The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum stands at 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place SW in Washington, D.C., beside the Washington Monument. James Ingo Freed of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners designed it, with Finegold Alexander & Associates. The federal government provided the land, and private sources raised nearly $190 million. The cornerstone was laid in October 1988, and the museum was dedicated on April 22, 1993.
It opened to the public on April 26, 1993. The site covers 1.9 acres (0.77 hectares). The article says the exterior blends neoclassical, Georgian and modern architecture, and that the building was created to be a resonator of memory.
A hexagonal Hall of Remembrance holds an eternal flame, and a glass bridge crosses the Hall of Witness. Blue etched glass appears in the bridges. Severud Associates was the structural engineer.
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