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Virginia Holocaust Museum, Richmond, VA

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Virginia Holocaust Museum

Walk through Holocaust history in an old tobacco warehouse in Shockoe Bottom, including a full copy of the Nuremberg trial courtroom.

2000 East Cary Street, Richmond, VA 23223 · Richmond, VA

About Virginia Holocaust Museum

Founded in 1997, this museum tells the history of the Holocaust from inside the former American Tobacco Company warehouse in Richmond's Shockoe Bottom. Exhibits include a full recreation of Courtroom 600, where the Nuremberg trials were held, and an authentic German freight car from the Third Reich. There is also a holographic theater. Adult admission is $10, and children, students and active military get in free.

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