United States Holocaust Memorial Museum - Washington Museum

Descriptions from Across the Web

• The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is America's national institution for the documentation, ... more on Museum Stuff
• Visitors should come prepared for an experience likely to be disturbing and difficult to forget. At ... more on Wcities
• The permanent exhibition, The Holocaust, is the Museum's main exhibition and spans three floors. It presents a comprehensive history of the Holocaust through artifacts, photographs, films, oral histories, and filmed eyewitness testimonies.While the museum feels that children ages 11 and older can handle the impact of this exhibit, you know your children best. Visitors entering this exhibit are given an identity ... more on gocitykids.com
• Since it opened in 1993, this museum has been -- and continues to be -- a top draw. If you arrive without a reserved ticket specifying an admission time, you'll have to join the line of folks seeking to get one of the 1,575 day-of-sale tickets the museum makes available each day. The museum opens its doors at 10am and the tickets are usually gone by 10:30am. Get in line early in the morning (around 8am). The noise and bustle of so many visitors can be disconcerting, and it's certainly at odds with the experience that follows. But things settle down as you begin your tour. When you enter, you will be issued an identity card of an actual victim of the Holocaust; at several points in the tour, you can find out the location and status of the person on your card ... more on frommers.com
• Opened in 1993 as a memorial to those who perished at the hands of the Nazis ... more on weather.com

Directions

Metro: Smithsonian

Formerly 15th St. SW; near Independence Ave., just off the Mall

Hours

Daily 10am-5:30pm, staying open until 8pm Tues and Thurs mid-Apr to mid-June

Miscellaneous

• Admission: Free

Other Web Resources

• Read more about United States Holocaust Memorial Museum on Yahoo! Travel
• www.ushmm.org
• http://www.virginia.org