San Francisco Rental Car and the Museum of Tolerance

After leaving your San Francisco rental car in the parking lot, start at the Tolerancenter, where you will focus on issues of intolerance that are part of the everyday life of Americans. Start by parking your San Francisco rental car outside the Point of View Diner, a recreation of a 1950s diner that "serves" a menu of controversial topics on video jukeboxes. Scenarios such as drunk driving and hate speech bring a sense of personal responsibility and ask for personal opinions on the topic.
Next there is the Millennium Machine, a time machine that takes you through the various human rights abuses that are taking place all over the world, such as the exploitation of women and children, terrorism, and the plight of refugees and political prisoners. The exhibit encourages people to talk about solutions to these problems.
After, you will come across a 16-screen video wall that goes through the civil rights movement in America using footage and interviews from that time period. There is also a section that shows films on Bosnia, Rwanda, and contemporary hate groups that are still committing human rights violations.

The newest and largest multimedia exhibition is entitled Finding Our Families, Finding Ourselves showcases the diversity within the personal histories of several noted Americans such as Maya Angelou, Billy Crystal, Carlos Santana, and Joe Torre.

Step back in time

Finally, as you explore the Museum of Tolerance you will step back into the past to the events of World War II before going back to your San Francisco rental car. You will become one of the witnesses to these events and relive a decade in Germany before World War II. You will learn what it is like to be persecuted in a country that you thought was home. Each visitor gets a passport with the story of a child who was affected by the Holocaust. As you move through the exhibit, the story will be updated until at the end, you find out what happened to that child. You will see scenes of ordinary people discussing their concerns over the Nazis before Hitler took over Berlin and what was to happen to those people. Next, there is a reenactment of the meeting where Nazi leaders decided on "The Final Solution of the Jewish Question" in Europe. Finally, you will see the stories of the people who survived the Holocaust.

Visiting the museum

A visit to the Museum of Tolerance is a great place to stop in Los Angeles with your San Francisco rental car. The museum is open Monday through Thursday from 11:00 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. On Friday it is open at 11:00 a.m. and the last entry is at 1:00 p.m. They are closed Saturdays. Sunday, the museum is open from 11:00 a.m. until 7:30 p.m. The museum is closed on Saturdays and Jewish holidays, as well as many public holidays. Admission is $15 for adults, $13 for seniors, $11 for students with I.D. and youth, and $11 for children. The museum is located in the Simon Wiesenthal Plaza at 9786 West Pico Boulevard on the southeast corner of Pico Boulevard and Roxbury Drive.