See below for more detailed information. Groups having more than ten people can secure an advance entry time only through the Museum's Group Scheduling Office. 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 .
In addition, the Museum s innovative approach to exhibitions and its powerful architecture have earned worldwide acclaim. The Museum is located near the National Mall, just south of Independence Ave. 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. 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.