the USA embassy representatives (attache deputy for cultural relations Edward U. Soltow). In particular they discussed the expansion of experience exchange programs for museum workers and teachers in the field of the Holocaust history. Such programs already exist. Russian specialists take up training in museums of New York and Washington. The American side expressed it’s interest in expanding the cooperation.  
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