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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
Opening hours
- Monday: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM
- Tuesday: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM
- Wednesday: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM
- Thursday: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM
- Friday: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM
- Saturday: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM
- Sunday: 10:00 AM – 5:30 PM
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Preserving the memory of the Holocaust with permanent & traveling exhibits & educational programs.via Google
A somber, incredibly detailed narrative of the Holocaust that serves as a powerful memorial.
- Good to know
- Free, timed-entry tickets required in peak season; highly emotional.
Reviews from Google
We went on President’s Day and it was not that busy. You need to order tickets online. It is close to the Smithsonian stop on the Metro. The museum itself is arranged in chronological order. It was a little disruptive to be near large groups getting guided tours. The tour guide we were near was very loud and that certainly detracts from the experience. Overall a really incredible experience, take your time and appreciate the gravity of the exhibits. We spent nearly 2 hours and 45 minutes in the museum.
This museum is an experience never to forget. It is very well designed and easy to navigate. I cannot recommend a visit here enough. Thr exhibits are very well thought out and include photos, actual artifacts from some of the camps and ghettos, video and auditory stories and so much more. The gift shop is full of books about the war, Judiasm, The Holocaust and so much more for everyone from young children to adult. Getting tickets is easy and free on the website, but there is a $1 processing fee. I spent approximately three hours exploring and saw nearly every exhibit. One of the employees mentioned that they will be refreshing their permanent exhibit, so for sure check their website and social media pages for more updated info.
It was such a solemn place to visit but everything was well-organized with introduction beside each piece of items displayed. Highly recommended checking out this museum and learning from the past.
It's a place you might want to visit to understand how still WAR is invading out kindness, being deserted from your own house and being separated from your own family. How much hardship those traumatized souls had to go through and how sad they are! those who survived but feeling so helpless that we're not being able to control our problems and still ended up getting into the same WAR.
One of the best museum visits in DC. The exhibits are well curated and informative, guiding you through one of the darkest chapters in our human history and causing you to reflect on the past and present and how the world at times fails to remember history (and repeats it). Recommend reserving tickets in advance ($1 service fee). It is timed entry ticket. Took ~3 hours to tour the museum. Lots of reading, artifacts to view and a couple of short videos. Plenty of sitting areas throughout the building along with restrooms on every floor.