USHMM Review

Moving and disturbing. We don't seem to be learning from history.

One of the most beautiful museums I've been to. The place has a way of making you think about everything you're seeing, and makes you question everything you're seeing in today's world without bringing it up overtly.

This place will change your life.
Everyone needs to go at some point in their life.

A phenomenal Monument, and haunting experience. I highly recommend it, to all family and friends.

Great place to reflect and learn from a terrible past.

Very well done!! The Shoe exhibit always takes your breath away. Very good explanation exhibit for children on the ground floor.

This is one of the best museums in DC. Prepare a lot of time to allow yourself to take it all in. The permanent exhibit can be a bit full so it may be hard to see some things.

Very moving experience. Didn't know that in order to see all the exhibits you have to order tix ahead of time. Look forward to going back. Nice gift shop and eatery there.

Very sobering. Especially with where we are at the moment.

Well saying I loved it seems weird but it was a profound experience.

Just extremely well done. It's not necessarily a comforting experience but the museum is perfect

Learn a lot, see a lot, friendly staff, beautiful building.

You can reserve tickets online at the beginning of the day for $1 each. There's a lot to explore, and there's an introspective walkthrough area on the bottom floor that doesn't need tickets.

Incredibly sombering look into the holocaust. Really portrays the magnitude and scope. Was very crowded though, would have appreciated less people in each group, it was hard to get close enough to read some of the displays.

A great place to visit when you are in DC. We spent a few hours at the museum.

Great museum. Very heavily stuff. Would not recommend bringing little children

Very well maintained memorial museum. Make sure you have enough time to go through the whole history as it takes at least 2-3 hours to completely understand the essence of the real story. You get to pick a card (which is yours for ever) and have a feel of being the person in that card - someone who lived during that horrific period in history. Some very nice videos, recordings, and pictures.

This is one of the most touching and strongest museums in Washington DC. It covers the whole Holocaust from the early years of Nazi rise to the horrors of the concentration camps and gas chambers. This museum has many artifacts from many people who lost their lives during this horrific time in human history. The timeline is presented in three main portions starting with the early days of Nazi oppression and the pathway towards crimes against humanity. The second level gives visitors a glimpse of what the ghettos were like and how the concentration camps were organized. This level gives a clear view of the true horrors of the holocaust and what all of the victims had to endure. The last level talks about the liberation of all the camps and survivor's stories. It also ends with a memorial flame for all victims of this horrific time in history. This museum is an important place that I feel everyone should witness in order to keep this on everyone's mind in order to prevent genocide in the future. Recommend visiting early in order to get tickets since there is a limited daily allotment.

Really good in-depth experience. Good interactive historic presentations with videos, images, and artifacts that really help tell the story of the Holocaust.

It is the most heart breaking your ever. Excellent tribute to the 6 million.

Amazing museum!!! Complete information. You must visit.

Very informative and educational, any time admittance for military and law enforcement even if sold out, free tickets

Puts into perspective the magnitude of the tragedy that has effected the whole world...

Bring tissues. It's hard not to be affected by the exhibits. The staff at the information desk are incredibly passionate & helpful!

Powerful experience, you need all day to go through it.

Must go if you have interest in historical things, events or society

It's an important museum and we should never forget the deeds that were done.

This place is amazing! there was so much to see and so much I got to learn here. I loved all of it!

Extremely humbling and powerful museum! Listening to the stories of survival and loss is heart wrenching. The shoes have a smell that you will never forget, which makes them very powerful! Allow yourself a lot of time to really take in every element of this museum.

If you don't know history, you may repeat it. Look what Trump is doing now!

Everyone in the world should go through this museum...slowly, reading everything. Even if you know about WWII and the "Final Solution," you'll be shocked at the depravity of the minds who could think this up and actually carry it out. The entire German population was complicit and it was their attitude and complacency that allowed it to happen. Let it be a warming and a wake up call to us all. Seeing actual artifacts drove home the overwhelming reality of this museum's subject matter. If you aren't moved to tears, there's something missing inside you.

Wow. Memorable memorial. Exhibits are meaningful and moving. Easy to navigate. Must see.

Somber, enlightening, and horrifying all at once. Something everyone should experience.

Wow... And to think they have started removing this from our history books.

Good reminder of a history we never want to repeat.

Daniel's Story, Remember the Children exhibit is very well done and helped us teach this piece of history to our children.

The exhibits create a life changing experience however the staff could be friendlier

Very deep and suggest everyone take an opportunity to visit. Much can be learned from how individuals were treated then to what is occurring in our country today.

The history of human cruelty for the death of Jewish children and women.

Very informative. I learned quite a bit. I will need to go again to catch what I missed the first time.

