Performance Non-profit Organization. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is dedicated to presenting the history of the persecution and murder of six million Jews and millions of other victims of Nazi tyranny from 1933 to 1945. The Museum s primary mission is to inform Americans about this unprecedented tragedy, to remember those who suffered, and to inspire visitors to contemplate the moral implication of their choices and responsibilities as citizens in an interdependent world. The Museum was chartered by a unanimous act of Congress in 1980, and opened in 1993.
Most events are free unless otherwise noted.
Reservations may be required by telephone. When a fee is charged, it is often collected at the event. There is no subscription program. The 1997-1998 season, the museum's fifth, features five chamber music concerts. In 1978 President Carter established a Commission to study the appropriateness and feasibility of creating an American national memorial to the victims of the Holocaust.