Get kids ready to learn through reading, writing, listening, singing, playing, and talking. Read a book with the librarian from the Boniuk Library Children’s collection and more! For children ages 2-7 and their guardians. This weekly program is free to attend. No RSVP required. Please note: Face masks are required for all guests ages two and up. […]
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.
In correlation with the exhibition Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare, join us for a special presentation by historian and author Dr. John S. Huntington. John S. Huntington is a professor of history at Houston Community College in Houston, Texas. A native of Georgetown, Texas, he worked in K-12 education before joining the college ranks. Dr. […]
All times are presented in Central Time. Presented with Evelyn Rubenstein Jewish Community Center of Houston. In 2000, award-winning investigative journalist, Silvia Foti traveled to Lithuania for a ceremony to honor her late grandfather, Jonas Noreika. Raised on stories of his heroism in World War II, Foti was disturbed by rumors she began hearing – her grandfather had been a “Jew killer.” So began Foti’s 20-year quest […]
Get kids ready to learn through reading, writing, listening, singing, playing, and talking. Read a book with the librarian from the Boniuk Library Children’s collection and more! For children ages 2-7 and their guardians. This weekly program is free to attend. No RSVP required. Please note: Face masks are required for all guests ages two and up. […]
In correlation with the exhibit Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare, join us for a special presentation by historian Dr. David Johnson on his book, The Lavender Scare: The Cold War Persecution of Gays and Lesbians in the Federal Government. The McCarthy era is generally considered the worst period of political repression in recent American history. But while […]
Get kids ready to learn through reading, writing, listening, singing, playing, and talking. Read a book with the librarian from the Boniuk Library Children’s collection and more! For children ages 2-7 […]
This event is a rebroadcast of the November 2021 presentation by the Campaign for Uyghurs held at Holocaust Museum Houston The Uyghurs, a Turkic Muslim group, have been targeted by […]
In correlation with the exhibit Blacklist: The Hollywood Red Scare, join us for a special screening of the film Salt of the Earth. Synopsis: At New Mexico's Empire Zinc mine, Mexican American workers […]
Join us for a one-day Holocaust 101 education workshop for teachers. Educators will learn how to approach the subject of the Holocaust in the classroom. The workshop will use Holocaust […]