The Holocaust Museum Houston is located in Houston's Museum District, in Texas. It is the fourth largest holocaust museum in the U.S. It was opened in 1996.[1]
The Boniuk Center houses Holocaust Museum Houston's Education Department.
Museum renovation
In June 2019, Holocaust Museum Houston underwent a $34 million expansion of its original building in the Houston Museum District. By more than doubling in size to a total of 57,000 square feet (5,300 m2), the new facility ranks as the nation's fourth-largest Holocaust museum and is fully bilingual in English and Spanish.[2] The new three-story structure houses a welcome center, four permanent galleries and two changing exhibition galleries, classrooms, a research library, a café, a 200-seat indoor theater, and a 175-seat outdoor amphitheater.[3] The exhibits now discuss the overall history surrounding the Holocaust, as well as other genocides.[2] Some items were moved to protect them during construction,[4] including the rescue boat "Hanne Frank" and a railcar.[5]
Gallery
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Holocaust Museum (pre-renovation building) -
Museum Parking Lot Entrance (pre-renovation building) -
Museum Entrance (pre-renovation building) -
Plate in front of the museum on which dedication date of March 3, 1996 and the names of board of directors and patrons are marked (pre-renovation building) -
Advertisement in front of Houston Holocaust Museum announcing display of cartoons by Arthur Szyk and Dr. Seuss during World War II (pre-renovation building)
See also
References
- ^ "Holocaust Museum Houston, USA/ Timings/ Admission Fee/ Exhibitions/ Educational Programs/ Holidify". www.holidify.com. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
- ^ a b Fusillo, Catherine (June 20, 2019). "Holocaust Museum Houston Reopening After $34 Million Expansion". Houston Public Media. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ^ "Holocaust Museum Houston". hmh.org. Retrieved May 9, 2022.
- ^ "More Than $49M Expansion Begins At Holocaust Museum Houston". Associated Press at Houston Public Media. January 31, 2018. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
- ^ Tallet, Olivia P. (January 30, 2018). "Relocation of "Hanne Frank" rescue ship and German railcar marks the start of Holocaust Museum's expansion". Houston Chronicle. Retrieved June 22, 2019.
External links
- Austrian Holocaust Memorial Service
- Holocaust Museum Houston
- Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award Archived 2019-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
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