Historical Museum

The Historical Museum

The central feature to be viewed at Yad Vashem, the museum presents the history of the Holocaust through photographs, artifacts, documents, and audiovisual aids. The exhibit tells the story chronologically and thematically, from anti-Jewish discrimination to systematic mass murder, with particular emphasis on Jewish responses. 

 

The Museums and Exhibitions are open to the public:

Sunday to Thursday 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Fridays and Eves of Holidays 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.

More about the museum and exhibitions.

 

  1. Visitors’ Center
  2. Book and Resource Center
  3. Cafeteria
  4. Avenue of the Righteous Among the Nations
  5. Holocaust History Museum
  6. Hall of Names
  7. Square of Hope
  8. Holocaust Art Museum
  9. Synagogue
  10. Exhibitions Pavilion 
  11. Visual Center
  12. Learning Center
  13. Hall of Remembrance 
  14. Pillar of Heroism
  15. Children’s Memorial
  16. Janusz Korczak Square
  17. Archives and Library Building
  18. Family Plaza
  19. International School for Holocaust Studies
  20. Administration and Research Building 
  21. Monument to the Jewish Soldiers and Partisans
  22. Partisans’ Panorama
  23. Valley of the Communities  
  24. Cattle Car - Memorial to the Deportees
  25. Warsaw Ghetto Square
  26. Swedish Ambulance
  27. Monument to Le Chambon-sur-Lignon
  28. Nieuwlande Monument
  29. Garden of the Righteous Among the Nations
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