HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON
HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON
Programs
Program 1 [2021]
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 RECENTLY EXPANDED TO INCORPORATE TWO OF THE MUSEUM'S MOST IMPORTANT ARTIFACTS, THE WORLD WAR II-ERA RAILCAR AND THE 1940'S DANISH RESCUE BOAT, INTO THE GALLERY. THE MUSEUM ADDED THREE ADDITIONAL PERMANENT EXHIBITIONS IN ITS NEW FACILITY: THE LESTER AND SUE SMITH HUMAN RIGHTS GALLERY, AND STILL I WRITE: YOUNG DIARISTS ON WAR AND GENOCIDE, AND THE SAMUEL BAK GALLERY & LEARNING CENTER. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2021 THE MUSEUM HOSTED A VARIETY OF TEMPORARY EXHIBITS INCLUDING MANDELA: STRUGGLE FOR FREEDOM EXPLORING THE EARTHSHAKING FIGHT FOR JUSTICE AND HUMAN DIGNITY IN SOUTH AFRICA AND ITS RELEVANCE TO ISSUES OF TODAY. STORIES OF SURVIVAL: OBJECT. IMAGE. MEMORY., SHOWCASING MORE THAN 60 PERSONAL ARTIFACTS BROUGHT TO AMERICA BY SURVIVORS OF THE HOLOCAUST AS WELL AS OTHER GENOCIDES EXPLORING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN OBJECTS, THEIR MEANING TO THE ORIGINAL OWNER AND SUBSEQUENT SIGNIFICANCE. WITHSTAND: LATINX ART IN TIMES OF CONFLICT, A JURIED EXHIBITION EXPLORING THEMES OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH 100 ARTWORKS BY HOUSTON LATINX ARTISTS.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$2.6MProgram 2 [2021]
EDUCATION - HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON REACHED APPROXIMATELY 20,000 STUDENTS AND 400 TEACHERS USING A VARIETY OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS. 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 INDIVIDUAL AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY. EIM WAS DELIVERED IN ENGLISH AND SPANISH THROUGH 459 SESSIONS IN 23 SCHOOL DISTRICTS INCLUDING 58 SCHOOLS. THE ENGINES OF CHANGE 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. IN RESPONSE TO COVID-19 THE MUSEUM CREATED NUMEROUS EDUCATIONAL VIDEOS FOR TEACHERS TO USE IN THEIR VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS AND CONTINUES TO CONDUCT THE EDUCATOR IN MOTION PROGRAM REMOTELY.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$925.8KProgram 3 [2021]
PUBLIC PROGRAMMING - HOLOCAUST MUSEUM HOUSTON OFFERS A VARIETY OF LECTURES, PANEL DISCUSSIONS AND FILM VIEWINGS FOR PUBLIC ATTENDANCE. DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2021 NEARLY ALL PUBLIC PROGRAMMING WAS CONDUCTED VIRTUALLY. THE "DISMANTLING BIAS: ANTISEMITISM, WHITE SUPREMACY, AND INEQUALITY VIRTUAL LECTURE SERIES" EXPLORED THE ORIGINS OF RACIST IDEOLOGIES AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF BIAS; EXAMINED THE EVOLUTION AND REPERCUSSIONS OF ANTISEMITISM AND WHITE SUPREMACY THROUGHOUT HISTORY; AND DECONSTRUCTED THE WAYS IN WHICH STEREOTYPES, MISCONCEPTIONS, AND PREJUDICES SHAPE CONTEMPORARY SOCIETY AND CULTURE. APARTHEID MUSEUM DIRECTOR, CHRISTOPHER TILL LECTURED ABOUT NELSON MANDELA: AN EXTRAORDINARY MAN AND SYMBOL OF FREEDOM WHOSE NAME ECHOES AROUND THE WORLD - FROM PRISONER TO PRESIDENT. JENNIFER ROSNER, AUTHOR OF THE YELLOW BIRD SINGS, IN CONVERSATION WITH HOUSTON'S OWN AUTHOR CHRIS CANDER DISCUSSED HER BOOK INSPIRED BY THE TRUE STORIES OF JEWISH CHILDREN HIDDEN DURING WORLD WAR II. IN THIS MAKE-BELIEVE WORLD, MOTHER SHIELDS HER DAUGHTER FROM THE HORRORS THAT SURROUND THEM UNTIL SHE MUST MAKE AN IMPOSSIBLE CHOICE: KEEP HER DAUGHTER BY HER SIDE OR GIVE HER THE CHANCE TO SURVIVE APART.GeographiesNot indicatedDatesJul 1, 2020 – Jun 30, 2021Source990No causes providedNo populations provided–$373.6K
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