It was opened in 1993. It houses a variety of exhibits including an interactive map of the United States showing the locations of more than 250 hate groups, a 16-foot video wall that documents the struggle for civil rights in America, the whisper gallery, a 15 foot tunnel where visitors hear racial slurs and sexual taunts, and the Genocide Theater which highlights crimes in the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda.
Tours last a half-day and are designed to counteract prejudices.
Other museum programs. The museum also features special exhibits, films, and lecture series, an auditoriums, a theater, an outdoor Memorial Plaza, a cafeteria, and two shops. Branch offices Branch offices undertake education, social action, and fundraising. The Center publishes Response , a membership quarterly on current events related to tolerance and bigotry which has a circulation of 334,000. The Center also publishes monographs and reports.