• Drop-In Virtual Tour | Human Rights and Bak Galleries

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    In response to the need for distance learning options, Holocaust Museum Houston has created virtual tours for classrooms and community groups. Participants can tour the Museum’s galleries virtually and interact live with a certified HMH Docent. During this Drop-In Virtual Tour, join an HMH Docent and explore the Lester and Sue Smith Human Rights Gallery […]

  • Storytime: Dreamers by Yuyi Morales

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    Storytime gets children ready to learn through reading, writing, talking, singing, and playing. Enjoy reading books and playing with the librarian. This week we will read Dreamers by Yuyi Morales.

  • Trans-Atlantic Dialogues II: Teaching the Holocaust in Challenging Times

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    The State Department’s Special Envoy for Holocaust Issues cordially invites you to a webinar on the challenges European and American educators face in teaching about the Holocaust to a new generation of learners. Holocaust educators will compare educational landscapes, discuss best practices and areas for cooperation, and speak to the challenges presented by rising anti-Semitism […]

  • Teen Book Discussion: The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

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    Read a book just for fun and talk about it. Moderated by Holocaust Museum Houston's librarian and driven by the group themselves, teens will have a chance to read a book, watch a movie, or listen to the recording and not be tested on it. Meet other teens who read, listened to, or saw the […]

  • Legal and Ethical Challenges in Art Collection Stewardship

    Moderator: Dr. Elizabeth Campbell, Associate Professor of History, University of Denver Panelists: Renée Albiston, Associate Museum Director of the Kirkland Museum of Fine & Decorative Art in Denver, and provenance researcher at the Denver Art Museum. Nicholas O'Donnell, Partner, Sullivan and Worcester, in Boston, who recently appeared before the U.S. Supreme Court representing plaintiffs in […]

  • Storytime: Classics Illustrated by Paul Galdone

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    Storytime gets children ready to learn through reading, writing, talking, singing, and playing. Enjoy reading books and playing with the librarian. March is the third month of the year! Let’s read three books about three illustrated by Paul Galdone -Three Little Pigs, Three Billy Goats Gruff, and Goldilocks and the Three Bears.

  • Lunchtime Talk Series, Part 2: Remembering (for) Tomorrow: Re-Engaging History to Ask New Questions

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    Dr. Mary Lee Webeck; Simon Fujiwara; Alexandra Zapruder Blaffer Art Museum and Holocaust Museum Houston present a two-part dialogue with Simon Fujiwara, Alexandra Zapruder, and Mary Lee Webeck in conjunction with the exhibition, Simon Fujiwara: Hope House—on view at the Blaffer through March 14, 2021. Artist Simon Fujiwara continues an artistic investigation into the cultural […]

  • ROCO Connections: Journey to America

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    ROCO’s Connections series concludes on March 11, livestreamed in partnership with Holocaust Museum Houston, and featuring a world premiere from Afghan composer Milad Yousufi, co-commissioned by ROCO and the Winsor Music Consortium. The quintet, entitled My Journey to America, is a suite of five short movements, each preceded by a spoken narrative by Yousufi, describing […]

  • Why the Nazis Looted Art and Why it Still Matters

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    Dr. Elizabeth Campbell; A church turned repository in Ellingen, Germany, April 24, 1945. Courtesy of the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration at College Park, MD.Join the University of Denver, the Holocaust Museum Houston, and the Program in Jewish Studies at Rice University for an enlightening talk featuring Dr. Elizabeth Campbell, associate professor of history […]

  • Storytime: Music of the Butterfly by Ann Leis and Gail Klein

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    Storytime gets children ready to learn through reading, writing, talking, singing, and playing. Enjoy reading books and playing with the librarian. Ann Leis and Gail Klein, authors of the book, Music of the Butterfly, will be our special readers.