Pokemon Go players are being asked to refrain from trying to catch Pokemon at one particular location.
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The game seems disrespectful, especially in more solemn parts of the complex like the Hall of Remembrance, museum communications director Andrew Hollinger told The Post.
The Holocaust Museum in Washington D.C.is a deeply affecting memorial to the victims of Nazism during World War II, and home to a number of historical exhibits from the period.
“We are trying to find out if we can get the museum excluded from the game”, Hollinger said. But to make things worse, a user posted a now-deleted image online purporting to show the Poison Gas Pokémon Koffing appearing in the museum. PokeStops are public places – generally recognized landmarks – where players can pick up free in-game items in their efforts to catch Pokemon.
The Pokémon Go craze is sweeping across America.
Officials at the National Holocaust Museum are asking people not to play Pokemon Go at the facility that’s dedicated to those who were killed during the Holocaust.
Several of the attractions at Crystal Bridges are featured in the game as Pokestops, and the museum, upon discovering this, made a decision to use them to attract visitors. “But this game falls very much outside that”, he said.
On Monday afternoon, there were plenty of people inside the museum who seemed to be distracted from its haunting exhibits as they tried to “catch “em all”.
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Dustin, the player who planted the lure, bragged to Washington Post about catching the crablike Krabby in the lobby while waiting for a tour.
