United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

100 Raoul Wallenberg Plaza SW, Washington DC, District of Columbia

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20024-2126, 1 (202) 488-0400, 80

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www.ushmm.org

Located between 14th St. and Raoul Wallenberg Pl. , SW (formerly 15th St. ), this internationally acclaimed museum tells the story of the Holocaust through artifacts, films, photos, and oral histories. Free, open daily 10 am - 5:30 ... more on Washington.org

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Located just a few blocks from the Smithsonian Mall area, the Holocaust Museum is an excellently-presented powerful look at some of the unspeakable (yet need to be spoken) atrocities that took place i more on igougo

great resources for hisotrian includes exhibits not only reltated to holocaust but also genocide situations in darfur and other places more on Yahoo! Travel

a quiet, reflective lunch spot... more on AOL.com

Security is tight and tough, not only to make the building secure, but also to make you loose your bearings. more on Yahoo! Travel

Day of they are free. more on GeckoGo

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Great resources for hisotrian includes exhibits not only reltated to holocaust but also genocide situations ... more on Yahoo! Travel

A good deal of information, and some that was geared to kids. It was definitely worth a trip and I learned a lot. more on Yahoo! Travel

And a great time and it was definatley a great learning place for my teen age kids. The best time to visit is definatley durning the week, less crowds. But just make sure ... more on Yahoo! Travel

I liked the emotions it conveyed. It really opens ones eyes about the horrors that took place during the holocasut. Being Jewish myself, I found it espicially moving and powerful. To think that ... more on Yahoo! Travel

I really love the holocaust museum. Its always a learing experience and it makes you come out with a different perspective on life. Its good for ... more on Yahoo! Travel

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So much emotion wells up with a visit to this museum. How can you take in such a monstrous period in history, without feeling supreme sadness that humans are capable of such atrocities? I had to leave ... more on TripAdvisor

Take time to read everything and take plenty of tissues. This is such a moving place more on TripAdvisor

I've visited Holocaust Museums all over the country and this museum is by far the best. The exhibits were extremely well ... more on TripAdvisor

Amazing museum. Very interesting. So much information visual displays and voices of survivors. Excellent displays more on TripAdvisor

Very difficult to see it all in one visit. So many horrific images and heart wrenching stories. As an American it was difficult learning so many things that were left out of the schools and press at t ... more on TripAdvisor

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This was the most unforgettable tour of our trip to Washington DC. It was very disturbing, yet makes you aware of what happened to these poor people years ago. Kind of like driving by a car wreck, you just have to look and feel the ... more on Yahoo! Travel

Going to the Holocaust Museum is just like watching the movie Pianist. There is plenty of information about the holocaust and the war in general for people who want to learn new facts, but the better value of the visit is to see that ... more on Yahoo! Travel

i just loved the memorial because in school I learned about the holocaust...but when i first visited there i got the true impression and feeling that those poor people endured during those years. i will always remember this place ... more on Yahoo! Travel

I would definitely recommend this museum to people who have an interest in history or know someone who was involved in the Holocaust. The experience was very moving just to walk through the halls and think of all of the innocent people ... more on Yahoo! Travel

The holocaust musuem really shows what it was like during the War and the reign of Hitler. It tells stories of real people who were very courageous they risked there lives to hide jews and other's who were being sought out to ... more on Yahoo! Travel