Overwhelming with how many stories told in this massive feeling building. Plenty of space to observe without getting in anyones way.

A big part of museum speaks about Holocaust. There s also much place for the Americans human rights activists. Very interesting and informative.

I have been here twice. The first time I went there I was strong enough to explore the entire museum. The last time I went there I just couldn't handle being there. There was the sound of people from holocaust crying on the TV, and I recalled everything from the last trip. I realized I won't be able to walk through it again and left. However , it is one of the greatest museums I have ever been to. Peace out. Let's be kind to each other.

Very good museum. Lots of reading, andmodels, not a lot of artifacts. Very moving.

This is an awesome yet moving experience. The facility is designed as a self guided tour that starts on 3rd floor.



The pictures and the audios can be quite disturbing however as a compassionate gesture at the end of and part of the exhibit is a hall for those who need time to reflect, digest or just come to terms with what they have just experienced.

Awesome experience! Worth the time!

Amazing and horrifying at the same time. In this modern day of cell phones and internet take a break and walk through a museum, it'll surprise you.

Amazing place. Very educational. Our second time. Here.

Must visit when in Washington D.C. well established and rich in history; however, I prefer the Florida Holocaust Museum in St. Petersburg more

The exhibits create a life changing experience however the staff could be friendlier

By far the most depressing place I have ever visited.

Best museum experience I ve ever had. I d recommend giving yourself at least three to four hours there though, as there are many exhibits that take awhile to experience. You need a ticket to get in too. The best way to do this is to go get one as soon as they open around 9:00am. You can also reserve tickets online, but this costs $1.00 a ticket and they run out quicker.

If you come during the off season, you don't have to make reservations. Remember to ride the elevator to the top, then work your way down. You carry a card with you during the visit that will explain the life of someone who was part of the Holocaust. Some of the more morbid images for hidden behind waist high walls where small children wouldn't be able to see them. At the end of the self-guided tour, you can stop by and light a candle for people who died in different concentration camps.

It is a moving site to see partially materialized the horrors of genocide and murder executed by the Nazis.

An amazing and moving experience. Somber, informative, and moving all at once! We left sad, but also motivated to tell others not to forget the past! Or it may be repeated

A very impressive and oppressive museum. Impresses.
Museum is nicely decorated (if I can call it that given the subject).

The model of the gas chamber with the associated spaces made the most impression on me.

If you are in Washington you should actually go here !!

It doesn't seem right to say that I liked it, because it is heartbreaking, but it is incredibly interesting and humbling. It's a much bigger version of the Holocaust Museum in Houston, Tx, and much more detailed. There was a corridor that, as you get closer, there's a strange smell. When we turned into it, there were thousands of shoes. Shoes from the victims. It was like a punch to the gut to see all those shoes, all different sizes, including tiny little ones. It took a lot to not cry looking at those baby shoes

Tells a very powerful and meaningful message. They even have an area that helps younger children to understand the events of the holocaust.

great, saw my uncle their but he was on the other side of the displays

It's difficult to take in what you see knowing what happened. I've been to Holocaust Museums in Warsaw Poland and Los Angeles. I find the United States Memorial Holocaust Museum is quite thorough in the representation of what happened. If you get a chance, listen to the tour part of the United States part it played at the end of the war.

Important place to visit. A lot to see. Remember room is not for resting area to talk and text. Be respectful

One of the best, very moving museum. Well worth a visit - very sad and graphic at times, visitors with children be aware but they do shield some of the more graphic images and videos.

Too crowded upon entering the first part of the permanent exhibit. Could not take everything in or even see much of it. As you moved to the 2nd or 3rd area it thinned some. People were pound and talking. When I visited the first time there was virtually no talking, the crowd was not a crowd, and it was a much more enjoyable experience for lack of better terms.

If you are looking for a World War 2 museum with lots of artifacts this is not that. However - unlike the political and military side of the war this museum focuses almost solely on the most important part of the war: the loss of life, humanity, and also those who stood up to those who who stood for evil. This museum doesn't try to rationalize why the Nazis did what they did - it instead makes it abundantly clear how fragile democracy is and how easily man can be persuaded to hate another man enough to permit and/or carry out terrible horrors against its own kind. Once you walk out here I would hope you better understand how allowing those power hungry leaders to attack scholars, the press, stacking government and courts in its favor, and make a scapegoat out of entire sections of society is an extremely dangerous path to go down.

The museum really gives a complete picture in chronological order of the horror that occurred during the Holocaust. It is surreal that people could treat other human beings with such evilness. It is very sobering and graphic. They did a great job putting the exhibit together. Clearly a lot of thought went into it.

A thorough, well considered exploration of one of the darkest episodes of human history. This museum should be considered a mandatory visit for anyone who finds themselves in DC.