Visitors’ Information

• Visitors' Information
• Arrival and parking
• Entrance procedure for individuals and groups
• Groups
• Group Reservations form  (download Acrobat Reader)
• Visitor Services: Information | Yad Vashem Guide | Cafeteria | Book and Resource Center
• Accessibility
• Map of Yad Vashem
• Walking Tour of Yad Vashem Complex
• FAQs for Visitors
• Contact us

Entrance procedures to the site and to the New  Museum – for individuals and groups

Entrance for individuals:

Entrance to Yad Vashem and the new Museum Complex for individuals is free of charge, and does not require prior reservation.

Staff in the new Visitors’ Center will be available to provide all the information needed for a visit to the site and the Museum Complex.

Group Entrance

Organized groups need to coordinate their visit in advance.

(An organized group is a group that has coordinated its visit through an escort/agent.)

Entrance to the site and Museum Complex is free of charge. with the exception of educational groups that will be required to book visits and guides through the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem. (see below).

Details on how to reserve and coordinate the visit may be found under “Groups”

Tours of the site and entrance to the new Museum begin via the new Visitors’ Center – at the entrance to the site – where information booths for the public are also situated.

Educational groups

The following groups are defined as 'educational groups', and will require certified guides who are staff members of the International School for Holocaust Studies at Yad Vashem. These guided groups are subject to a fee.

1. Schools and other institutions for formal education (including universities and colleges)

2. Youth movements

3. Groups of teachers

4. Groups of youth/student leaders

5. Youth groups visiting Israel within an educational framework, including Birthright, groups associated with the Jewish Agency, the Israel Experience, and others.

6. Soldiers and officers in the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF)

Rules of Behavior in the new Museum

The public is requested to observe rules of behavior befitting the site, including appropriate dress and keeping quiet. In addition, the public is requested not to photograph inside the buildings, and not to bring in food.