PLAN A VISIT
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.
Learn more about planning a group visit.
CONTACT INFORMATION
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW
Washington, DC 20024-2126
Main telephone: (202) 488-0400
TTY: (202) 488-0406
MUSEUM 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.
EXTENDED HOURS FOR SPRING, 2009
Monday-Friday, March 30 through June 12, 2009
Building: 10 a.m.-6:30 p.m.
Exhibitions: 10 a.m.-6:20 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.-5:30 p.m.
Museum Café: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Museum Shop: 10 a.m.-6:20 p.m.
ADMISSION AND TICKETING
Admission to the Museum is free.
NO PASSES ARE NECESSARY for entering the Museum building, special exhibitions, the interactive Wexner Learning Center, and other Museum resources.
Find out more about what's inside the building.
PASSES ARE REQUIRED for visiting the Permanent Exhibition — The Holocaust — March through August, during our busy season. These passes, which are issued for a specific time during the day, can be obtained at the museum on a first-come first-served basis on the day of your visit. For your convenience and assurance, the passes may also be obtained online in advance of your visit from tickets.com for a small service charge.
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.
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What Films Can We Attend?
From March 16 to July 31, 2009, a daily selection of Museum-produced films will be offered to our visitors. Please pick up a Today's Exhibitions and Activities sheet at the Museum's Information Desk for specific show times. Support for the presentation of these films has been provided by the Helena Rubinstein Foundation:
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Nazi Rise to Power
This 13-minute film traces Adolf Hitler's and the Nazi Party's ascent to power in Germany, paving the way for the Holocaust and World War II.
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Liberation, 1945
This 15-minute film includes the stories of Holocaust survivors and their liberators, soldiers who freed victims from Nazi camps at the end of World War II.
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Defying Genocide
This 19-minute film explores what it takes to defy genocide through two stories, one about the Holocaust and the other about the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
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A Good Man in Hell
This 12-minute film raises one of the central questions of our time in light of the Rwanda genocide: what is our moral responsibility when an entire group of people is threatened with annihilation?
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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.
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