
A brand new Anne Frank exhibition just arrived in New York City, which includes a full-scale replica of her home and hiding attic during World War II and the Holocaust.
The full-scale recreation is the brainchild of Amsterdam’s Anne Frank House, which is one of the most visited historical sites in all of Europe.
For the very first time in history outside of Amsterdam, visitors can step into an immersive version of the rooms where Anne Frank, her parents and sister, and four other Jews spent two years hiding to evade Nazi capture in the 1930s.
The exhibit details the chronological life of Anne and her family, starting with the context that shaped her early life in Frankfurt through the rise of the Nazi regime and the family’s phased move to Amsterdam across 1933 and 1934.
It highlights the cultural prominence of her highly-profiled dwelling that kept her and her family safe before an eventual 1944 arrest and sentence to a German concentration camp at 15 years old.
Unlike the original annex in Amsterdam, which is intentionally left bare, this version is furnished with over 100+ artifacts, large-scale photos, archival videos, animations and voiceovers to depict how it looked during hiding.
Some of the most notable: her very first photo album, personal poems, invitations to her film screenings, and her world-famous diary Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl (also translated into different languages) at her desk station where she wrote it.
It’s now open at the Center for Jewish History in Manhattan, and features five differently constructed rooms with the likes of furniture, possessions, and many artifacts which have never been displayed to the public before, according to a press release.
“Anne Frank’s words resonate and inspire today, a voice we carry to all corners of the world, nearly eight decades later,” says Ronald Leopold, Executive Director of the Anne Frank House.
“The exhibition provides perspectives, geared toward younger generations, that are certain to deepen our collective understanding of Anne Frank and hopefully provide a better understanding of ourselves.”
How to purchase tickets to the Anne Frank exhibit in NYC
Tickets are on sale now, although the end of January and most of February’s presale tickets have just about sold out. You can browse available ticket dates here and check out all of the pricing tiers below:
- Individual tickets (timed entry)
- Monday – Friday: $21 (17 and under, $16)
- Sunday and holidays: $27 (17 and under, $22)
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- Flex ticket (enter anytime its open)
- Monday – Friday: $34
- Sunday and holidays: $48
📍 Center For Jewish History – 15 W 16th St
🕒 Sunday – Thursday (9:30 am – 7:30 pm), Friday (9:30 am – 3:30 pm), Saturday closed