Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
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8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
8:30 AM - 2:00 PM
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
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The World Holocaust Remembrance Center is a 45-acre campus comprised of indoor museums, outdoor monuments, gardens and sculptures. Entrance to Yad Vashem is free. Entrance to the Holocaust History Museum is for ages 10 and up.
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Aqusite
California1,549 contributions
Jun 2023
What can you really say about Yad Vashem? It's incredible, powerful, shocking, terrible, and a completely unique place to go. It was the #1 place I wanted to see in my ten days in Jerusalem, as an educator and a Jewish person well aware already of the history. I wasn't prepared for the enormity of the grounds. I suppose I can say that. Also, the tour guides were loud and made it hard to hear my own audio guide, it was crowded, with giant tour busses totally filling up the museum, so go early, as early as possible if the visit is important to you, as it was for me.
Honestly, I would recommend going more than once.
I also suggest walking the entire grounds outside. I walked around but it wasn't all that well sign-posted, and it was 2pm in summer and quite hot, so I eventually gave up walking after about an hour, seeing just the Warsaw monument and a few other sculptures but not making it to the Valley of the Communities. But I recommend one day, early in the morning, for the museum itself, followed by a visit to the bookstore (NOT the bookstore by the entrance but the independent, smaller bookstore with the fabulously sincere and helpful owner downstairs). I didn't buy anything much in Israel to bring home except books from Yad Vashem of various testimonies from survivors. And then a second day solely for the grounds, also in the morning if it's summer. That is free. Maybe a third day even to go back through again. It's a place with incredible depth. I spent four or five hours there and felt rushed.
I would actually see if I could stay on Mt. Herzl for a few days next time I visit. It's a completely unique place.
Honestly, I would recommend going more than once.
I also suggest walking the entire grounds outside. I walked around but it wasn't all that well sign-posted, and it was 2pm in summer and quite hot, so I eventually gave up walking after about an hour, seeing just the Warsaw monument and a few other sculptures but not making it to the Valley of the Communities. But I recommend one day, early in the morning, for the museum itself, followed by a visit to the bookstore (NOT the bookstore by the entrance but the independent, smaller bookstore with the fabulously sincere and helpful owner downstairs). I didn't buy anything much in Israel to bring home except books from Yad Vashem of various testimonies from survivors. And then a second day solely for the grounds, also in the morning if it's summer. That is free. Maybe a third day even to go back through again. It's a place with incredible depth. I spent four or five hours there and felt rushed.
I would actually see if I could stay on Mt. Herzl for a few days next time I visit. It's a completely unique place.
Written July 1, 2023
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CasaRoscoe
Ottawa, Canada267 contributions
Mar 2023
There is not much more to say about Yad Vashem’s content that has not already been said, but it should be noted that the layout of the long gallery does not favour crowds. A visitor not understanding the extent of the vast collection contained in the nine galleries of the Holocaust History Museum may spend a significant amount of time in the first gallery or two attempting to learn how the narrative evolves (school groups, for example want to set the stage here). What this leads to is significant, and occasionally frustrating, congestion at the outset of one’s visit. Be patient, though, as the crowd will thin out in subsequent galleries. Yad Vashem is not to be rushed, so plan to spend a full day here. Some practical considerations: your visit MUST be pre-booked, there are two cafeterias onsite (one at the visitor centre, the other in the Square of Hope after the long gallery), toilets are located at the midpoint of the long gallery, and there are many trails and outdoor exhibits surrounding the museum.
Written April 12, 2023
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B T
London, UK1,255 contributions
Mar 2022
The history museum there was quite interesting, you could buy an audioguide at the entrance, but I would recommend not (for English) as there are information boards around the museum. They had a section of pavement from the Warsaw ghetto, a section of train track and wagon from Auschwitz and many other things.
It was slightly ruined by the huge numbers of tour groups being pushed through the museum as they are constant one after the other and they are such big groups that when they stop no one else can get past, they are really annoying and ruin the visit for individual visitors.
It was slightly ruined by the huge numbers of tour groups being pushed through the museum as they are constant one after the other and they are such big groups that when they stop no one else can get past, they are really annoying and ruin the visit for individual visitors.
Written March 17, 2022
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Ramon Stragos
Castelldefels, Spain273 contributions
Oct 2023 • Solo
You really already know what you are going to see before visiting this memorial. I think there are no words. At least I don't have the skills to describe the testimony, the images and the memories of the barbarity to which the place is dedicated.
I don't even know if it is ethically correct for a simple tourist to talk about the subject. It just overwhelms you. It surpasses you.
As much as we all know the facts, it still horrifies you. Startling.
If the intention of the place is to reach the soul of visitors, it certainly succeeds. Definitely.
Special mention to the Children's Memorial Dome. Shocking.
I even think that it is not advisable for people who are overly sensitive or with close ties to the victims.
The issue is how to get here.
If you go on your own, the best option, without a doubt, is the tram.
