Jenrick announces free admission to the proposed UK Holocaust Memorial
Announcement puts the new national memorial on a similar footing to the most important monuments and museums in UK.
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28 January 2021
Government to provide free entry for all visitors to the proposed new national Memorial and Learning Centre, in perpetuity.
Commitment ensures everyone can pay their respects, contemplate and honour, the six million Jewish men, women and children who were murdered in the Holocaust and all other victims of Nazi persecution.
Announcement puts the new national memorial on a similar footing to the most important monuments and museums in UK.
The national Holocaust memorial centre in Westminster will be free “in perpetuity” to visitors when it opens, the Communities Secretary has announced.
Robert Jenrick said the decision would put the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre, due to be built in Victoria Tower Gardens next to Parliament, on the same footing as the UK’s most significant museums and monuments.
The Government said the centre, scheduled to open in 2024, will be the focal point for national remembrance of the six million Jewish men, women and children murdered in the Holocaust and all other victims of Nazi persecution, along with providing a place for reflection on “subsequent genocides”.