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== Overview ==
== Overview ==


In 2008, the museum had an operating budget of $120.6 million.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ushmm.org/online/annualreport/a/p/2018-financial-statements.pdf |title=2018 Financial Statements |access-date=24 October 2019 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420010719/https://www.ushmm.org/online/annualreport/a/p/2018-financial-statements.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> a staff of about 400 employees, 125 contractors, 650 volunteers, 91 Holocaust survivors, and 175,000 members. It had local offices in [[New York City]], [[Boston]], [[Boca Raton]], [[Chicago]], Los Angeles, and [[Dallas]].<ref name="Press Kit">{{cite web |url=http://www.ushmm.org/museum/press/kits/details.php?content=99-general |title=Press Kit |publisher=Ushmm.org |access-date=2012-05-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705130142/http://www.ushmm.org/museum/press/kits/details.php?content=99-general |archive-date=2012-07-05}}</ref>
In 2008, the museum had an operating budget of $120.6 million.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.ushmm.org/online/annualreport/a/p/2018-financial-statements.pdf |title=2018 Financial Statements |access-date=24 October 2019 |archive-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420010719/https://www.ushmm.org/online/annualreport/a/p/2018-financial-statements.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> a staff of about 400 employees, 125 contractors, 650 volunteers, 91 Holocaust survivors, and 175,000 members. It had local offices in [[New York City]], Boston, [[Boca Raton]], [[Chicago]], Los Angeles, and [[Dallas]].<ref name="Press Kit">{{cite web |url=http://www.ushmm.org/museum/press/kits/details.php?content=99-general |title=Press Kit |publisher=Ushmm.org |access-date=2012-05-03 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705130142/http://www.ushmm.org/museum/press/kits/details.php?content=99-general |archive-date=2012-07-05}}</ref>


Since its dedication on April 22, 1993, the museum has had nearly 40 million visitors, including more than 10 million school children, 99 heads of state, and more than 3,500 foreign officials from over 211 countries and territories. The museum's visitors came from all over the world, and less than 10 percent are Jewish. In 2008, its website had 25 million visits, from an average of 100 countries daily. Thirty-five percent of these visits were from outside the United States.<ref name="ushmm1"/>
Since its dedication on April 22, 1993, the museum has had nearly 40 million visitors, including more than 10 million school children, 99 heads of state, and more than 3,500 foreign officials from over 211 countries and territories. The museum's visitors came from all over the world, and less than 10 percent are Jewish. In 2008, its website had 25 million visits, from an average of 100 countries daily. Thirty-five percent of these visits were from outside the United States.<ref name="ushmm1"/>