Open House New York: YIVO Institute

Open House New York 11:00am-5:00pm In-person Guided Tour In-person Self-Guided Tour Part of OHNY Weekend Admission: Free No registration required – walk-ins welcome.

The YIVO Institute, originally founded in 1925 in Vilna, Lithuania, has been based in New York City since 1940. Holding the world's largest archive of Eastern European Jewish history and culture, it is also a cultural and educational center, hosting public programs, exhibitions, classes, and the world's longest-running Yiddish language intensive.

View curated artifacts in YIVO's Media and Learning Center, and take guided, behind-the-scenes tours of the archive and library stacks.