Living, as we do, in a time of unmitigated hatred, hate crimes, acts of antisemitism and extremism, we must take steps of awareness and action. With programming, to include social media posts and a six-part workshop series (offered virtually), Holocaust Museum Houston takes on a new kind of leadership and outreach. The goal of the Creating Possibility […]
In correlation with the exhibit Withstand: Latinx Art During Times of Conflict, author and historian Dr. Dwight Watson will discuss his book, Race and the Houston Police Department 1930-1990. In Houston, as in the rest of the American South up until the 1950s, the police force reflected and enforced the segregation of the larger society. […]
Cost: $7 Why does Holocaust Museum Houston have a Human Rights Gallery? What are human rights? How can you stand up for your rights and the rights of others? Find out on a Girl Scouts-exclusive virtual tour of Holocaust Museum Houstons Human Rights Gallery. A museum educator will be on hand to answer questions and […]
Living, as we do, in a time of unmitigated hatred, hate crimes, acts of antisemitism and extremism, we must take steps of awareness and action. With programming, to include social media posts and a six-part workshop series (offered virtually), Holocaust Museum Houston takes on a new kind of leadership and outreach. The goal of the Creating Possibility […]
In partnership with go baz and Fraternitas, HMH welcomes visitors to enjoy free admission to the Museums Holocaust, Human Rights, Diaries and Samuel Bak galleries on Thursdays from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. Thanks to the generosity of go baz and Fraternitas, visitors will also enjoy complimentary entry to Notorious RBG: The Life and Times […]
Mandela with a raised fist, moments after his release from prison (after 27 years) on February 11, 1990.Photograph by Graeme Williams Explore Mandela: Struggle for Freedom, a rich sensory experience of imagery, soundscape, digital media and objects, explores the earthshaking fight for justice and human dignity in South Africa – and its relevance to issues of […]
Doors open at 7:00 p.m. CST Apollo Chamber Players presents Music of Exile. A cross-cultural, millennia-spanning program of diasporic new music inspired by composers seeking to illuminate our individual and collective histories. Music of Exile features newly commissioned music by Syrian-American composer Malek Jandali, Israeli-born composer Gilad Cohen, and the world premiere of "Distant Shores" by Rice University faculty […]
Join us for an evening with Fredy Peccerelli, the Executive Director of FAFG, The Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (Fundación de Antropología Forense de Guatemala), a nonprofit contributing to the strengthening of the justice system and the respect for human rights through the investigation and documentation of historic violations of the right to life in cases […]
Living, as we do, in a time of unmitigated hatred, hate crimes, acts of antisemitism and extremism, we must take steps of awareness and action. With programming, to include social media posts and a six-part workshop series (offered virtually), Holocaust Museum Houston takes on a new kind of leadership and outreach. The goal of the Creating Possibility […]
Cost: $7 Holocaust Museum Houston invites you to a special Girl Scout-only virtual tour of our Holocaust Gallery to commemorate Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Remembrance Day). Learn about what the Holocaust was, how the Nazis came to power, how people stood up to the Nazis, what happened in the aftermath of the Holocaust, and why we […]