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Opening Hours:

Sunday to Wednesday: ‬08:30-17:00
Thursday: 8:30-20:00 *
* The Holocaust History Museum, Museum of Holocaust Art, Exhibitions Pavilion and Synagogue are open until 20:00. All other sites close at 17:00.

Fridays and Holiday eves: ‬08:30-14:00

Yad Vashem is closed on Saturdays and all Jewish Holidays.

Entrance to the Holocaust History Museum is not permitted for children under the age of 10. Babies in strollers or carriers will not be permitted to enter.

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Events 2017

Jews Rescuing Jews

Jews Rescuing Jews

11/12/2017
An emotional family reunion between Eliahu Pietzruska and Alexandre Pietzruska

Miraculous Family Reunion Thanks to Pages of Testimony on Yad Vashem's Online Shoah Victims' Names Database

20/11/2017
Australian Prime Minister Visits Yad Vashem

Australian Prime Minister Visits Yad Vashem

01/11/2017
New Zealand Governor-General at Yad Vashem

New Zealand Governor-General at Yad Vashem

30/10/2017
Miry Gross, Avner Shalev, Annette Wieviorka, Pierre-François Veil

Yad Vashem honors the late Simone Veil and marks the completion of a 10-year project funded by the Fondation pour la Mémoire de la Shoah collecting Names of Hungarian Holocaust Victims

26/10/2017
Dr. Christian Beals Campos, Relative of Samuel del Campo; Sergio Della Pergola, Member of the Committee for the Designation of Righteous Among the Nations; and Irena Steinfeldt, Director of the Righteous Among the Nations Department at Yad Vashem

Yad Vashem Honored Samuel del Campo, Righteous Among the Nations from Chile

23/10/2017
Secretary-General António Guterres tours the Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum with Dr. David Silberklang

UN Secretary General visited Yad Vashem

28/08/2017
Irish Foreign Minister Simon Coveney (right) at the exhibit on liberation in the Holocaust History Museum

Irish Foreign Minister Visits Yad Vashem

11/07/2017
Prime Minister of India lays a wreath in the Hall of Remembrance Yad Vashem

Indian Prime Minister Visits Yad Vashem

04/07/2017
Marlee Matlin together with Jay Ruderman, President of the Ruderman Family Foundation in the Hall of Names, Yad Vashem

Marlee Matlin visits Yad Vashem

25/06/2017
Ambassador Nikki Haley signs the Yad Vashem Guest Book

U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Visits Yad Vashem

09/06/2017
United States President Donald J. Trump signing the Yad Vashem guestbook, with Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev

United States President Donald J. Trump Visits Yad Vashem

23/05/2017
Director of the Art Department and Art Curator Eliad Moreh-Rosenberg guided the President of Germany, Frank-Walter Steinmeier, through the Museum of Holocaust Art, where some 120 artworks created during or immediately after the Holocaust are on permanent

German President at Yad Vashem

05/05/2017
Dr. Robert Rozett (right), Director of Yad Vashem's Libraries, guided the President of the Slovak Republic, Andrej Kiska, through the Holocaust History Museum, which includes a display on anti-Jewish acts in a number of European countries during WWII, inc

Slovak President at Yad Vashem

29/03/2017
Dr. Na'ama Shik, Director of Yad Vashem's International School for Holocaust Studies' e-Learning Department, moderated the symposium

"Such a Beautiful Sunny Day"

15/03/2017
Governor Andrew Cuomo was guided through the Holocaust History Museum by Dr. Robert Rozett, Director of the Yad Vashem Libraries

New York Governor Visits Yad Vashem

05/03/2017
Dr. Haim Gertner

Prof. Yaffa Eliach Shtetl Collection Now Online

20/02/2017
The Israeli and German Justice Ministers were greeted by Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev (right) and Arik Rav-On, Director of the International Relations Division German-Speaking Countries Desk

German Justice Minister at Yad Vashem

08/02/2017
Prime Minister Michel toured the Holocaust History Museum, including the reconstructed "Leszno Street" of the Warsaw ghetto

Belgian PM at Yad Vashem

07/02/2017
International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017

International Holocaust Remembrance Day 2017

26/01/2017
The Prime Minister toured the Holocaust History Museum, which tells the chronological story of the Holocaust from the Jewish viewpoint, through individual accounts, artifacts and testimonies

Croatian Prime Minister at Yad Vashem

25/01/2017
President Duda and his wife Agata toured the Holocaust History Museum, guided by Orit Margaliot of the International School for Holocaust Studies

Polish President Visits Yad Vashem

17/01/2017