We 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.

Spending 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.

Due 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.