The program consists of permanent exhibitions, a library, theater, and additional support areas composing a full-service museum. The visitors? experience begins in an orientation room and then follows a meandering path through exhibition spaces that detail a history of the Shoah - the Hebrew word for the Holocaust - and other acts of genocide, the development of the human rights movement, and the legacy of these events. The journey culminates in a space for contemplation where there is a call for action: a single drop of water at the center of a shallow pool creates a series of ripples that extends to the pool?s perimeter, symbolizing the great effects that can be made by a single individual."