Audio Tour: Yad Vashem Holocaust Remembrance Center Ticket

The listing costs $11 per person. Museum entry at Yad Vashem is free for everyone, so the whole fee goes toward the audio guide service, the headsets and the booking handling. Every traveller needs a ticket, and a single booking can cover up to five people.

Children from age 10 to 15 count in the child band, and from 16 up you book as an adult. There is no per-group option here, which is different from some private listings on our site.

What you get and what you pay extra for

• Headsets to hear the audio guide clearly
• A reserved entry time, with the link sent on the booking confirmation
• All taxes, fees and handling charges
• Audio guide in eight languages: English, French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian, Mandarin and Traditional Chinese

• Parking on site, an $8.00 fee payable at the premises
• Food and drinks
• The museum itself charges nothing, but advance registration is required for every visit and this ticket handles that for you

Cancellation is simple. You get a full refund if you cancel at least 24 hours before your scheduled entry time. After that there is nothing to refund, since the ticket itself is modest in price.

The visit starts at the Yad Vashem visitor centre on the Mount of Remembrance in Jerusalem. You make your own way there. The light rail line L1 stops at Mount Herzl, a short walk from the site, and there is underground parking if you drive, though it costs $8.

Show your confirmation and enter at your reserved time.

Opening rules you should know

• Open Sunday and Wednesday 09:00-16:00, Tuesday 09:00-14:00, Monday and Thursday 09:00-19:00
• Friday and holiday eves 09:00-13:00
• Closed Saturday and on Jewish holidays
• Entry to the Holocaust History Museum stops one hour before closing
• Advance registration is required for every visit, which this ticket provides

Yad Vashem advises allowing one and a half to two hours for the museum, which matches the listing's own one to two hour estimate. Dress with shoulders and knees covered out of respect at the memorial site, wear comfortable shoes and bring a hat and water, especially in summer when afternoon highs reach 30°C (86°F).

The audio guide carries you through the main museum, gallery by gallery, in your chosen language. Each gallery pairs personal stories with hundreds of photographs, artifacts and works of art on display. You control the pace completely, pausing where you want to linger.

The first gallery

As you enter, the first display is the video artwork called "Living Landscape". The piece runs 13 meters and is composed of original film clips and photographs showing Jewish life in Europe before the Second World War. From there the exhibition moves chronologically through the period, with the audio guide explaining what you are looking at in each room.

Practical notes for the visit

• Entry to the Holocaust History Museum is only from age 10
• Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller around the site, but the museum itself has the age rule
• The site is wheelchair accessible
• The audio guide comes in eight languages, so check your language is among them before booking

If you prefer a human voice rather than headphones, the guided Jerusalem Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum Tour covers the same museum in two hours with a live guide and headsets, though it has a minimum age of 14 and no infants or strollers.

This is an easy listing physically. It suits all fitness levels, since you walk the museum at your own speed and stop whenever you like. The site is wheelchair accessible, and prams and strollers are allowed on the grounds.

There are no documents to bring beyond your booking confirmation with the entry time link.

Age and language

The Holocaust History Museum admits visitors only from age 10, so this listing does not work for families with younger children. Groups are capped at five travellers per booking, and there is no live guide. The audio guide runs in eight languages, so English speakers are fine, and so are French, German, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian and Mandarin speakers.

The honest constraint

Parking is $8 on site, and the entry time link arrives with the booking confirmation rather than instantly. If you need to enter at a specific hour on a busy day, book ahead and watch your email for that link. If you would rather have a live guide answer questions, or you are travelling with children under 10 or 14, consider the twin listing or a broader city tour instead.

This audio guide ticket and its twin, the Jerusalem Yad Vashem Holocaust History Museum Tour, start at the same place, the Yad Vashem visitor centre, and both are wheelchair accessible with free cancellation up to 24 hours before. The differences are clear. The audio ticket costs $1 less, runs one to two hours at your own pace, admits children from age 10, allows strollers and works in eight languages.

The guided twin costs $12, runs a fixed two hours with an English-speaking live guide, admits only from age 14 and bans infants and strollers. Both require you to reach the site on your own, and parking costs $8 either way. Pick the audio guide for independence and younger children in the 10 to 13 range.

Pick the guided tour for a live expert and teenagers or adults only.

The table sets this listing against the closest alternatives in the catalog on price, length and where it starts. Here is how the Yad Vashem options sit against other Jerusalem listings. Figures current for Q4 2026.

Choose this audio ticket if you value independence and price. Choose the guided twin if you want a person to ask questions of. Choose a full-day tour if Yad Vashem is one stop among many you want to see, and note that the coach options only include it on Mondays and Thursdays.