The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum has told Pokemon GO fans not to play the popular new mobile game in its premises, describing it as "extremely inappropriate" in a memorial dedicated to the victims of Nazism.
The game involves using a mobile device to find and capture virtual Pokemon characters at real life locations, including apparently inside the Washington-based museum.
The idea of players roaming its halls, eyes glued to phones in search of the computerized figures, shocked many after an image was posted online showing one of the characters located outside the doors to the museum's Helena Rubinstein Auditorium.
"We are attempting to have the museum removed from the game," the museum's communications director, Andy Hollinger, said in a statement.
The museum encourages visitors to use their mobile phones to share and engage with exhibits while visiting, he added.
"Technology can be an important learning tool, but this game falls far outside of our educational and memorial mission," Hollinger said.
INCNews, 13/07/2016-source: ©Reuters
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