It is the only alternative to the taxi...We already know the relationship between taxi drivers and tourists...And even more so when the vehicles do not have a taximeter, and the driver gives you the price that is in his head...I don't know... It depends on the day he's had, or the hours he's been working, or how nice he finds you... You'll never know.
It's not about the money, really. It's because of that feeling that you're being kidded.
The Monte Hertzl stop leaves you at the foot of the memorial. It is the origin and end of the only tram line in the city.
You can get your ticket at the vending machines at all the stops. Very intuitive. And with several optional languages. Not Spanish... Too bad.
Of course...don't forget to validate your ticket when you enter the car using the readers inside.
Conductors pass by checking the tickets. And they are not very understanding of tourists, to be honest...You know what I mean.
And entry to the venue is free....Yes...Free. A word almost out of use.
It is another good reason for this visit.
And audio guide service available...Also free.
Incredible.
I don't even know if it is ethically correct for a simple tourist to talk about the subject. It just overwhelms you. It surpasses you.
As much as we all know the facts, it still horrifies you. Startling.
If the intention of the place is to reach the soul of visitors, it certainly succeeds. Definitely.
Special mention to the Children's Memorial Dome. Shocking.
I even think that it is not advisable for people who are overly sensitive or with close ties to the victims.
The issue is how to get here.
If you go on your own, the best option, without a doubt, is the tram.
It is the only alternative to the taxi...We already know the relationship between taxi drivers and tourists...And even more so when the vehicles do not have a taximeter, and the driver gives you the price that is in his head...I don't know... It depends on the day he's had, or the hours he's been working, or how nice he finds you... You'll never know.
It's not about the money, really. It's because of that feeling that you're being kidded.
The Monte Hertzl stop leaves you at the foot of the memorial. It is the origin and end of the only tram line in the city.
You can get your ticket at the vending machines at all the stops. Very intuitive. And with several optional languages. Not Spanish... Too bad.
Of course...don't forget to validate your ticket when you enter the car using the readers inside.
Conductors pass by checking the tickets. And they are not very understanding of tourists, to be honest...You know what I mean.
And entry to the venue is free....Yes...Free. A word almost out of use.
It is another good reason for this visit.
And audio guide service available...Also free.
Incredible.
Written November 16, 2023
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Jeanlj
Washington DC, DC50 contributions
Oct 2022
We arrived over 90 minutes before closing. Unfriendly staff began pushing us through the main exhibit starting at least 40 minutes before closing. They absolutely ruined the experience, they couldn't wait to get us out of there. Felt disrespectful and unkind. That will be my memory of Yad Vashem, the rigid staff herding us like cattle towards the exit well before closing. Maybe get some lessons in how to treat people. Holocaust Museum in Washington DC is better, and staff is way nicer.
Written October 24, 2022
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susan m
Silver Spring, MD3 contributions
Sept 2022 • Friends
I’ve been to the holocaust museum in Washington DC so I know what an emotional experience this can be. I was very disappointed that there were so many people and tour groups going through the museum at the same time. It was hard to view most of the exhibits. It was impossible to stand quite in your thoughts due to the crowd of people and hearing all the tour guides speaking. I wish the museum did a better job on controlling the flow of visitors.
Written September 8, 2022
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Molly1107
United Kingdom493 contributions
Jan 2023
This remembrance is incredibly well designed and thought out.
Booking in advance was easy to do. The staff at the information desk were very friendly and helpful.
It is a very busy museum and we were jostled a bit by large groups of school children who seemed to lack any spacial awareness but we were able to look at and watch the exhibits nonetheless.
Its not an experience that makes you feel uplifted but rather sombre, sad and sickened. I leraned a lot and will have some images in my mind for a very long time and in a way that is a good thing. I felt very emotional throughout my visit. We spent 3 hours there and that covered most exhibits.
There is a good restaurant, toilets are very clean.
Booking in advance was easy to do. The staff at the information desk were very friendly and helpful.
It is a very busy museum and we were jostled a bit by large groups of school children who seemed to lack any spacial awareness but we were able to look at and watch the exhibits nonetheless.
Its not an experience that makes you feel uplifted but rather sombre, sad and sickened. I leraned a lot and will have some images in my mind for a very long time and in a way that is a good thing. I felt very emotional throughout my visit. We spent 3 hours there and that covered most exhibits.
There is a good restaurant, toilets are very clean.
Written January 26, 2023
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K10
Singapore, Singapore92 contributions
Feb 2023 • Couples
We did a self-tour, starting with a visit to a excellent photography exhibition in their exhibition hall and then to the serene Hall of Remembrance and after that to see the stirring cattle car memorial cantilevered off the side of the hill. After that we walked through the whole Museum and you should factor in 2 hours to truly appreciate the video footage and take in the human accounts of this tragic time. It is an amazing memorial and will leave many fighting back tears.
Tip: Do book a visit slot on the website before you go.
