The Contemporary Jewish Museum, is the first museum in the country to host a StoryCorps StoryBooth. Founded and directed by award-winning radio documentary producer and MacArthur Fellow Dave Isay, StoryCorps is the largest oral history project of its kind. Since 2003, StoryCorps has brought together thousands of people from across generational, professional, socio-economic, and cultural divides to share their life stories, history, and hopes. Aired each Friday on National Public Radio's Morning Edition, StoryCorps' award-winning broadcasts touch millions by illuminating our common humanity through personal experiences that reflect contemporary American culture.

Bay Area residents and visitors will be able to interview important people in their lives in the StoryBooth recording studio, located in the Museum's Sala Webb Education Center until November 7, 2010. After their recording session, participants receive a copy of their story, and with their permission, an additional copy is added to the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress for future generations to hear.

Selected stories from the San Francisco StoryCorps StoryBooth may be aired on National Public Radio's Morning Edition and local public radio stations, KQED 88.5 FM and KALW 91.7 FM. Museum visitors will also be able to listen to local stories at a dedicated listening station located in the Sala Webb Education Center at the Museum.