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
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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
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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NickDavis
London297 contributions
Dec 2019
Be aware children under 10 and buggies are not allowed in main museum. The museum was extensively redesigned before opening in present state in 2005. To see everything would take hours and hours. We were lucky enough have guide so spent time at some key points and got a better overall feel for the place, Takes one through from the initial rise of antisemitism and Hitler to the final solution and the killings. So cannot describe this as enjoyable but it does explain why the UN voted to establish the State of Israel after WW2. Informative and eye opening if you don't know the history.
Written 4 January 2020
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Sarah C
Sydney, Australia4,293 contributions
Jan 2020 • Friends
Yad Vashem is a museum which is a memorial to the victims of the Holocaust. It has been created to preserve the memory of those who passed. The memorial has an educational section and displays using a photographs, films, documents, letters, art, and artefacts found in the camps and ghettos and given by survivors. It teaches about the atrocities which occurred by teaching about German policy, the war, response by international powers. There are artefacts from all over Europe
and from survivors as well. Numerous memorials have been set up there with an aim remember each individual one by one. The architecture and layout of this museum is incredible and it has done an excellent job in memorialising the victims. Keep in mind this is not a place for everyone as it can be quite emotional. Entry is free, but it closes at 2pm Friday and is closed Saturdays.
and from survivors as well. Numerous memorials have been set up there with an aim remember each individual one by one. The architecture and layout of this museum is incredible and it has done an excellent job in memorialising the victims. Keep in mind this is not a place for everyone as it can be quite emotional. Entry is free, but it closes at 2pm Friday and is closed Saturdays.
Written 18 January 2020
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Carrie4444
Grapevine, TX96 contributions
Nov 2019
This museum takes about a day to go through. Don't rush; there is so much to read, listen to, see. It stirred up many emotions and as a result I would recommend taking time to absorb the experience. The museum is in a lovely setting, which gave me a respite from the intensity of the exhibits. It is very easy to get to by light rail. Overall, I recommend it highly.
Written 14 January 2020
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Betsi B
Weatherford, TX288 contributions
Mar 2020 • Business
This museum is so well done because it stresses and explains the horrific event from a humanistic viewpoint and by the end a great hope. Our guide was thoroughly knowledgable and with a high degree of compassion for our group’s emotional well-being as well as our understanding.
Would suggest go through once with a guide, then repeat without a guide to spend more time in details of interest to you.
Would suggest go through once with a guide, then repeat without a guide to spend more time in details of interest to you.
Written 6 March 2020
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Robin A
17 contributions
Feb 2020
This museum is one of the most complete and detailed collections of pictures, videos, and audio accounts of victims of the Holocaust. The artifacts alone will make you understand the depth of what the Jewish people suffered world wide during the time of Hitler's reign. There is so much to see, read and experience that you cannot possibly take it all in during a single visit.
Written 16 February 2020
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Cpatravels
Baltimore, MD113 contributions
Dec 2019 • Family
We had a private guide for our group of 6, which included 2 teenagers. Our docent was not good. Her delivery was boring and she just talked and talked without letting us just look around and enjoy the exhibits at all. She clearly knew her stuff, she was just boring. Several times we tried to give her feedback and she just didn’t know how to guide any other way. We told her we wanted to watch one of the movies, as an example, so we did that, but she talked through the entire thing so we couldn’t concentrate. Several of us eventually just turned her sound off. It was really such a shame because there is so much information at the museum that I would’ve liked to have had the chance to read and explore. I would’ve preferred she give us overviews in each room and let us explore but she was just not receptive when we asked.
Written 13 January 2020
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JAE
York, PA55 contributions
Jan 2020
We had a tour guide and it took us about three hours to go through the museum. The tour guide was very helpful, giving further information, including her experiences showing Yad Vashem to Holocaust Survivors. It was incredibly well-done, with an emphasis on remembering these victims as individuals. Certain parts of it, including an entire area dedicated to the children of the Holocaust, are particularly haunting. No visit to Israel is complete without a visit here, because it is a major event that led to the foundation of Israel, and has shaped the modern nation of Israel today.
Written 3 April 2020
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Tineke M
Maassluis, The Netherlands15 contributions
Dec 2019
A centre you cannot visit without being deeply touched by everything you see. The stories of people like ourselves, their belongings and photographs, the terrible evil things that happened to them all. Let us never forget what poeple can do to eachother, Let us learn from this place and stand up for the rights and freedom of those who are persecuted.
Written 16 November 2020
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Vitor A
Lisbon, Portugal795 contributions
Jan 2020
This museum is very important to remember one of the darkest moments of the Human History. Probably, for most visitors, the message would be more effective if the elements exposed were fewer; thus, many of the museum's visitors end their visit more tired than touched. Apart from the museum’s goal, one must also underline the architectural details and the green surrounding areas. Enjoy!
Written 10 February 2020
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Aqusite
California1,555 contributions
June 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 1 July 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 7 July 2023
Please do Yad Vashem and nothing else, after visiting you neither want to eat nor do any leisure sightseeing.
Written 11 August 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 5 July 2020
No I don't think so. That's probably in the US Holocaust Museum in Washington DC.
Written 6 July 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 6 May 2020
When we were there the cars were dropping people off at the front enterance and then parking in the parking lots.
Written 13 May 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 28 November 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 1 December 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 31 October 2019
Is it possible to book a tour JUST to Yad Vashem from Tel Aviv?
Written 28 October 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 11 December 2019
ciao a tutti,
sarò a Gerusalemme per Natale.. volevo visitare il monumento...è consigliabile prenotare on line il biglietto??
grazie
Written 1 October 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 7 October 2019
חניון מקורה עומד לרשות המבקרים. החנייה בתשלום חד פעמי יומי על סך 28 שקל.
Written 28 July 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 28 June 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 28 June 2019
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