In this talk, Dr. Taína Caragol will address the growing presence of Latinx art in the National Portrait Gallerys exhibitions and permanent collection in the last decade and its national impact. Dr. Taína Caragol joined the National Portrait Gallery in 2013 as the first curator for Latinx art and history and in 2015, her role […]
Join us for a musical performance by Lucio Feuillet with special guest Dr. Daniel Castro Pantoja during our first Summer Free Day. This event will be bilingual in English/Spanish and will be screened in the museum theater and virtually over Zoom. Reserve your free ticket to view this program in person at the Museum: hmh.org/tickets […]
Enjoy free admission and visit the Museum’s special juried exhibition, Withstand: Latinx Art in Times of Conflict, which explores themes of social justice and human rights through 100 artworks of Houston Latinx artists. Throughout the day, guests are invited to join us for special performances, storytimes in English and Spanish, curator-led tours of Withstand, and […]
Join a lively discussion group at the Boniuk Library online. Connect to others in the comfort of your own home with your cup of coffee, glass of wine, or pot of tea. Copies of the book can be borrowed from the Boniuk Library or any other library in town. In June, we'll be reading The […]
Born in Rochester NY, Benjamin Carter Hett earned a J.D. at the University of Toronto (1990) and practiced litigation in Canada for four years before earning a Ph.D. in history at Harvard (2001). He has taught at Harvard College and the Harvard Law School and, since 2003, at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City […]
Please join us to celebrate the publication of the "Go For Broke Commemorative Stamp" by the United States Postal Service! This very special stamp honors the 33,000 Japanese American men and women who fought valiantly for the United States Army during WWII. Many of these brave men and women volunteered to serve despite being forcibly […]
Were proud to partner with the Houston International Sports Film Festival and the Goethe Institute for this pre-festival screening of Adidas vs. Puma (2016) at 8th Wonder Brewery. This film tells the story of the Dassler brothers, Adi and Rudolf, two brothers from a small German town who created the first athletic shoe in the […]
Holocaust Museum Houston’s Engines of Change alum Cain Trevino will present his Together We Remember Coalition (TWR) fellowship project in this special presentation. He will highlight the work of the South Texas Human Rights Center (STHRC). For the past year, Trevino has worked closely with TWR and other immigrant rights groups to bring awareness to […]
Dr. Robert Williams is Deputy Director for International Affairs at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, on the steering committee of the Global Task Force on Holocaust Distortion, and served for four years as chair of the Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial at the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. He regularly advises international organizations and governments […]
In recognizing the significance of antiracist programming, HMH has invited Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, one of America’s foremost historians and leading antiracist scholars, to speak about his 2019 book, How to Be an Antiracist. Kendi’s presentation will be centered on defining what it means to be antiracist and what actions people can take to clearly […]