Join the Houston Holocaust Survivors and Descendants, together with Holocaust Museum Houston, for an innovative program for children ages 5-13. Explore the role of upstanders during the Holocaust with a reading of "The Whispering Town" followed by a discussion with a Holocaust survivor. "The Whispering Town" is the story of neighbors in a small fishing […]
Unidentified African American soldier in Union uniform with wife and two daughtersLibrary of Congress Celebrate African American History Month at the Museum as we explore family histories and genealogy. This full day of learning sessions is brought to you through a partnership between the Houston Public Library, Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research (HPL/CLA); the […]
Author Joseph Kanon Photo credit: Chad Griffith Join the Museum for a conversation with author Joseph Kanon, moderated by Ernie Manouse. Joseph Kanon is the internationally bestselling author of nine novels, which have been published in twenty-four languages: Los Alamos, which won the Edgar Award for best first novel; The Good German, which was made […]
Celebrate African American History Month with Boniuk Library as we highlight African American authors, stories, history, and culture. This month, Boniuk Library Book Club will be discussing “Bluebird, Bluebird” by Houston-born author Attica Locke. In this award winning novel, Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, returns to Texas to find himself caught up in the investigation […]
Holocaust Museum Houston's Latino Initiatives Advisory Committee and young professionals group, NEXTGen, invite you to a private film screening of “Dolores.” One of the most important, yet least known activists of our time, Dolores Huerta was an equal partner in founding the first farm workers union with César Chávez. Tirelessly leading the fight for racial […]
Celebrate African American History Month with Boniuk Library as we highlight African American authors, stories, history, and culture. This month, Boniuk Library Book Club will be discussing “Bluebird, Bluebird” by Houston-born author Attica Locke. In this award winning novel, Darren Mathews, a black Texas Ranger, returns to Texas to find himself caught up in the […]
Interested in joining the Holocaust Museum Houston (HMH) volunteer family? HMH is looking for new volunteers and docents to accommodate the myriad of exhibitions and increase in visitors at the newly expanded Lester and Sue Smith Campus. Those interested in Holocaust history, art, education and committed to impacting human rights in todays world are encouraged […]
Dr. Robert Jan Van Pelt will discuss the exhibition, Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away., that traces the development of Nazi ideology and tells the transformation of Auschwitz from an ordinary Polish town known as Oświęcim to the most significant Nazi site of the Holocaust—at which approximately 1 million Jews, and tens of thousands of […]
January 27, 2020 marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration and death camp in World War II. In 2005, the United Nations General Assembly designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day to honor the victims of the Holocaust. This year's commemoration at Holocaust Museum Houston includes a panel […]
40 min | Documentary, Short | 2017 (USA)Director, Drey Kleanthous Join Holocaust Museum Houston and AJC on International Holocaust Remembrance Day for a virtual screening of the film, “Life Will Smile.” “Life Will Smile” narrates the untold story of the humanism and bravery of the Greek civil society in the small, southernmost Ionian island, where—with […]