Explore Exhibitions and Programs

April 26, 2026

Playing Dirty – First Showing

A staged reading of a play by Beachwood playwright, Faye Sholiton. Directed by Sheri Gross.

April 14, 2026

Stop the Hate Awards Ceremony

March 25, 2026

A Closer Look: The Science of Bias

with Kirsten Ellenbogen, PhD, CEO of the Great Lakes Science Center

March 10, 2026

Tuesday Treasures

Katya Oicherman is a curator, researcher, artist and educator focusing on Jewish material culture, as well as historical and contemporary textiles. She holds a practice-based PhD from Goldsmiths, University of London (UK) with a thesis on 19th century German Jewish Torah binders. Oicherman is the Director of Mishkan Or Museum of Jewish Cultures in Beachwood, OH.  Before joining Mishkan Or, she was a resident artist-curator at the Minnesota Museum of American Art and the chair of the Textile Design Department at Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art (Israel). She is the recipient of research grants and fellowships from the Memorial Foundation for Jewish Culture (New York), the Pasold Fund in textile history (UK), the Minnesota Historical Society, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation (New York) and Winterthur Museum (DE) among others.

March 18, 2026

Maltz Films: The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946) with Post Film Discussion

Starring Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, and his feature film debut, perhaps the most legendary Jewish film star of them all, Kirk Douglas.

April 26, 2026

Playing Dirty – Second Showing

A staged reading of a play by Beachwood playwright, Faye Sholiton. Directed by Sheri Gross.

April 15, 2026

Singer of Shanghai

The Singer of Shanghai is a moving production performed by theatre students from Slippery Rock University that tells the true story of a family seeking refuge in China during World War II. This performance chronicles the Abraham family’s journey from the Holocaust to the "Shanghai Ghetto" and their eventual life in the Cleveland community.

February 16, 2026

Presidents Day at the Maltz Museum

Celebrate history this Presidents Day at the Maltz Museum with a full day of discovery and community for all ages. Enjoy FREE admission all day long as you explore our galleries, meet iconic historical figures, and participate in hands-on family activities. Join us on Monday, February 16, for a memorable experience honoring the American story.

March 8, 2026 - April 5, 2026

The Bias Inside Us

February 1, 2026

Film Screening: For the Living

Ten-year-old Holocaust survivor Marcel Zielinski walked 60 miles from Auschwitz to Krakow in 1945. In 2019, 250 cyclists retraced his journey in “Ride for the Living” to reflect on humanity’s capacity for both dehumanization and empathy.