Im visiting the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum any tips?|135337

I am visiting the Holocaust Memorial Museum in DC a month or two and I_m planning the trip now. Any tips? Where are some cool sight-seeing places around the city that I can check out?

Book your tickets now. Its free to get into the museum, but its best to reserve your ticket ahead of time, so that you will be able to get in, since this is a very popular museum, and they run out of tickets quickly. Prepare yourself to believe everything you see, since this is probally the best museum out there, and some of it may seem outragous (i.e. the experements) but its so amazing to relive that time just for an afternoon. Its 4 floors, each divided into each section of what happened during WWII, and you need a full afternoon to soak it all in.

I would also suggest the spy museum, (who knew that Julia Childs was a spy?) its a fun one to go see, and the memorials that are a MUST see are the FDR, WWII and Vietnam. I would also spend some time in VA, if you can fit it in, Old Towne Alexandria is fun to just walk around and see the shops along King Street.

Since the museum is so popular, its a timed entrance on when you can go..


http://www.ushmm.org/visit/

Wear your comfortable shoes. If you are there when the cherry blossoms are blooming, the museums will be thick with tourists. Honestly, I went to the Holocaust Memorial Museum just to pass the time and came away thinking it was the best museum in the whole world. You will love it. If you are a fan of Lincoln_s make sure you go to Ford_s Theater.

be prepared for the holocaust museum b/c it is a very intense experience. all of the smithsonian museums are great. (air and space is my favorite) and it_s worth ur time to go to the spy museum.