The Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C. is to me an example setting tone through architecture. I went during 7th grade and even then I immediately understood the reverence with which I needed to walk through the building, which I think speaks not only to the tragedy that is holocaust, but also to how the museum presents that story through its layout and exhibits. As a kid who only knew passing information about the holocaust itself, this museum shows you directly the conditions, experiences and faces of the people who went through the event. I distinctly remember being blown away at the various rooms they had set aside to show you the shoes that were taken off the prisoners, as well as the room that had portraits stacked from floor to ceiling. It is a museum I think everyone should take time to see at least once in their life because it humanizes an event which was so unspeakably tragic. All of that being said it was by far my favorite museum in Washington D.C. and I would very much like to go back with older eyes to experience it again.