Spring Break Free Admission

Holocaust Museum Houston

HMH is excited to announce extended free admission hours on Thursday, March 14 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Experience special programs in the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater: 11:00 a.m. - Film screening of Pura Belpré: Storyteller - co-sponsored by the Center for Puerto Rican Studies (CENTRO) at Hunter College - CUNY1:00 p.m. - Family friendly magic show with […]

Spring Break Drop-In Tours

Holocaust Museum Houston

Visitors interested in a docent-led experience can join one of the many drop-in tours throughout Spring Break. Tours are subject to availability. English Drop-In ToursSaturday, March 9 at 11:00 a.m., 1:00 p.m. and 2:00 p.m.Sunday, March 10 at 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m. and 2:30 p.m.Monday, March 11 at 11:00 a.m. and 2:00 p.m.Tuesday, March 12 at […]

Event Series Kinsey Collection Programs

DaCamera Young Artist Concert

Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater

DACAMERA Young Artists present a concert inspired by the exhibition The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection. This program will present collaborative works by Joseph Bologne, William Grant Still, Jessie Montgomery, and Houstonian jazz pianist and composer, Brooke Wyatt. The DACAMERA Young Artist program is a fellowship program for emerging professional instrumentalists, vocalists and […]

Resisters: How Ordinary Jews Fought Persecution in Hitler’s Germany

Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater

Jewish resistance during the Holocaust is still understood mostly in terms of rare armed group activities in the Nazi occupied East, for example ghetto uprisings or partisan activities. This new research is based on a broader definition and countless hitherto untapped sources, including local police and court records as well as video testimonies of survivors. […]

Event Series Kinsey Collection Programs

Artist Talk with Ava Cosey – Black Art Houston

Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater

Holocaust Museum Houston will host free admission Sunday, February 18, courtesy of Shell USA, in honor of Black Art Houston. Join Khambrel Marshall at 2 p.m. in conversation with Houston artist Ava Cosey as she reflects on her work including “Ancestor’s Torch” featured in The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection, on view in […]

Event Series Kinsey Collection Programs

Black Art Houston Free Admission

Holocaust Museum Houston

Presented by the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Black Art Houston is a celebration of contemporary Black art throughout the city. Holocaust Museum Houston will host free admission Sunday, February 18, courtesy of Shell USA, in honor of this immersive experience. Experience The Kinsey African American Art & History Collection free of charge. The exhibition celebrates the […]

Event Series Kinsey Collection Programs

Black Genealogy Workshop | Southern Plantations: “Tourism, Preservation, and Slave Records”

Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater

The Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society, Inc. - Willie Lee Gay H-Town Chapter will host a day of presentations and discussions focused on plantation tourism, how enslaved people are depicted at sites, plantation preservation, and how plantation records can help with researching the formerly enslaved.   Public programs at Holocaust Museum Houston are presented by […]

The Houston Symposium in Philosophy of Religion

Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater

The Houston Symposium in Philosophy of Religion presents a new series of talks about religion. It gathers scholars of all faiths from Houston, and other Texan universities, to share their research interests and to create a community. We invite faculty and students to join us, get to know their peers, and interact with the general […]

Film Screening | “Finding Light”

Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater

Doors open at 6 p.m. Join us to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day to illuminate the remarkable story of Holocaust survivor, Mrs. Naomi Warren z”l, Finding Light, which takes the audience on a journey that is simultaneously situated in the past while making relevant connections to the present through the lens of dance. Film screening […]

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

Holocaust Museum Houston

On January 27, 1945, Auschwitz-Birkenau was liberated by Soviet troops. In 2005, the UN General Assembly designated January 27 as International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Museum admission is free on this day every year so that all may come remember the six million Jews and other innocent victims of the Holocaust and honor the survivors’ legacy.