![Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate, kindles the Memorial Torch](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/DSC_0091_0.jpg?itok=RuVRC3J_)
![Avner Shalev, Chairman of the Yad Vashem Directorate, kindles the Memorial Torch](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/DSC_0091_0.jpg?itok=DTxHbLY3)
![Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaking at the ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/DSC_0123_1.jpg?itok=rXXQIDk9)
![Prime Minister Ariel Sharon speaking at the ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs' and Heroes' Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/DSC_0123_1.jpg?itok=XE77bmAR)
![President Moshe Katsav speaking at the ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/DSC_0118_0.jpg?itok=thKfuS0k)
![President Moshe Katsav speaking at the ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/DSC_0118_0.jpg?itok=VZEGKwau)
![Noach Flug, Chairman of the Center of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel, speaking on behalf of the survivors at the ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/DSC_0156_0.jpg?itok=QZZqB-5p)
![Noach Flug, Chairman of the Center of Organizations of Holocaust Survivors in Israel, speaking on behalf of the survivors at the ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/DSC_0156_0.jpg?itok=nPidKhhV)
![Paratroopers stand at attention during ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/DSC_0143_0.jpg?itok=RAMJDCs3)
![Paratroopers stand at attention during ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/DSC_0143_0.jpg?itok=j_T4s_AE)
![Yerakhmiyel Felzenshteyn lights a torch during the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/DSC_0140_0.jpg?itok=C2xDkNlL)
![Yerakhmiyel Felzenshteyn lights a torch during the ceremony](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/DSC_0140_0.jpg?itok=ffI1VT2M)
![Sarit Hadad sings at the ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/DSC_0172.jpg?itok=cK7qchDy)
![Sarit Hadad sings at the ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/DSC_0172.jpg?itok=JuC5XEUT)
![Conductor and Violinist Shlomo Mintz performs during the ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/main_image/public/DSC_0134_0.jpg?itok=vKLFbCmB)
![Conductor and Violinist Shlomo Mintz performs during the ceremony marking Holocaust Martyrs’ and Heroes’ Remembrance Day](https://www.yadvashem.org/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail/public/DSC_0134_0.jpg?itok=GH8Q1CsE)
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.