Tip: Do book a visit slot on the website before you go.
Written February 27, 2023
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Ciara C
Canberra, Australia33 contributions
Sept 2022
This is one of the most memorable experiences of my time in Israel, and an absolute must when you are in Jerusalem. Each of the rooms are excellently curated and there are plenty of multimedia options, in addition to the vast written displays. This was an incredibly moving experience with so many individual stories. We spent 3 hours here and could have stayed much longer but the museum was closing. Admission was free at the time of our visit and we just needed to book online.
Written October 2, 2022
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Bianca A
3 contributions
Jan 2023
Words cannot explain the sheer incredibleness of this place. Yad Vashem have created a very powerful, moving and influential memorial for the victims and survivors of the Holocaust. They have approached this with such delicacy and have given those who did not survive back their identities.
A must see if you are in Jerusalem. Give yourself time to go through all of the memorials.
A must see if you are in Jerusalem. Give yourself time to go through all of the memorials.
Written January 13, 2023
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I am currently planning my visit here in September. Is there anything close by that I should also plan in whilst I am here, as I believe it is a 30 minute bus from my Air bnb. Any good restaurants or markets close by?
Thanks!
Written July 7, 2023
Please do Yad Vashem and nothing else, after visiting you neither want to eat nor do any leisure sightseeing.
Written August 11, 2023
does it cover the aspect of the world american jewish congress calling for a boycott of germany in march 1933?
does it show how jews learned from the nazi failure to complete the final solution to the jewish question and applied these lessons in their holocaust against the palestinian people?
Written July 5, 2020
No I don't think so. That's probably in the US Holocaust Museum in Washington DC.
Written July 6, 2020
For older family who cannot walk - I know there is a shuttle (but not too often) - from the parking lot near the traffic circle on Hertzl blvd down the road to the entrance. Is it possible to drive into the entrance to drop people off? I see there is parking right at the entrance to the site on HaZikaron street - is that only for buses or employees?
Written May 6, 2020
When we were there the cars were dropping people off at the front enterance and then parking in the parking lots.
Written May 13, 2020
I will be in Israel with and 11 year old and a 13 year. I would love for them to see it (I went almost 10 years ago) but I am worried it may not be suitable. The website says age 10 and up, has anyone taken children recently? Do you think it is worth them seeing or should we skip it? Thanks
Written November 28, 2019
This is a difficult location for adults to visit; for children it can easily be overwhelming. The path of the visit through the main Yad Vashem building can't be short circuited - you must walk through from beginning to end once you enter. Everything about the Holocaust - both verbal and visual - will be on display as you walk through. You are the only one who can judge whether your children are ready for that immersion into history. That said, there are outdoor grounds, a memorial to the Righteous, a children's memorial, and a hall of remembrance, all of which offer the opportunity to teach and discuss without the photos and films of the Holocaust's brutality. I would also consider starting with books such as Number the Stars (Lois Lowry) or the graphic adaptation of Diary of Anne Frank and see how they react.
Written December 1, 2019
Wir sind im März im Cinema
Hotel Tel Aviv und wollen von dort mit dem Bus nach Yad Vashem.
Gibt es in der Nähe vom Hotel einen Busterminal? Wie lange dauert die Fahrt und wie oft und wo müssen wir umsteigen? Machen uns etwas Gedanken ob wir zurecht kommen
mit Sprache und hebräischen Schriftzeichen als
Written October 31, 2019
Is it possible to book a tour JUST to Yad Vashem from Tel Aviv?
Written October 28, 2019
Yes it s possible no problem Tel Aviv is aproximativly at 50 kms
You will be arrive vers early it s better ( lot of People )
Written December 11, 2019
ciao a tutti,
sarò a Gerusalemme per Natale.. volevo visitare il monumento...è consigliabile prenotare on line il biglietto??
grazie
Written October 1, 2019
non c'è un biglietto di ingresso, si pagano 12 ils per la piantina in italiano che ti aiuta a girare tutto il museo che è veramente grande. Noi non abbiamo prenotato e quando siamo arrivati c'era veramente tantissima gente ma nel giro di 5 minuti siamo riusciti ad entrare.
si devono lasciare gli zaini al guardaroba.
spero sia sufficiente. buon viaggio!!!!!
Written October 7, 2019
חניון מקורה עומד לרשות המבקרים. החנייה בתשלום חד פעמי יומי על סך 28 שקל.
Written July 28, 2019
What is the easiest & fastest way to get from Tel Aviv to Yad Vashem & back to Tel Aviv? We were not planning to rent a car during our visit to Israel.
Written June 28, 2019
You can take a bus from Tel Aviv Bus Station to Jerusalem Bus Station and the the Tram up til Yad Vashem - Herzl Boulevard - the tram ends at Yad Vashem. - you just go a few meters back and then to the left - you will see the big signs.
Kind regards, Otto
Written June 28, 2019
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