Considered one of the most comprehensive surveys of African American history and culture outside the Smithsonian Institution, The Kinsey Collection features the shared treasures amassed by Shirley and Bernard Kinsey during their five decades of marriage. Learn how their travel keepsakes developed into a collection offering a well-rounded look at the African American experience. Bernard and Shirley […]
Join Holocaust Museum Houston and the American Jewish Committee Houston for a special screening of the Ukrainian film by Ady Walter SHTTL. This film follows a Jewish Soviet Red Army soldier returning home to his shtetl in Western Ukraine, on the eve of the NAZI invasion. This film offers a rare glimpse into Jewish life in the […]
Human Rights Day is observed every year on December 10— the day the United Nations General Assembly adopted, in 1948, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The UDHR is a milestone document that proclaims the inalienable rights which everyone is entitled to as a human being – regardless of race, color, religion, sex, language, […]
Times are listed in Central Time. Looking for an engaging research project for your students that combines historical events and personal narratives? Using online materials from both Centropa and Holocaust Museum Houston—primary/secondary sources, photographs, interviews, films, and more to help your students understand the depth and breadth of the Holocaust—this project takes students from prewar […]
Image credit: “The Negro Motorist Green Book” cover, 1940. Courtesy Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Jean Blackwell Hutson Research and Reference Division, New York Public Library.On November 16, 2023, Alley Theatre will partner with Holocaust Museum Houston to present "Resonance of Time," celebrating the historical significance of The Negro Motorist Green Book alongside […]
The Houston Symposium in Philosophy of Religion presents a new series of talks about religion. It gathers scholars of all faiths from Houston, and other Texan universities, to share their research interests and to create a community. We invite faculty and students to join us, get to know their peers, and interact with the general […]
Texas Liberator Johnnie Marino landed at Omaha Beach on D-Day and fought at the Battle of the Bulge. In April 1945, he entered Hadamar and Bergen-Belsen with Allied troops. Photo courtesy of the Marino Family.In honor of Veterans Day, Museum admission is free for veterans and active duty servicemembers on Saturday, November 11.
The 2023 Jewish Book & Arts Festival presents In the Garden of the Righteous by Richard Hurowitz. In the Garden of the Righteous is a deep dive into the lives of ten heroic individuals, none of them Jewish, who repeatedly risked their lives and those of their family members by defying orders to rescue Jews […]
Since 9/11, domestic extremists and white nationalists have carried out almost three times more attacks in the U.S. than Islamic extremists according to government data. In the past 50 years, other than the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995, four of the five most deadly years for domestic terrorism in the U.S. have occurred since 2015, including mass killings […]
Rabbi Joshua R. S. Fixler There are many Jewish legends about the golem – a creature formed from clay and brought to life using mystical knowledge to serve the Jewish community. Often the golem is portrayed protecting the Jews from pogroms and blood libels. Since the Holocaust, many artists and authors have wrestled with the […]