What is Holocaust Museum ?

as well as diplomacy, medicine, education,

gain fresh insight into their own responsibilities today.

In addition to our leadership training programs

the Museum sponsors

Holocaust commemorations, including the nation’s annual observance of the Days of Remembrance in the US Capitol

fosters the continued growth and vitality of the field of Holocaust

works to educate, engage

inspire the public to learn more about past

genocides—such as those in Rwanda, Bosnia

and Darfur—and to consider what they can do to prevent these atrocities in the future

The Simon-Skjodt Center also works to galvanize policy makers both in the US and around the world to create the tools and structures needed to avert the next crisis.

Since its dedication in 1993, the Museum has welcomed more than 40 million visitors,

including 99 heads of state and more than ten million school-age children.

Our website,

the world’s leading online authority on the Holocaust,

is available in 16 languages and was visited in 2015 by more than 16.5 million people representing 211 countries and territories.