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Learn about the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.

Learn about the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, Washington, D.C.

An overview of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., from the documentary Riches, Rivals & Radicals: 100 Years of Museums in America.
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Transcript

[Music in]

NARRATOR: This museum is created to be a story. It was designed by theater producers.

ELAINE HEUMANN GURIAN: It is a linear experience. You cannot, for example, wander about as you can in the gallery of most museums. And when you think about it, wandering about is really a democratic decision—that is, you pick what you're gonna see and in what order.

In the Holocaust Museum it's really an autocratic decision. You either go forward or you go home, but there is no wandering about, thank you.

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