The Museum houses a teacher resource library in its E.J. Ourso Discovery Hall education wing.  The library is available to all teachers and students.  Book and video lending is available to teachers and students with current Museum membership.  Teacher and student memberships start at $25 a year.

The library contains books and videos in the following categories:

• General WWII
• The War in Europe
• The War in the Pacific
• The Home Front
• The Holocaust
• Biography/Memoir
• Women in WWII
• African Americans/Minorities
• Weapons/Vehicles/Gear
• Reference and Atlases

As well as these special offerings:

• Children/Young Adult WWII books
• Children/Young Adults Holocaust books
• Classroom book sets of Anne Frank and Elie Wiesel’s Night
• Character Education/Social Action books
• WWII curriculum development materials
• Internet access to WWII educational sites
• Tape recorder loans for oral history projects

The library contains no archival materials.  At present the library’s collection is not available online.  Circulation is only available on-site.

Hours of Operation:
2:00-5:00 PM
Tuesday through Friday
and by appointment

If you would like to donate books, videos, or DVDs to the library, please call 504.528.1944, x 350 or send an email to historyday@nationalww2museum.org.

CLICK HERE to see our WWII and Holocaust Student Bibliography.