This is a fantastic location and I wish the city would contribute more space to historical memorials like this one. I appreciate the enormous amount of detailed information this museum provides but I think it could cut back a little with the text and incorporate more visual exhibits like the shoe room, portrait room and train cart. There is so much to read and the venue becomes so crowded with people that I ended up skipping a lot of the material.
It is necessary to visit! With kids, without kids, always always always.
Great museum. It directs one through a chronological passage of the Holocaust. Very powerful and somber. I appreciated the way it described the American reactions and ill actions when first hearing of the atrocities occurring throughout Europe. The final display was my favorite, highlighting numerous individuals who have contributed to save and hide individuals. Extremely powerful
The exposition starts at the elevators where visitors pick up IDs of people who have been exterminated in the Holocaust and then you go in the elevator set up as a replica of a gas chamber to the top floor where the exposition begins starting from the very beginnings of the Nazi extermination of Jews going back to 1933 and the time that Hitler just came to power. The first boycotts, annexation of Czechoslovakia, Kristallnacht the response from the US and other nations in the world with news footage and photographs.
The exposition continues through the World War II, ghettos, final solution, concentration camps, gas chambers, the box cars and it is disturbing to see even if you already know exactly what happen for kids it is very disturbing but while it is disturbing and scary it should be visited because forgetting this would be a crime against humanity.
Amazing museum. I don't normally go to many museums, but my wife and I couldn't leave this one. It was so emotionally charging and deep. We loved it, so much so that we will one day revisit. And donate. Because of the importance to never forget
Some of the visual exhibits I stated were impactful but then I found myself jostled out of the moment because of the mountain of text each main room contributes. It’s hard to get emotionally attached to the material and at times because of the wealth of stimulation. I became numb to some of the horrific imagery because there is too much of it.
We have actually visited as a family with my daughter 2, who's a little to young to understand but my son of 11 understood just fine not exactly the why I am guessing but definitely the what. By the end I think the gravity of what happened finally dawned on him.
Final floor is the liberation and hall of remembrance. But it doesn't end there. There is a Daniel's house exhibit on the same floor, which is the distilled version of the whole museum exhibit down to a few rooms, which is a G rated version of the museum.
Very well done. We went the Day before New Years and there were long lines to see the main exhibit. I would suggest getting there early or break it up into a couple of days. So far it is free to get in. We also had to wait in line to get in but it wasn't that long and the security checkpoint is fairly fast. Everyone was friendly.
The exposition is set up in the easiest way to follow from top floor all the way to the bottom.
I am trying my best to provide good and constructive criticism. Overall I was really pleased with my experience!
I don't know if my son understood what has happened yet but I am sure it was good start.
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