The Museum of Jewish History is a teaching museum with the primary goal to tell the story of Jewish civilization for the general and academic communities of Connecticut. This goal is achieved through exhibitions coordinated with lectures and coursework in the extensive Judaica offerings of the Maurice Greenberg Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Hartford.

The Museum also serves as a resource in light of the new Connecticut legislation that adds Holocaust and genocide education and awareness to the required courses of study for public schools in Connecticut.

The Museum of Jewish Civilization’s William Singer Gallery has featured exhibits highlighting the history of Jewish interactions with Muslims and Christians; the lives of the Jews in Germany, the United States, Latin America, and ancient Israel, Jewish life in Europe after the Holocaust, exhibits on famous Jewish artists Arthur Szyk, Chaim Gross, and others, and now holds the Grae Collection of Jewish Art.

The Museum is located inside the Mortensen Library in the Harry Jack Gray Center on the University of Hartford Main Campus.