Storytime gets children ready to learn through reading, writing, talking, singing, and playing. Enjoy reading books and playing with the librarian. This weeks selection includes Tiaras Hat Parade by Kelly Starling Lyons. Wear your favorite hat and read along!
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 […]
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 […]
Holocaust Museum Houston, Houston Coalition Against Hate, Congregation Beth Israel, and the Anti-Defamation League will collaborate on a panel discussion on peacebuilding and combating hate and extremism. Meet the Panelists Carl Josehart is an accomplished healthcare executive with over 30 years of experience. He currently serves as the Chief Operating Officer for Jewish Family Service […]
Film Available: Wednesday, March 3 through Friday, March 5 Directed by Caroline LinkGermany/Switzerland, 2019, 119 minutesGerman with English subtitlesDrama Holocaust Museum Houston is proud to present this film screening as part of the ERJCC Houston Jewish Film Festival. It’s not often you find a film that can discuss the Holocaust while also remaining child-friendly. Adapted […]
Help the Museum celebrate our 25th Anniversary and take advantage of free admission. Patrons will also receive complimentary cookies, along with 25% off on all HMH branded gifts in the Museums store. The first 25 visitors will earn a free one-year Director level membership good for two people.
An opportunity to get to know each other, the New Volunteer Meet & Greet is an explanation of the HMH volunteer application process and what to expect on the job. We discuss health and safety on campus, volunteer positions available, and answer individual questions. After filling out the volunteer application, a welcome email be sent […]
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.
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 […]
ROCOs 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 […]
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 […]
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! Lets read three books about three illustrated by Paul Galdone -Three Little Pigs, Three Billy Goats Gruff, and Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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.
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 gets children ready to learn through reading, writing, talking, singing, and playing. Enjoy reading books and playing with the librarian. This week we celebrate the 2021 Caldecott Award winner, We Are Water Protectors written by Carole Lindstrom of the Turtle Mountain Band of Ojibwe and illustrated by Tlingit artist Michaela Goade.
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 […]
During the Third Reich, alcohol served as both a literal and metaphorical lubricant for acts of violence and atrocity by the men of the Storm Troopers (SA), the SS, and the police, and its use and abuse was widespread among the perpetrators. Over the course of the Third Reich, scenes involving alcohol consumption and revelry […]
In honor of Women’s History Month, Holocaust Museum Houston's young professionals group, NEXTGen and PNC Bank invite you to join us for a virtual film screening of RBG. At the age of 85, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has developed a lengthy legal legacy while becoming an unexpected pop culture icon. But the […]
Film Synopsis:Winner of the Best Documentary award at the Cannes Film Festival, master filmmaker Patricio Guzmán's "The Cordillera of Dreams" completes his trilogy (with "Nostalgia for the Light" and "The Pearl Button") on the relationship between historical memory, political trauma, and geography in his native country of Chile. The imposing Andes run the length of […]