United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, District of Columbia, United States

5Christy A 5:00 PM Sep 19, 2021

Reserve a ticket online!
I surprised my husband with a 4-day trip to DC for his 65th birthday. I had been there before and told him we needed to save the Holocaust Museum for our last day because it is so poignant and unforgettable. We arrived just as the museum opened at 10 am and we’re told we could not get in until 3 pm. Our flight home was at 2:00 pm! So sad to say but I could not get him into the museum. Please make sure you reserve your ticket many days before you plan on attending due to limited attendance due to COVID.

4Jaros J 5:00 PM Jun 18, 2022

Good, But Manage Expectations
My family and I visited the museum during a vacation to DC. Overall they did a great job of trying to chronical what started this tragic time in history, how it continued and grew over the years and ultimately how it ended. I appreciated what they were looking to accomplish. What I would advise guest and the museum are a few points to consider. This is a lot of reading and walking in a line with other guests because you are “walking through history” as stated in relative chorological order. Also this museum is NOT for younger children say under 10, or really for anyone who cannot understand the reverence and quite which should be observed in a space like this. We had a number of younger children talking at a very loud level, laughing and joking and it look away from the experience. In addition, the museum did not have any docents around to ask for quiet. Finally, getting tickets to this museum is an exercise in patience. They go on sale in advance and for our June trip sold out to the date our visit became available to reserve. Now you can go on in the morning of at 7:00 am but it took us 3 daily attempts and a team of 3 people all online at exactly 7am, to get tickets. We were told they release approx. 300 or so tickets the day of and in less than 3 minutes they were sold out.