![Pictured are Heads of the International Delegations, together with President and Mrs. Katsav; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Silvan Shalom; Minister of Education, Culture and Sport Limor Livnat; Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorat](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/groupPhoto.jpg?itok=pdJY_K-E)
![Pictured are Heads of the International Delegations, together with President and Mrs. Katsav; Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Silvan Shalom; Minister of Education, Culture and Sport Limor Livnat; Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorat](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/groupPhoto.jpg?itok=gURCkzq9)
![President of the State of Israel Moshe Katsav, escorted by Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Avner Shalev, cuts the ribbon inaugurating the New Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/katzav_0.jpg?itok=lDO9yEpT)
![President of the State of Israel Moshe Katsav, escorted by Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Avner Shalev, cuts the ribbon inaugurating the New Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/katzav_0.jpg?itok=bwAAL8oS)
![Rabbi Israel Meir Lau places the mezuzah on the entrance to the New Holocaust History Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/lau_0.jpg?itok=auXg56W6)
![Rabbi Israel Meir Lau places the mezuzah on the entrance to the New Holocaust History Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/lau_0.jpg?itok=CtX6zy4i)
![Avner Shalev, together with the Heads of the Delegations, view a gallery in the New Museum depicting the Warsaw Ghetto](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/shalev_2.jpg?itok=ZcWbpqNX)
![Avner Shalev, together with the Heads of the Delegations, view a gallery in the New Museum depicting the Warsaw Ghetto](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/shalev_2.jpg?itok=5XJ-yBZS)
![Leaders from the around the world view a gallery in the New Museum depicting the Final Solution](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/shalev2.jpg?itok=HH9DStVu)
![Leaders from the around the world view a gallery in the New Museum depicting the Final Solution](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/shalev2.jpg?itok=OUTx8Vms)
![Evening ceremony marking the inauguration of the New Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/DSC_0053_0.jpg?itok=iGBSzNne)
![Evening ceremony marking the inauguration of the New Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/DSC_0053_0.jpg?itok=P7Cf0x_5)
![Evening ceremony marking the inauguration of the New Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/DSC_000228.jpg?itok=8yWnU40G)
![Evening ceremony marking the inauguration of the New Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/DSC_000228.jpg?itok=DsOL82IN)
![Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaks during the Inaugural Ceremony of the New Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Sharon_4.jpg?itok=4_1zwfeF)
![Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaks during the Inaugural Ceremony of the New Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Sharon_4.jpg?itok=h8LPALaV)
![President Moshe Katsav addresses the audience during the Inaugural Ceremony of the New Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Katsav_5.jpg?itok=h0esjykc)
![President Moshe Katsav addresses the audience during the Inaugural Ceremony of the New Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Katsav_5.jpg?itok=lnkXYj5H)
![Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Avner Shalev addresses the audience during the Inaugural Ceremony of the New Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/Shalev_3.jpg?itok=bnu8JBEl)
![Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate Avner Shalev addresses the audience during the Inaugural Ceremony of the New Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/Shalev_3.jpg?itok=J6AYGxKr)
![Minister of Education, Culture and Sport Limor Livnat speaks during the Inaugural Ceremony of the New Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/livnat_3.jpg?itok=EU63uc_c)
![Minister of Education, Culture and Sport Limor Livnat speaks during the Inaugural Ceremony of the New Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/livnat_3.jpg?itok=TNLTegbP)
![United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan delivers his address at the ceremony marking the inauguration of the New Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/anann_0.jpg?itok=hc1MaGSW)
![United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan delivers his address at the ceremony marking the inauguration of the New Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/anann_0.jpg?itok=vJJListZ)
![Prof. Elie Wiesel delivers his address at the ceremony marking the inauguration of the New Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/wisel_0.jpg?itok=wDC6wYZD)
![Prof. Elie Wiesel delivers his address at the ceremony marking the inauguration of the New Museum](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/wisel_0.jpg?itok=px-De06h)
Sunday to Thursday: 09:00-17:00
Fridays and Holiday eves: 09:00-14:00
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.