Museum admission will be waived on Wednesday, May 15, 2024 in honor of Holocaust survivor Stefi Altman, z”l. Stefi Altman was just 13 years old when Germany overran Poland in September 1939. Soon after, Stefi’s two older brothers were arrested and sent to a labor camp, and Nazi soldiers brutuall beat her fater and drove […]
Mark Weitzman is Chief Operating Officer for the World Jewish Restitution Organization where he plays a leading role in organization’s advocacy and negotiations efforts to recover Jewish properties in Europe in pursuit of a measure of justice for Holocaust survivors, their families, and Jewish communities. Previously he was Director of Government Affairs for the Simon […]
Join the Museum for a free lecture and book signing from Tim Madigan, author of The Burning: Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921. On the night of May 31 through June 1, 1921, following an alleged assault on a white woman, a mob of hundreds of white supremacists descended upon the Greenwood District of Tulsa, Oklahoma. […]
Museum admission will be free in observance of the anniversary of Union General Gordon Granger arriving in Galveston, Texas to inform enslaved African Americans about their emancipation, more than two years after the Emancipation Proclamation passed.
EVENT IS AT CAPACITY Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a one-day educator workshop on teaching the Holocaust. Educators will learn approaches to teaching the Holocaust using activities and resources designed […]
Rachael Cerrotti is an award-winning author, educator, and curator. Through an interdisciplinary practice, she explores stories rooted in the humanity of grief and inherited memory. Her flagship project, We Share The […]
Join us for a bilingual storytime in partnership with the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Latino’s Young Ambassador Program. An intergenerational story of family ties, cultural pride, and spelling […]
During National Delicatessen Month, August 1-31, Kenny and Ziggy’s New York Delicatessen & Restaurant is offering a multi-choice, three-course menu during lunch and dinner for $45, plus tax and gratuity, […]
David Kassan, Ruth Steinfeld, 2024. Oil on panel, 30 x 25 in. Photo courtesy of the artist.Please join us for the opening of this compelling and transformative exhibition featuring the masterful paintings […]
Join Holocaust Museum Houston as Holocaust Survivor Ruth Steinfeld shares her story. Ruth and her sister Lea lived in Sinsheim, Germany when Hitler came to power. The family was deported to […]