Holocaust Museum Houston

While the Museum is closed on Mondays, our galleries will be open on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. On this annual commemoration, we remember and honor Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and his leadership.

Join us for a Latino-Jewish cross cultural holiday celebration with light bites, cocktails, and dessert.

Human Rights Day is observed every year on December 10 – the day in 1948 the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The atrocities of the Holocaust spurred the modern-day human rights movement, including the creation of the UDHR. Join us for a day of celebration with free admission, […]

Holocaust Museum Houston is thrilled to host our first annual Latinx Heritage Month – Day of Action event. As a free day for families and community members, this event celebrates Latinx Heritage Month by uplifting the history, narratives, and culture of Houston’s Latinx community. The event will feature information about local community organizations serving the […]

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.

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 […]

Museum admission fees will be waived on Sunday, May 5, 2024 in honor of Holocaust survivor Walter Kase, z”l and Yom HaShoah. When Germany invaded Poland in September 1939, it soon became clear that Walter’s family’s lives would never be the same again. At the end of 1940, Walter, his parents and his sister, Rysia, […]

HMH is excited to announce extended free admission hours on Thursday, March 14 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Experience special programs in the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Theater: 11:00 […]

Visitors interested in a docent-led experience can join one of the many drop-in tours throughout Spring Break. Tours are subject to availability. English Drop-In ToursSaturday, March 9 at 11:00 a.m., […]