The Illinois Holocaust Memorial Museum and Education Center preserves, records and teaches the lessons of the Holocaust and honors the memories of the millions who perished. Construction on the state-of-the-art 64,000 square foot Museum in Skokie, Illinois will begin in May 2006. IHMEC will reach out to students, teachers, parent and children across the Midwest, education and altering future generations to the dangers of unchallenged bigotry.