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United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is the United States' official memorial to the Holocaust, dedicated to the documentation, study, and interpretation of the Holocaust.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:20 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: United States‘ official memorial to the Holocaust in Washington, D.C.
  • Also known as: “Holocaust Museum”, “U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum”, “USHMM”, and “Washington, D.C. Holocaust Museum”
  • Address: 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place Southwest, Washington, DC

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Mall and Washington Monument.

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The , a national park, is a famous 2-mile-long tree-lined, pedestrian-friendly boulevard in stretching from the Capitol Building in the east to the Lincoln Memorial and Potomac River on the west.

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The is a 555-foot tall obelisk on the in , built to commemorate George Washington, a Founding Father of the United States and the nation's first president. is situated 1,300 feet northwest of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

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The is a natural history museum administered by the , located on the in , United States. is situated 2,600 feet northeast of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown and East End.

Suburb
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is the central business district of , located in It is the third largest central business district in the United States.

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is D.C.'s old downtown quarter, east of 15th St, and includes the neighborhoods of Chinatown, Penn Quarter, Judiciary Square, and Mount Vernon Square. Most D.C. natives simply call this area Downtown.

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The is just south of the . In addition to beautiful views of the Washington Channel, which separates the parkland on Hains Point with the land contiguous with the National Mall, this neighborhood includes great seafood, restaurants, bars, sports stadiums, entertainment options and boat excursions.

United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

Latitude
38.88664° or 38° 53′ 12″ north
Longitude
-77.03275° or 77° 1′ 58″ west
Elevation
33 feet (10 metres)
Levels
5
Open location code
87C4VXP8+MW
Open­Street­Map ID
way 66418706
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
4140840
Wiki­data ID
Q238990
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Yue Chinese—“United States Holocaust Memorial Museum” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “متحف ذكرى الهولوكوست بالولايات المتحدة”
  • Armenian: “Հոլոքոստի թանգարան (ԱՄՆ)”
  • Armenian: “Հոլոքոստի թանգարան”
  • Catalan: “Museu de l’Holocaust”
  • Catalan: “Museu en Memòria de l’Holocaust dels Estats Units”
  • Catalan: “Museu Memorial de l’Holocaust dels Estats Units”
  • Catalan: “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum”
  • Chinese: “美国大屠杀纪念博物馆”
  • Chinese: “美國猶太人大屠殺博物館”
  • Danish: “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum”
  • Dutch: “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف ذكرى هولوكوست بامريكا”
  • Esperanto: “USHMM”
  • Esperanto: “Usona Holokaŭsta Memora Muzeo”
  • Estonian: “Ameerika Ühendriikide holokausti memoriaalmuuseum”
  • Finnish: “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum”
  • French: “Musée du mémorial de l’Holocauste des États-Unis”
  • French: “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum”
  • Georgian: “ამერიკის შეერთებული შტატების ჰოლოკოსტის მემორიალური მუზეუმი”
  • German: “Holocaust-Gedenkmuseum”
  • German: “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum”
  • German: “USHMM”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Μνήμης Ολοκαυτώματος των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών”
  • Greek: “Μουσείο Μνήμης του Ολοκαυτώματος των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών”
  • Hebrew: “מוזיאון ארצות הברית לזכר השואה”
  • Hungarian: “az Egyesült Államok Holokauszt-emlékmúzeuma”
  • Hungarian: “Egyesült Államok Holokauszt Emlékmúzeuma”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Memorial Holocaust Amerika Serikat”
  • Indonesian: “Museum Memorial Holokaus Amerika Serikat”
  • Irish: “Músaem Cuimhneacháin an Uileloiscthe, Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá (Washington, DC)”
  • Irish: “Músaem Cuimhneacháin an Uileloiscthe, Stáit Aontaithe Mheiriceá”
  • Italian: “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum”
  • Japanese: “アメリカ合衆国ホロコースト記念博物館”
  • Japanese: “ホロコースト記念博物館”
  • Korean: “미국 홀로코스트 기념관”
  • Korean: “미국 홀로코스트 기념박물관”
  • Macedonian: “Спомен-музеј на холокаустот на САД”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum”
  • Norwegian: “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum”
  • Persian: “موزه یادبود هولوکاست”
  • Polish: “Muzeum Pamięci Holokaustu w Stanach Zjednoczonych”
  • Polish: “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum”
  • Portuguese: “Museu Memorial do Holocausto dos Estados Unidos”
  • Romanian: “Muzeul Memorial al Holocaustului din Statele Unite ale Americii”
  • Romanian: “USHMM”
  • Russian: “Мемориальный музей Холокоста”
  • Slovenian: “Spominski muzej holokavsta v Združenih državah Amerike”
  • Slovenian: “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum”
  • Slovenian: “USHMM”
  • Spanish: “Museo Conmemorativo del Holocausto de Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Museo Conmemorativo del Holocausto de los Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Museo del Holocausto de Washington D. C.”
  • Spanish: “Museo del Holocausto”
  • Spanish: “Museo Estadounidense Conmemorativo del Holocausto”
  • Spanish: “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum”
  • Spanish: “USHMM”
  • Swedish: “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum”
  • Turkish: “ABD Holokost’u Anma Müzesi”
  • Ukrainian: “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum”
  • Ukrainian: “USHMM”
  • Ukrainian: “Меморіальний музей Голокосту”
  • Urdu: “ریاستہائے متحدہ ہولوکاسٹ میموریل میوزیم”
  • Yiddish: “אמעריקאנער חורבן אייראפע מוזיי”
  • Yue Chinese: “美國猶太人大屠殺博物館”

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