Holocaust Museum Houston’s Engines of Change alum Cain Trevino will present his Together We Remember Coalition (TWR) fellowship project in this special presentation. He will highlight the work of the South Texas Human Rights Center (STHRC). For the past year, Trevino has worked closely with TWR and other immigrant rights groups to bring awareness to […]
Dr. Robert Williams is Deputy Director for International Affairs at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, on the steering committee of the Global Task Force on Holocaust Distortion, and served for four years as chair of the Committee on Antisemitism and Holocaust Denial at the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance. He regularly advises international organizations and governments […]
In recognizing the significance of antiracist programming, HMH has invited Dr. Ibram X. Kendi, one of America’s foremost historians and leading antiracist scholars, to speak about his 2019 book, How to Be an Antiracist. Kendi’s presentation will be centered on defining what it means to be antiracist and what actions people can take to clearly […]
Explore the history of the Holocaust using historical artifacts, photographs, and personal stories featured throughout our gallery. Facilitated by museum docents, this interactive student tour includes a guided discussion on the lessons of the Holocaust and the role of individuals in society today.
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 […]
In correlation with the exhibit Withstand: Latinx Art During Times of Conflict, author and historian Dr. Dwight Watson will discuss his book, Race and the Houston Police Department 1930-1990. In Houston, as in the rest of the American South up until the 1950s, the police force reflected and enforced the segregation of the larger society. […]
Cost: $7 Why does Holocaust Museum Houston have a Human Rights Gallery? What are human rights? How can you stand up for your rights and the rights of others? Find out on a Girl Scouts-exclusive virtual tour of Holocaust Museum Houstons Human Rights Gallery. A museum educator will be on hand to answer questions and […]
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 […]
Mandela with a raised fist, moments after his release from prison (after 27 years) on February 11, 1990.Photograph by Graeme Williams Explore Mandela: Struggle for Freedom, a rich sensory experience of imagery, soundscape, digital media and objects, explores the earthshaking fight for justice and human dignity in South Africa – and its relevance to issues of […]
Join us for an evening with Fredy Peccerelli, the Executive Director of FAFG, The Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (Fundación de Antropología Forense de Guatemala), a nonprofit contributing to the strengthening of the justice system and the respect for human rights through the investigation and documentation of historic violations of the right to life in cases […]