The three-floor permanent exhibition presents a comprehensive history of the Holocaust through artifacts, photographs, films and eyewitness testimonies. To personalize the exhibition, each visitor receives an identity card bearing the name, picture, and history of a Holocaust victim. Closed federal holiday and Christmas week. The Bureau of Engraving and Printing is where the U.S. currency, postage stamps and other securities are printed. The tour is self-guided and lasts about 20 minutes featuring the various phases of currency production.
Guides are present along the tour to assist visitors when needed.
Congressionally arranged tours can accommodate groups of 8 or fewer. Extended summer hours. The National Cathedral, standing higher than the Washington Monument, is a symbol of our country's heritage of religious freedom and faith. No tours Thanksgiving, Christmas, Palm Sunday, or Easter. It is known as the finest performing arts center in the world, showcasing opera, ballet, film, drama, musical theater, chamber music, symphony orchestras, recitals, workshops, and master classes.