United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is the United States' official memorial and museum dedicated to the history and legacy of the Holocaust. Opened in in 1993, the museum explores the Holocaust through permanent and traveling exhibitions, educational programs, survivor testimonies and archival collections.
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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: “Egyesült Államok Holokauszt Emlékmúzeuma”, “Holocaust Museum”, “musée du Mémorial de la Shoah des États-Unis”, “Museo del Holocausto de Washington D. C.”, “Museo Estadounidense Conmemorativo del Holocausto”, “Museu de l’Holocaust”, “U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum”, “USHMM”, “Washington, D.C. Holocaust Museum”, and “ホロコースト記念博物館”
  • Address: 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place Southwest, Washington, DC

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: National Mall and Washington Monument.

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The is a natural… is situated 2,600 feet northeast of United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown and East End.

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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”
  • Azerbaijani: “Holokost Xatirə Muzeyi (ABŞ)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Holokost Xatirə Muzeyi”
  • Belarusian: “Мемарыяльны музей Халакоста (ЗША)”
  • Belarusian: “Мемарыяльны музей Халакосту”
  • Catalan: “Museu en Memòria de l’Holocaust dels Estats Units”
  • Catalan: “Museu Memorial de l’Holocaust dels Estats Units”
  • Chinese: “美国大屠杀纪念博物馆”
  • Danish: “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum”
  • Dutch: “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “متحف ذكرى هولوكوست بامريكا”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • 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”
  • Russian: “Мемориальный музей Холокоста”
  • Slovenian: “Spominski muzej holokavsta v Združenih državah Amerike”
  • Spanish: “Museo Conmemorativo del Holocausto de Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Museo Conmemorativo del Holocausto de los Estados Unidos”
  • Spanish: “Museo del Holocausto”
  • Swedish: “United States Holocaust Memorial Museum”
  • Turkish: “ABD Holokost’u Anma Müzesi”
  • 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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Places to explore: The Wharf and Penn Quarter.

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