Guided tours
VISIT of the permanent exhibition and the Memorial
During the visit, students discover the Wall of Names, the crypt, and the exhibition on the fate of the Jews in. Europe and the role of the Vichy regime during the Second World War. Several themes are discussed, including the history of antisemitism, the major phases of the genocide, memories and their evolution.
VISIT-MEETING
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It includes a general visit of 1 hour 30 minutes followed by a meeting with a witness of 1 hour 45: former deportee, hidden child. This singular moment allows for a dialogue with the students. In the absence of the witness, an excerpt from the filmed testimony is presented.
Duration : 3h30
Minimum 2 classes – about 50 students
VISIT OF THE TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS
100 YEARS AFTER SIMONE VEIL’S BIRTH
Simone Veil. My sisters and I
> Until November 29, 2026
Images of the "green ticket" raid
> Until December 31, 2026
Joseph Kessel, the other and the elsewhere
> From January 22, 2027
Convoy 1
> From March 26, 2027
Duration: 1h30
Activities must be paid by check, bank transfer or cultural pass before the arrival of the groups.
STUDY VISIT OF A FILMED TESTIMONY
The Memorial offers the study of a filmed testimony broadcast after the visit. The activity is led by the guide using a questionnaire. The proposed themes and testimonials are:
- Foreigners in the Resistance (1940-1945) – CNRD
- The Vel d'Hiv roundup
(Intersecting journeys of three children, testimonies made by the USC Shoah Foundation)
- The genocide of the Tutsi in Rwanda: the journey of two surviving teenagers
- Adolfo Kaminsky, forger and resistant – CNRD
- To try war criminals in the aftermath of World War II.
Duration : 2 hours and 30 minutes
(the study of the filmed testimony lasts 1 hour)
These studies of filmed testimonies are also offered at the Shoah Memorial in Drancy.
Combined visit of the Paris and Drancy Shoah Memorials
- Visit of 1 hour 30 minutes to the Shoah Memorial in Paris
- Travel to Drancy (transport and meals at the expense of the establishments)
- Visit of 1 hour 30 minutes to the Shoah Memorial in Drancy
Touch Visit
School audience: visually impaired or blind
For students from 9th to 12th grade
Accompanied by a guide, the participants discover the different spaces of the institution and also apprehend by touch the parvis, the crypt and the Wall of Names. Audio testimonies of former deportees, administrative archives of the Shoah transcribed in Braille, as well as objects from our collections (textile, engraved metal or wood) help the group to approach the different stages of the "Final Solution" in Europe and in France.
Themes: History and memories of the Shoah, collaboration in France, deportation, Just.
Historical period: WWII.
Media: Audio testimonies, archives transcribed in Braille, engraved metal objects, wood or textile from our collections.
ITINERARY OF JEWISH FAMILIES DURING THE WAR
The Shoah Memorial offers guided tours adapted to teachers' educational projects (allophone students, European sections, Segpa, ULIS...). Through the journey of Charlotte Storch and Renée Lyszka, children hidden in occupied and free zones, visitors discover the major stages of the genocide of the Jews.
at the discovery of the memorial
For students from 9th to 12th grade
Themes: History, memoirs, microhistory, museology, architecture. historical periods World War II, contemporary history.
Supports: Monuments, archival documents, testimonies.
Activity: Using an investigation notebook, walking through the spaces and analyzing documents independently. Restitution with the Memorial’s guides. The memorial sites and the museum will be entirely dedicated to classes.
This activity is particularly in line with the recommendations aimed at organizing a historical or memorial visit related to racism, anti-Semitism or anti-Gypsyism.
Duration: 2h15
Dates:
- Friday, October 16, 2026 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
- Thursday, December 17, 2026 from 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
- Tuesday, January 12, 2027 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
- Tuesday, April 20, 2027 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
- Tuesday, June 1, 2027 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
Price: 99€
Tel.: 01 53 01 17 26 from Monday to Friday from 9:30 am to 5:30 pm or reservation.groupes@memorialdelashoah.org
