PLAN A VISIT
The Museum is closed January 20, 2009.
BEFORE YOUR VISIT
The Visitor's Guide and Permanent Exhibition Guide may be helpful to you in planning your visit to the Museum. On the day of your visit, please also check at the Information Desk, in the center of the Hall of Witness on the First Floor, for a listing of daily program offerings.
MUSEUM HOURS
10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. every day including weekends
Closed only on Yom Kippur and Christmas Day
HOURS
10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. every day including weekends
Closed only on Yom Kippur (September 28, 2009) and Christmas Day (December 25)
Exhibitions and Museum Shop: 10 a.m.-5:20 p.m.
Library: 10 a.m.-5 p.m. (Closed all Federal Holidays)
Archives: 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday-Friday (Closed all Federal Holidays)
Pass Desk: 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Museum Café: 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
ADDMISSION AND TICKETING
No passes are necessary for entering the Museum building, special exhibitions, the interactive Wexner Learning Center, and other Museum resources. Even if
you cannot get Permanent Exhibition passes between March and August for the day you want to come, we invite you to visit and take advantage of the Museum's many other learning opportunities. Find out what's inside.
Free timed passes for visiting the Permanent Exhibition - The Holocaust - are required March through August and can be obtained at the Museum on the day of your visit or in advance by contacting tickets.com. Also, each day from March through August, the Museum distributes on a first-come first-served basis a large but limited number of timed entry passes for use that same day.
Don’t forget to request your Visit Planner and learn how to receive a free gift from the Museum shop.
Allow extra time when you first arrive at the Museum to pass through the building entry line that can form during spring and summer.
Museum building: Museum facilities are accessible to persons with physical disabilities.
Download the Museum Accessibility Guide.
NO PASSES are necessary for entering the Museum building, special exhibitions, the interactive Wexner Learning Center, and other Museum resources. Even if you cannot get Permanent Exhibition passes between March and August for the day you want to come, we invite you to visit and take advantage of the Museum's many other learning opportunities. Find out what's inside.
FREE TIMED PASSES for visiting the Permanent Exhibition The Holocaust are required March through August and can be obtained at the Museum on the day of your visit or in advance by contacting tickets.com. Also, each day from March through August, the Museum distributes on a first-come first-served basis a large but limited number of timed entry passes for use that same day.
Allow extra time when you first arrive at the Museum to pass through the building entry line that can form during spring and summer.
BEFORE YOUR VISIT
The Visitor's Guide and Permanent Exhibition Guide may be helpful to you in planning your visit to the Museum. On the day of your visit, please also check at the Information Desk, in the center of the Hall of Witness on the First Floor, for a listing of daily program offerings.
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, DC 200242126
Main telephone: (202) 4880400
TTY: (202) 4880406
Museum Policies
- Eating, drinking, and smoking are not permitted.
- On entry, all visitors must pass through metal detectors and have their belongings scanned.
- Video/audio recording are not permitted.
- Photography is not permitted in the exhibitions.
- Flash photography is not permitted in the Hall of Remembrance.
- Private use of Museum classrooms, theaters and meeting spaces by outside groups or organizations is prohibited.
- The Museum cannot guarantee entry to groups that arrive more than 30 minutes late of their scheduled group reservation time.