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Note: Children under 11 are discouraged to attend due to the intense subject matter.
The Holocaust, the Museum’s three-floor main exhibition, presents a comprehensive history of the period through artifacts, photographs, films, and eyewitness testimonies. Divided into three sections and presented chronologically, it begins with life before the Holocaust in the early 1930s, continues through the Nazi rise to power and subsequent tyranny and genocide, and concludes with the post-1945 aftermath of the Holocaust. It is suitable for ages 11 and older.
Three special exhibition galleries are on the first floor and lower level. The first floor gallery houses Remember the Children: Daniel’s Story, a special exhibition for children ages 8 and up and their families. Daniel’s Story follows the rise of Nazi Germany through the eyes of a child. On the Museum’s second floor, the hexagonal Hall of Remembrance is a place for both individual contemplation and formal ceremonies. It serves as the national memorial to all Holocaust victims. Within the Gonda Education Center, the Wall of Remembrance (Children’s Tile Wall) serves as a memorial to the approximately 1.5 million children killed in the Holocaust. It includes more than 3,000 tiles hand painted by American school children. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum extends its ""walls"" through special traveling exhibitions that circulate to other sites, accompanied by programming and educational materials. Since September 1997, three exhibitions have been touring the United States and Europe.
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