The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum will reopen Monday, Oct. 26, with a number of COVID-19 safety measures in place. Those measures include limited capacity, face mask requirements for visitors, temperature checks and social distancing rules.

The museum will be open from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily, except for Wednesdays. Visitors have to reserve timed-entry tickets, which will be restricted to groups of six people or less. People aged two and older must wear face masks, and hand-sanitizing stations will be placed throughout the building. Visitors will also be asked health-screening questions, such as whether they’re experiencing any symptoms of COVID-19 and whether they’ve recently been around anyone who has the disease.

In a statement, museum director Sara Bloomfield says the museum will continue to offer virtual programming. The building will receive “enhanced cleanings,” while its HVAC system has seen “enhanced filtration” upgrades, according to a press release.

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Certain parts of the museum, including the “Americans and the Holocaust” exhibit, the resource center, and the library and reading rooms, will remain closed for now. Visitors will have to enter on 15th Street NW (Raoul Wallenberg Place) as the 14th Street NW entrance will still be closed.

The Holocaust Museum joins a growing number of cultural institutions that have reopened with coronavirus precautions under D.C.’s Phase Two reopening. Other museums that are open include the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the International Spy Museum, the National Museum of Women in the Arts, and the National Museum of African American History and Culture.

The Holocaust Museum has seen more than 45 million visitors since it debuted in 1993. In 2018, it saw more than 1.6 million visitors in person and more than 20 million visitors online.