Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center, Jerusalem
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
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9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Monday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Thursday
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Friday
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Sunday
9:00 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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Watchful26
Carlsbad, CA100 contributions
May 2022
Yad Vashem is simultaneously educational, heartbreaking, confounding, grief inducing and profound. It is something every tourist who visits Israel must see. Upgrade to the guided tour - you won't regret it.
Written 21 May 2022
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Caitlin WZ
11 contributions
Apr 2022
* Do not use this link to buy your AudioTour. YOU WILL NOT SKIP THE LINE. This link does not work. I tried it -- April 2022. They had my appointed time in the system. I waited at the counter only to be told that I need to wait in the line for AudioTours anyway.
* After waiting in line for the AudioTour, the time it takes for each person at the counter is too long. I had to learn how to use the machine and test it. I hope they upgrade their tech.
* The Audio material is good material. If you learn best by hearing things, get it. It is mostly repetitive to the material in the museum, which includes many short, embedded videos.
* To rent the AudioTour, you must leave something at the desk to assure that you will return with the machine. They prefer passports. I didn't have mine, and I was forced to leave my cell phone as collateral. I did not like doing it.
* The AudioTour has a lot of content. I could not listen to it while also reading all the materials in the exhibits. Later, I asked; I was told the AudioTour has 10 hours of content. I listened to all of the beginning material (101, 102, 103, 104, 105... little in the middle, and most of the ending material (901, 902, 902..) while eating lunch in the cafeteria.
* The museum took me nearly 4 hours. Anyone who does it in 1-2 hours must skip a lot of content and opportunities for reflection. Additionally, I toured the synagogue and other areas of the premises.
* There is no map of the premises. The entrance to the museum is a separate building called The Visitor's Center: there are no signs in English to get to back to it.
* The exhibits are bilingual in Hebrew and in English. They should be trilingual in Arabic too.
* After waiting in line for the AudioTour, the time it takes for each person at the counter is too long. I had to learn how to use the machine and test it. I hope they upgrade their tech.
* The Audio material is good material. If you learn best by hearing things, get it. It is mostly repetitive to the material in the museum, which includes many short, embedded videos.
* To rent the AudioTour, you must leave something at the desk to assure that you will return with the machine. They prefer passports. I didn't have mine, and I was forced to leave my cell phone as collateral. I did not like doing it.
* The AudioTour has a lot of content. I could not listen to it while also reading all the materials in the exhibits. Later, I asked; I was told the AudioTour has 10 hours of content. I listened to all of the beginning material (101, 102, 103, 104, 105... little in the middle, and most of the ending material (901, 902, 902..) while eating lunch in the cafeteria.
* The museum took me nearly 4 hours. Anyone who does it in 1-2 hours must skip a lot of content and opportunities for reflection. Additionally, I toured the synagogue and other areas of the premises.
* There is no map of the premises. The entrance to the museum is a separate building called The Visitor's Center: there are no signs in English to get to back to it.
* The exhibits are bilingual in Hebrew and in English. They should be trilingual in Arabic too.
Written 12 April 2022
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R K
Houston, TX11 contributions
Wonderful museum…..extremely well done….organized and full of information…the grounds are beautiful….
Problem: there wasn’t any parking, Although we were with a tour guide in a tour guide SUV, we were unable to park in the tourist parking lot because we weren’t a bus….unacceptable….and disappointing. Tour guide was embarrassed as well….why are ONLY busses aloud to park there….our guide had a badge and the car we were in….was CLEARLY marked as tourist….
Things need to change so that access is available……
Problem: there wasn’t any parking, Although we were with a tour guide in a tour guide SUV, we were unable to park in the tourist parking lot because we weren’t a bus….unacceptable….and disappointing. Tour guide was embarrassed as well….why are ONLY busses aloud to park there….our guide had a badge and the car we were in….was CLEARLY marked as tourist….
Things need to change so that access is available……
Written 7 April 2022
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YadVashem
There is an underground paid parking available for tourists and tour guides (in an SUV as well).
Written 10 April 2022
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Freddes
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates846 contributions
Mar 2022
This is a must visit to make sure that the memories of this genocide stay alive even when the last survivors are gone.
We went with our teen daughter and she was quite moved by what she saw, and even upset at times.
This is not an easy visit but you will remember it your whole life.
The way the story is told is amazing with a progression that allows you to understand how this crime against the Jews was carefully planned and executed.
As one of our Israeli friend advised us, we did not stay more than 3 hours as it can get pretty heavy on you.
Only regret is the big number of groups that were quite noisy and disturbing.
We went with our teen daughter and she was quite moved by what she saw, and even upset at times.
This is not an easy visit but you will remember it your whole life.
The way the story is told is amazing with a progression that allows you to understand how this crime against the Jews was carefully planned and executed.
As one of our Israeli friend advised us, we did not stay more than 3 hours as it can get pretty heavy on you.
Only regret is the big number of groups that were quite noisy and disturbing.
Written 5 April 2022
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TraveltheWorld
Rockville, MD62 contributions
Mar 2022 • Friends
This is a must see place if you are in Jerusalem. I don’t know how to even explain the depth of information and presentation about the Holocaust. We spent about two and half hours using combination of the audio guide and the written explanations. It is a busy place with lots of groups so plan ahead.
Written 25 March 2022
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B T
London, UK812 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 17 March 2022
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Kenneth C
Reedley, California, Usa255 contributions
Mar 2022
Why did this happen? Could it happen again? Those thoughts fill my head as we saw so much. Such tragedy.
Written 14 March 2022
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slm87
Jakarta, Indonesia104 contributions
Feb 2022
There is so much to learn and take in here. 2 hours is not enough to visit everywhere. It is free so plan in a couple of afternoons or a full day.
Written 26 February 2022
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MarkLW829
Chehalis, WA25 contributions
Feb 2022 • Friends
Good but starting to look tired, some of the videos are not working, stuck on the screen “starting in 2 minutes” the well of the souls looks like it needs to be cleaned or have water added.
Written 20 February 2022
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S.Oasis
Israel16 contributions
Dec 2021
Yad vashem is a good tour, especially when foreign guests are coming to Israel but also personally. it is a good walk and important heritage site.
Written 12 December 2021
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Paubranco
United States516 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, PA43 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, Canada117 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
Woking, UK146 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, France190 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, Italy527 contributions
ciao a tutti,
sarò a Gerusalemme per Natale.. volevo visitare il monumento...è consigliabile prenotare on line il biglietto??
grazie
Gabry
Italy40 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, TX10 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
Dmusicteach
Charlottesville, VA6 contributions
I will be with a tour group visiting this museum in November. What if I find this too intense and need to step away? Are there options to leave the tour until it is finished?
PBCinEngland
United Kingdom620 contributions
You can wait inside and around the reception lobby. Spend more time in the grounds.
Be strong.
Frequently Asked Questions about Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center
- Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center is open:
- Sun - Thu 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM
- Fri - Fri 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
- Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center admission prices can vary. Entrance tickets currently cost HK$86.35, while a popular guided tour starts around HK$47.10 per person. See all 31 Yad Vashem - The World Holocaust Remembrance Center tickets and tours on Tripadvisor
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