HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON

EXHIBITIONS - HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON'S PERMANENT EXHIBIT, "BEARING WITNESS: A COMMUNITY REMEMBERS" IS PERSONALIZED WITH TESTIMONY OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS WHO LATER SETTLED IN THE HOUSTON AREA. THE GALLERY FEATURES ARTIFACTS DONATED BY HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS, THEIR DESCENDANTS, LIBERATORS, AND OTHER COLLECTORS AND WAS EXPANDED TO INCORPORATE TWO OF THE MUSEUM'S MOST IMPORTANT ARTIFACTS, THE WORLD WAR II-ERA RAILCAR AND THE 1940'S DANISH RESCUE BOAT. THE MUSEUM HAS THREE ADDITIONAL PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS: THE LESTER AND SUE SMITH HUMAN RIGHTS GALLERY, THE RHONA AND BRUCE CARESS GALLERY AND STILL I WRITE: YOUNG DIARISTS ON WAR AND GENOCIDE, AND "THE SAMUEL BAK GALLERY & LEARNING CENTER" IN MEMORY OF HOPE SILBER KAPLAN. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2025, THE MUSEUM HOSTED EIGHT TEMPORARY EXHIBITS (CONT'D ON SCH O) INCLUDING "ILAN RAMON: A LIFE AND LEGACY" HONORING HIS LEGACY FROM HIS FAMILY'S EXPERIENCE IN AUSCHWITZ TO HIS SOARING ACHIEVEMENTS IN THE ISRAELI AIR FORCE AND NASA AND "FACING SURVIVAL" FEATURING THE MASTERFUL PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS OF ACCLAIMED ARTIST DAVID KASSAN, CAPTURING THE POIGNANT STORIES AND PORTRAITS OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS.

EDUCATION HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON REACHED OVER 22,900 STUDENTS AND 750 TEACHERS USING A VARIETY OF BILINGUAL EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS TO SUPPORT HOLOCAUST INSTRUCTION IN K-12 CLASSROOMS. THE MUSEUM DEVELOPED A CORPS OF EDUCATORS TO EFFECTIVELY TEACH ABOUT THE HOLOCAUST AND OTHER GENOCIDES BY HOSTING VARIOUS FELLOWSHIPS WHERE EMINENT SCHOLARS PROVIDE HISTORICAL AND ACADEMIC CONTENT WHILE UNIVERSITY FACULTY, AS WELL AS MUSEUM STAFF, PROVIDE PEDAGOGICAL CONTEXT. THROUGH THE EDUCATOR IN MOTION (EIM) PROGRAM, MUSEUM STAFF TRAVEL TO SCHOOLS OR CONDUCT LONG-DISTANCE VIDEO LEARNING SESSIONS TO DELIVER INTERACTIVE LESSONS THAT INCORPORATE SOCIAL STUDIES, LANGUAGE ARTS AND FINE ARTS CONCEPTS TO SUPPORT STUDENT ENGAGEMENT, ENHANCE CONTENT KNOWLEDGE AND COMPREHENSION, AND PROMOTE THE DEVELOPMENT OF (CONT'D ON SCH O) INDIVIDUAL AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY. EIM WAS DELIVERED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH THROUGH 442 SESSIONS IN 28 SCHOOL DISTRICTS INCLUDING 64 SCHOOLS. THE ENGINES OF CHANGE (EOC) STUDENT AMBASSADOR PROGRAM INTRODUCES HOUSTON-AREA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS TO HOLOCAUST HISTORY AND ENABLES THEM TO BETTER UNDERSTAND CURRENT ISSUES AND TO DEVELOP THEIR OWN INFORMED OPINIONS AND VOICES ABOUT THE PERILS OF HATRED, PREJUDICE AND APATHY. THE 2024-2025 EOC COHORT INCLUDED 51 STUDENTS FROM PUBLIC AND PRIVATE HIGH SCHOOLS FROM ACROSS THE GREATER HOUSTON REGION.