Founded to educate the community about the tragedies of the Holocaust, the Virginia Holocaust Museum strives to memorialize and document the atrocities of World War II. Through exhibits, …
Founded to educate the community about the tragedies of the Holocaust, the Virginia Holocaust Museum strives to memorialize and document the atrocities of World War II. Through exhibits, programming, and outreach, the Museum uses the history of genocide to teach the dangers of hatred, racism, and bigotry.
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Jan 2, 2024
I have been to many holocaust museums throughout the world. This might be one of the smallest, but most poignant and powerful I've ever visited. It does a great job of taking you throughout the war a…Full review by aavct90
Nov 18, 2023
Our trip to Richmond was very educational and enjoyable. We visited the Poe Museum and the Museum of Fine Arts. The Museum of Fine Arts is one of the best I've ever been to. There is a free 50-minute…Full review by Andrea D
Aug 11, 2023
This is an excellent museum! Offers a glimpse in this part of history that should never repeated or forgotten.Went with my siblings. Displays are authentic, with several original items. It will take …Full review by dem7800
One reviewer mentioned parking is right in front of the museum, while across Cary Street is a large parking lot. Which would be more advisable? Can a visitor use the larger lot if no street parking is available?
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the parking lot in front of the museum is in fact across Cary street. I think these references are all to one and the same. in fact, there is a lot right along cary, and an overflow lot …
the parking lot in front of the museum is in fact across Cary street. I think these references are all to one and the same. in fact, there is a lot right along cary, and an overflow lot below the floodwall along canal street.
The museum is free, but visitors can make voluntary donations. As I was leaving, I did put some money into a collection container but it is totally without obligation. The exhibition …
The museum is free, but visitors can make voluntary donations. As I was leaving, I did put some money into a collection container but it is totally without obligation. The exhibition is outstanding, by the way.
For an emotional person will it make them cry or something like that?
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I had avoided going because I had the same worries, but planned it as an activity early in the day, with a canal boat tour after. I also told myself that I could leave should the …
I had avoided going because I had the same worries, but planned it as an activity early in the day, with a canal boat tour after. I also told myself that I could leave should the experience become too intense. Even though it was extremely sobering and such a sad commentary on the depravity dealt and undergone, I was not brought to tears - I think because I, as most people, knew the gruesome general history. I had no difficulty in completing the tour, and felt enlightened and closer to the victimized at the end - they had so much to endure at every turn. I was mesmerized by being able to see actual clothes and belongings of people living through that terrible time.
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The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. During the …
The Holocaust was the systematic, bureaucratic, state-sponsored persecution and murder of approximately six million Jews by the Nazi regime and its collaborators. During the era of the...
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