Washington - US Holocaust Memorial Museum 
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The US Holocaust Memorial Museum is devoted to the documentation and display of Holocaust related material. The museum exhibitions, research and information programs recognize the millions of Jews, Roma and Sinti, people with disabilities, Poles, homosexuals, political dissidents and others killed in the Holocaust. It opened in 1993.
The permanent exhibition is called "The Holocaust." In it artifacts, photographs, films, and eyewitness testimonies are presented over three floors of exhibition space.
The permanent exhibition is called "The Holocaust." In it artifacts, photographs, films, and eyewitness testimonies are presented over three floors of exhibition space.
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The US Holocaust Memorial Museum also supports an educational resource center that provides materials and services to Holocaust educators and students. The Wexman Learning Center, which gives visitors the chance to access material related to the Holocaust including text, photographs, maps, films, oral testimonies, and music on touch screen computers.
Hours:
10am-5:30pm
Always closed on: Christmas - Christian (December 25), Yom Kippur - Jewish
Tips: The permanent exhibition requires a timed pass; not recommend for children under 11.
No photography allowed in the exhibitions.
No eating, drinking, smoking or audio/video recording is permitted in the Museum.
Parking: None
Disability Access: Full facilities for persons with disabilities.
Facilities: Gift shop, Restaurant or food service
Transit: Metro: Smitsonian
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