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Holocaust Memorial Museum

It's a somber period, one that bears memorializing. The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, which opened just off the National Mall in 1993, is America's leading center for the study and documentation of the Holocaust -- the genocide and persecution of more than six million Jews, Gypsies, Poles, political dissidents, and other minority groups by Nazi Germany in the 1930s and 40s.

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Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, DC 20024
202.488.0400

Hours: Open daily 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. Closed on Yom Kippur and Christmas Day.

Admission: Free, but passes are required to visit the permanent exhibition from March through August. Passes are issued for a specific time during the day and can be obtained at the museum on a first-come, first-served basis on the day of your visit. Be warned: in spring and summer, museum-issued passes are often gone by about 10:00 a.m. No passes are necessary to enter the museum building or to visit special exhibitions.

Parking: There is no accessible parking near the museum; visitors are advised to take Metro or a taxi.

Metrorail: Orange and Blue Line for Smithsonian; exit on Independence Ave.

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Washington Monument

National Mall

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Holocaust Memorial Museum

The three-floor permanent exhibition tells the history of the Holocaust through artifacts, films, photographs and eyewitness testimonies. Visitors can view a railcar that transported Holocaust victims to a Polish concentration camp and the personal effects of those who perished, including shoes, identification cards, and suitcases.

Because touring the museum can be a wrenching experience, the museum recommends the permanent exhibition for visitors 11 years and older. A separate exhibition on the museum’s first floor, Remember the Children: Daniel’s Story, tells the history of the Holocaust through the eyes of a young boy living in Nazi Germany. It is recommended for visitors 8 and older.

A Hall of Remembrance on the second floor holds an eternal flame; it serves as a national memorial to victims of the Holocaust. A current special exhibition, which runs through December 2011, examines Nazi propaganda campaigns (no passes needed for entry).

For more information visit www.ushmm.org/

 

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