Holocaust Memorial Museum

Just steps away from the Washington Monument, the Holocaust Memorial Museum serves as a national memorial to the many millions who were persecuted by the Nazis from 1933 to 1945. The Museum seconds as a research center with a library, archives, an interactive learning center and any one can enter, take advantage of the resources as well as view the special exhibits. To visit the permanent exhibit, The Holocaust, requires a reservation. A limited number of same-day tickets are given out at the museum daily starting at 10 am. These are for use during a specific time period; for use that same day. However, it is possible and well worth the small handling fee to get tickets in advance—call 800-400-9373. The exhibit is incredible, stirs emotions and will take approximately three hours. To personalize the experience, upon entry, you are issued an identification card with the wrenching story of a Holocaust victim. Follow the history of the holocaust from the rise of the Nazis to power, through the chilling reconstruction of life in the concentration camps, past photographs of victims, through the stories of resistance, and finally to the liberation of the camps. Extremely moving are the recorded narratives of actual survivors.