Calmer Days at Holocaust Museum

Things have calmed down at the United States Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., which was so thronged with visitors in the months after it opened that its director asked visitors to delay their trips.

These days, said a spokeswoman, some days are very busy, but others are not. “If you are in line when the box office opens,” she said, “you have a good chance of getting in.”

Beginning Tuesday, the box office will move up its opening to 10 a.m. Admission is free, but tickets are required and then, only for the Permanent Exhibition. The box office does not issue advance tickets, which can be acquired through Ticketmaster (tel. 800-551-7328) for $3 per ticket and $1.25 per order.

Even without a ticket, visitors may see all the special exhibitions at the museum, which is located at 100 Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW; tel. (202) 488-0400. The museum is open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. every day except Christmas and Yom Kippur (Sept. 15).