The Jewish Heritage Center team welcomes every opportunity to share our archival materials with the public. To ensure that the materials you need are onsite and that our archivists can best serve you, all visits must be scheduled in advance, as many of our collections are stored in an offsite facility. We ask that you contact us through the email jhcreference@jewishheritagecenter.org at least a week before a potential visit.

Many of the Jewish Heritage Center’s collections are digitized, searchable, and available for access through our Digital Library & Archives. Explore what materials we have at the JHC or if the materials you are looking for online are openly accessible through the digitized collections. To learn more about how to access digitized collections, please click here. 

As the JHC is located within the American Ancestors® building at 97 Newbury Street, the Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center's visitors have access to the research resources at the Brim-DeForest Library as well as the interactive Family Heritage Experience. 

SCHEDULING AN APPOINTMENT

HOURS:

Tuesdays, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Fridays, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

HOLIDAY HOURS, 2026-2027:

• Wednesday, November 25 (at 1 p.m.) to Friday, November 27, 2026: Closed at 1 p.m. for Thanksgiving
• Thursday, December 24, 2026: Closed at 1 p.m. for Christmas Eve
• Friday, December 25, 2026: Closed for Christmas Day
• Thursday, December 31, 2026: Closed at 1 p.m. for New Year's Eve
• Friday, January 1, 2027: Closed for New Year's Day
• Wednesday, April 21, 2027: Closed at 1 p.m. for Erev Passover
• Thursday, April 22, 2027: Closed for Passover
• Friday, April 23, 2027: Closed for Passover
• Friday, June 18, 2027: Juneteenth Observed
• Friday, October 1, 2027: Closed at 1 p.m. for Erev Rosh Hashanah
• Friday, October 15, 2027: Closed at 1 p.m. for Erev Sukkot
• Wednesday, November 24 (at 1 p.m.)–Friday, November 26, 2027: Closed at 1 p.m. for Thanksgiving
• Friday, December 24, 2027: Closed for Christmas Eve
• Friday, December 31, 2026: Closed at 1 p.m. for New Year's Eve

ADDRESS

The Wyner Family Jewish Heritage Center at American Ancestors

97 Newbury Street

Boston, Massachusetts 02116-3007

CONTACT INFORMATION

Phone: 617-226-1245

E-mail: jhcreference@jewishheritagecenter.org

ACCESSIBILITY

The Jewish Heritage Center is on the fifth floor of a fully wheelchair accessible building. Upon request, the JHC can provide a wheelchair. If you have additional access needs around engaging with our materials, please email jhcreference@jewishheritagecenter.org and let us know how we can best support you.

GROUP AND COMMUNITY VISITS

If you are interested in engaging with JHC materials for a large group or your community, please email jhcprograms@jewishheritagecenter.org