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The Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum Announces Special Weekend “Eclipse Event” Hours, April 5-8, in Celebration of the Once-in-a-Lifetime Total Solar Eclipse in Oswego.

March 13, 2024 Contributor

OSWEGO – The Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum is thrilled to announce special weekend hours for its upcoming “Eclipse Event” from April 5th to April 8th. In celebration of the remarkable Oswego experience in […]

Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum Reopens Doors Sunday

October 4, 2022 Contributor

The Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum will reopen its doors in a grand reopening and ribbon cutting ceremony this Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 1 p.m. […]

National Park Service Invites Public Input on Fort Ontario Special Resource Study

September 3, 2021 Submitted article

The National Park Service invites public input on a special resource study focusing on Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York, which was a British and American military installation from the mid-18th century to the end of World War II. […]

Safe Haven Museum Announces Memorial Day Opening

May 28, 2021 Contributor

Kevin Hill, president of the Safe Haven Holocaust Refugee Shelter Museum board of directors, announced yesterday that the newly-renovated museum will open to visitors Memorial Day, May 31. […]

Ambassador Dani Dayan Scheduled to be Featured Speaker at Aug. 5 Refugee Shelter Commemoration Program

July 28, 2019 Contributor

A special event commemorating the Aug. 5 1944 arrival of 982 Holocaust refugees at the Fort Ontario Emergency Refugee Shelter in Oswego, and likely the last reunion of the shelter’s surviving refugees, is planned by the 75th Anniversary Planning Committee for Aug. 5. […]

Safe Haven Museum Hosts Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony

April 26, 2011 Contributor

The ceremony will be a celebration of life, and the museum is asking visitors to bring flowers or plants to be planted around the museum in honor of those who passed during the Holocaust and in celebration of their lives.

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Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony Planned At Safe Haven Museum

April 16, 2011 Contributor

A Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony will be held at the Safe Haven Museum and Education Center on May 1 starting at 1:30 p.m.

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Israeli News Media Tour Oswego

May 13, 2010 Steve Yablonski

Several members of the Israeli news media took a familiarization tour today to promote New York Stateâ€™s Erie Canal communities. They also want to remind other potential visitors in the future that there is more to New York than just NYC. Itâ€™s â€œa totally different world,â€ one of them said. […]