26 Apr 2025
This is a truly wonderful museum, but it is far too big to cover in one day, so you have to pick and choose if your time is limited. I found the family itinerary on the website very helpful in planning our day. We went with our 11 year old child, and she is quite interested in history, so we probably spent about 4 hours there. In addition to taking in several well-done exhibits, we saw Beyond All Boundaries , the 4D cinematic experience. It has some startling noises and intense content, so parents should judge the appropriateness for their children. We also did the New Freedom Theater experience. The museum is clearly puts the US in the most positive light possible, and, as a history teacher, I would have liked to have seen a more nuanced discussion of topics such as dropping the A-bombs and other topics. But overall, the museum provides excellent insight to the most important event of the 20th Century.