Events

  Holocaust Museum Houston is proud to present Resistance: They Fought Back as part of the Houston Jewish Film Festival.     "We’ve all heard of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, […]

Storybook Opera, Music of the Butterfly: A Story of Hope tells the true story of young Renée, whose love of music and memories of butterflies in her Hungarian childhood sustain […]

  Join Holocaust Museum Houston in the Boniuk Library for an afternoon discussion with local author Darlene Campos of her book The Center of the Earth. This historical fiction aimed middle grade […]

Join Holocaust Museum Houston for an intimate author talk in the Boniuk Library.  Houston local Christian Bancroft is the author of A Ghost Has No Fantasies. "Through haunting poetry and prose, A Ghost Has No Fantasies illuminates the forgotten voices of LGBTQ+ individuals who suffered under Nazi persecution. Drawing from archival documents, survivor testimonies, and Gestapo files, Christian […]

Storybook Opera, Music of the Butterfly: A Story of Hope tells the true story of young Renée, whose love of music and memories of butterflies in her Hungarian childhood sustain her through the darkness of the Holocaust. With lyrical storytelling and vivid illustrations, this powerful story introduces young people to history through a message of […]

Please join Holocaust Museum Houston for the final presentation of Riverwood Middle School's award winning production of And a Child Shall Lead by Michael Slade.   

  Between 1940-1945 the sheer luck of where you were living made a world of difference to the Jews of Scandinavia.  For unique political and geographic reasons, the Scandinavian Jews of Sweden, Norway, and Denmark had very different experiences. During the German occupation, Jews were rounded up and sent to concentration camps.  Defying the occupying […]

HMH is excited to announce extended free admission hours on Thursday, March 12 and Thursday March 19 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Please note: Docent-guided drop-in tours are available on a first come, first served basis, and are included with general admission. A signup sheet is available at the Admissions Desk 30 minutes before […]

BUBBY’S KITCHEN, CREATED AND PERFORMED BY SHIRA GINSBURG Presented by Music at Emanu El and the Evelyn Rubenstein JCC In partnership with Holocaust Museum Houston Kaplan Theater, ERJCC$36 Reserved SeatingCantor Shira Ginsburg returns to present her one-woman musical. Bubby’s Kitchen is a moving exploration of family, identity, and self-discovery, set against the backdrop of the Holocaust and […]

Join Holocaust Museum Houston for this program featuring music from distinguished violinist Ilana Zaks Nederlander with a lecture by Boris Lurie Art Foundation Executive Director Stephanie Stebich. The evening will shine a light on the life and legacy of Boris Lurie who survived the Holocaust and went on to become an artist, writer, activist, and […]