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Old 12-29-2010, 03:59 PM
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Originally Posted by piece-itpete View Post
I've been there twice, the first time the temporary exhibit. At the time it was about the liberation of the camps. Leaving, men were quiet and some women were even crying. The regular exhibit, folks came out like any other museum for the most part which I considered a failure of sorts.

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I've been to the Holocaust Museum several times. Maybe because I've seen the real thing many times over, I find it somewhat underwhelming - even dumbed down.

If you want a real dumbed-down experience, visit the newly renovated National Museum of American History on the Mall. I think it was redone at an 8th grade intelligence level. I used to like the somewhat shabby previous iteration of the museum. Today's refurbished version focuses too much on popular culture for my tastes.
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