Yad Vashem

Yad Vashem is the Holocaust memorial museum in Jerusalem, Israel. I've been to many war and holocaust museums all over the world, for personal research as well as set work. However, Yad Vashem is probably the most interesting of them all.

The first interesting thing to note is the architecture. It is a concrete triangular prism that juts over the edge of a mountain, with the far end a skylight open to the elements.

From the inside you can see right through to the end, giving the impression of a long journey through the mountain which culminates in a light at the end.


There are rooms off each side which have more information and multimedia interactive exhibitions.

Yad Vashem is the world's leading Holocaust museum, which continues ongoing research into the holocaust, and even raises awareness about genocides in other countries. Millions of people visit each year, and having been myself 3 or 4 times, there is always something new which opens my mind up about different things. It is a fantastic museum and learning centre, and if you are ever in Israel, you have to visit it.