7 Facts About United States Holocaust Memorial Museum

1. In 2015, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum broke ground on the David and Fela Shapell Family Collections, Conservation, and Research Center, a state-of-the-art home for the Museum's collection of record on the Holocaust.

2. In 1994, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum dedicated the plaza on Raoul Wallenberg Place to General Dwight David Eisenhower and the soldiers who fought under his command.

3. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is a warning that technological progress is not moral progress.

4. On its website, online exhibitions, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum published the Holocaust Encyclopedia—an online, multilingual encyclopedia detailing the events surrounding the Holocaust.

5. The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum building and the exhibitions within are intended to evoke deception, fear, and solemnity, in contrast to the comfort and grandiosity usually associated with Washington, DC public buildings.

6. Since its dedication on April 22, 1993, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum has had nearly 40 million visitors, including more than 10 million school children, 99 heads of state, and more than 3,500 foreign officials from over 211 countries.

7. In 2008, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum had a staff of about 400 employees, 125 contractors, 650 volunteers, 91 Holocaust survivors, and 175,000 members.