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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place S W
Washington, DC
Phone: (202) 488-6100 - Tty: (202) 488-0406 -
Statement of Purpose
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is America's national institution for the documentation, study, and interpretation of Holocaust history, and serves as this country's memorial to the millions of people murdered during the Holocaust.
The Holocaust was the state-sponsored, systematic persecution and annihilation of European Jewry by Nazi Germany and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945. Jews were the primary victims --- six million were murdered; Gypsies, the handicapped, and Poles were also targeted for destruction or decimation for racial, ethnic, or national reasons. Millions more, including homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, Soviet prisoners of war, and political dissidents also suffered grievous oppression and death under Nazi tyranny.
The Museum's primary mission is to advance and disseminate knowledge about this unprecedented tragedy; to preserve the memory of those who suffered; and to encourage its visitors to reflect upon the moral and spiritual questions raised by the events of the Holocaust as well as their own responsibilities as citizens of a democracy.
Chartered by a unanimous Act of Congress in 1980 and located adjacent to the National Mall in Washington, D.C., the Museum strives to broaden public understanding of the history of the Holocaust through multifaceted programs: exhibitions; research and publication; collecting and preserving material evidence, art, and artifacts relating to the Holocaust; annual Holocaust commemorations known as the Days of Remembrance; distribution of educational materials and teacher resources; and a variety of public programming designed to enhance understanding of the Holocaust and related issues, including those of contemporary significance.
http://www.ushmm.org/mission.html
Highlights & Collections
Current Exhibits and Upcoming Special Events
NO PASSES are necessary for entering the Museum, special exhibitions, the interactive learning center, and other Museum resources.
Timed passes ARE needed for visiting the Permanent Exhibition - The Holocaust - and can be obtained at the Museum each day or in advance by calling tickets.com at (800) 400-9373. See below for more detailed information.
Adjacent to the National Mall, the Holocaust Memorial Museum tells the story of the Holocaust through an extraordinary collection of artifacts, films, videos, photos, and oral histories. Admission is free.
The Museum offers exhibitions for adults; for children; resources for students, educators and teachers; materials for scholars, and more. In addition, the Museum's innovative approach to exhibitions and its powerful architecture have earned worldwide acclaim.
Getting to the Museum
The Museum is located near the National Mall, just south of Independence Ave. SW, between 14th Street and Raoul Wallenberg Place in Washington, D.C. For details on public transportation and driving directions - including a map - click here.
Hours
- 10 a.m. - 5:30 p.m.
- Closed Yom Kippur (October 9, 2000) and Christmas Day (December 25, 2000)
- Exhibitions and Museum Shop: 10 a.m.-5:20 p.m.
- Education Resource Center: 10 a.m.- noon, 1
p.m.- 5 p.m.
- Library: 10 a.m.-5 p.m.
- Archives: 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday - Friday
- Pass Desk: 10 a.m.- 4 p.m.
- Museum Cafe: 8:30 a.m.- 4:30 p.m.
Exhibitions
The Museum's main exhibition, The Holocaust, spans three floors and presents a comprehensive history of the Holocaust through artifacts, photographs, films, and eyewitness testimonies. Assigned timed entry is required.
The Holocaust (recommended for visitors 11 years and older) is divided into three sections presented chronologically. It begins with life before the Holocaust in the early 1930s, continues through the Nazi rise to power and the subsequent tyranny and genocide, and concludes with liberation and the immediate aftermath of the Holocaust. Due to content density, visitors with time limitations may find selective viewing advantageous. Most first-time visitors spend an average of two to three hours in this self-guided exhibition.
Timed entry to The Holocaust
Entrance to this exhibition is free and on a timed entry basis. Each day, the Museum gives away first come, first served, a large but limited number of timed entry passes for use that same day. Individual exhibition passes also can be acquired in advance through the Museum's contracted agent for a nominal service fee. Groups having more than ten people can secure an advance entry time only through the Museum's Group Scheduling Office.
Special Exhibitions
The Museum regularly presents changing exhibitions on aspects of the Holocaust and related issues. These exhibitions require no timed entry and can be visited freely.
Flight and Rescue
This major exhibition presents the story of the flight and rescue of more than 2,000 Polish Jews via Lithuania, the Soviet Union, Japan, and-for half-to China, made possible by visas from the acting Dutch consul, Jan Zwartendyk, and the Japanese consul, Chiune Sugihara, from their posts in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Remember the Children: Daniel's Story
(Recommended for visitors 8 years and older)
This exhibition recounts the history of the Holocaust from the perspective of a young boy growing up in Nazi Germany.
http://www.ushmm.org/calendars/
Hours:
Admission & Directions:
NO PASSES are necessary for entering the Museum, special exhibitions, the interactive learning center, and other Museum resources.
Timed passes ARE needed for visiting the Permanent Exhibition - The Holocaust - and can be obtained at the Museum each day or in advance by calling tickets.com at (800) 400-9373. See below for more detailed information.
Adjacent to the National Mall, the Holocaust Memorial Museum tells the story of the Holocaust through an extraordinary collection of artifacts, films, videos, photos, and oral histories. Admission is free.
The Museum offers exhibitions for adults; for children; resources for students, educators and teachers; materials for scholars, and more. In addition, the Museum's innovative approach to exhibitions and its powerful architecture have earned worldwide acclaim.
Getting to the Museum
The Museum is located near the National Mall, just south of Independence Ave. SW, between 14th Street and Raoul Wallenberg Place in Washington, D.C. For details on public transportation and driving directions - including a map - click here.
Key Personnel:
Miles Lerman, Chairman
Arnold Kramer, Director, Outreach Technology
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