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 - 2:00 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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- alexisrachelletxNashville, Tennessee1,719 contributionsIsrael's Holocaust museumWe are coming upon a time when no survivors will be among us any longer. A time when schoolchildren learn less about the Holocaust than my generation did. And so it's more important than ever to visit Holocaust memorials and museums - especially with the youngest of us. Personally, I visited with Birthright group (ages 27-32), and we were guided by Noam. We all had headsets (provided by Yad Vashem) and could hear Noam without his having to raise his voice or our having to be very close to him. I really appreciated that they offered this kind of audio tour, because the museum is very crowded, but the audio sets allowed us to hear Noam even if we stopped to read a sign in a different room. Because of how crowded the museum is, I highly recommend you get an audio tour (either live or recorded). You will not be able to get close to everything or read everything, so this allows you to get a lot of information without having to push your way to see every sign. Also, the signs are in Hebrew and English only, but they offer audio tours in other languages. I've been to many Holocaust museums around the world, but visiting Yad Vashem is an especially moving experience. The video testimonies I listened to as I walked around were heartbreaking. The architecture of the museum is also fascinating and designed to make you feel off-kilter and yet able to look behind you and see others. It's an excellent museum and certainly worthy of your time if you're in Jerusalem.Visited December 2019Written January 8, 2020
- Marie LBratislava, Slovakia3 contributionsA place people are in need visitingSpending a day at Yad Vashem is an experience you are unlikely to forget. This memorial gives you an heartbreaking and well researched walkthrough which many Jews (and so many more) had to endure. It shatters you to the core and reminds us all that something like must never happen again and that we must keep reminding future generations of what antisemitism, racisms and hate can lead into. No words can describe the pain of this catastrophe.Visited February 2020Traveled with friendsWritten February 11, 2020
- Curly_Kale64United Kingdom1,314 contributionsAt least half a day is neededDue to time constraints we only had about three hours to spend at Yad Vashem and it was nowhere near long enough. We visited in January and despite it being Holocaust Memorial Day it wasn’t very busy at all. I’d like to go back as there was so much that we missed and it is truly one of the most interesting museums that I have visited. Entrance is free and it is easily accessed using Jerusalem’s light rail service.Visited January 2020Traveled as a coupleWritten April 13, 2020
- NickDavis320 contributionsThought Provoking and emotionally drainingBe 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.Visited December 2019Written January 4, 2020
- Sarah CSydney, Australia3,783 contributionsPowerful exhibitionYad 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.Visited January 2020Traveled with friendsWritten January 17, 2020
- Carrie4444Grapevine, Texas72 contributionsA must seeThis 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.Visited November 2019Written January 14, 2020
- Betsi BWeatherford, Texas239 contributionsGreat emphasis on people and hopeThis 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.Visited March 2020Traveled on businessWritten March 5, 2020
- Robin A16 contributionsHeart wrenching documentation of an evil period in historyThis 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.Visited February 2020Written February 16, 2020
- CpatravelsBaltimore, Maryland115 contributionsTerrible DocentWe 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.Visited December 2019Traveled with familyWritten January 13, 2020
- JAEYork, Pennsylvania43 contributionsA Must-SeeWe 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.Visited January 2020Written April 3, 2020
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NickDavis
London320 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 January 4, 2020
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Sarah C
Sydney, Australia3,783 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 January 18, 2020
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Carrie4444
Grapevine, TX72 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 January 14, 2020
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Betsi B
Weatherford, TX239 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 March 6, 2020
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Robin A
16 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 February 16, 2020
This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC. Tripadvisor performs checks on reviews as part of our industry-leading trust & safety standards. Read our transparency report to learn more.
Cpatravels
Baltimore, MD115 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 January 13, 2020
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JAE
York, PA43 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 April 3, 2020
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Tineke M
Maassluis, The Netherlands9 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 November 16, 2020
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Vitor A
Lisbon, Portugal810 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 February 10, 2020
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Aqusite
California1,579 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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Danielle
Birmingham, UK74 contributions
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!
Thomas K
Monte-Carlo, Monaco1,287 contributions
Please do Yad Vashem and nothing else, after visiting you neither want to eat nor do any leisure sightseeing.
Paubranco
United States518 contributions
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?
Cynthia V
Coronado, CA20 contributions
No I don't think so. That's probably in the US Holocaust Museum in Washington DC.
ludcodoc
Philadelphia, PA52 contributions
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?
527Cara
London, Canada121 contributions
When we were there the cars were dropping people off at the front enterance and then parking in the parking lots.
lsgoldblatt
London, UK806 contributions
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
Shelly L
Atlanta, GA153 contributions
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.
Michaela S
Neustadt an der Aisch, Germany9 contributions
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
Michaela S
Neustadt an der Aisch, Germany9 contributions
Is it possible to book a tour JUST to Yad Vashem from Tel Aviv?
elisaverd
Bordeaux, France205 contributions
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 )
fabio m
Certaldo, Italy564 contributions
ciao a tutti,
sarò a Gerusalemme per Natale.. volevo visitare il monumento...è consigliabile prenotare on line il biglietto??
grazie
Gabry
Italy41 contributions
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!!!!!
יש חנייה בסביבה
YadVashem
Jerusalem, Israel1 contribution
חניון מקורה עומד לרשות המבקרים. החנייה בתשלום חד פעמי יומי על סך 28 שקל.
Julie0593
Dallas, TX12 contributions
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.
Otto R
Snekkersten, Denmark60 contributions
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
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