2021 Bearing Witness Magazine

25 HISTORICAL HIGHLIGHTS

Holocaust Education Center and Memorial Museum of Houston was officially incorporated. 1991

The current site of Holocaust Museum Houston was purchased. 1992

LUCI BAINES JOHNSON became the first recipient of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award. 1994

1993

Architect MARK MUCASEY was retained to work on the adaptation of the existing building and the Holocaust Education Center (HEC) board accepted Ralph Appelbaum & Associate’s proposal to design the HEC’s Permanent Holocaust Exhibition.

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By its tenth year, Holocaust Museum Houston had serviced more than 700,000 visitors, sponsored more than 135 programs, trained more than 7,000 teachers and 120 docents, and conducted more than 10,000 guided tours. The Museum’s mission to teach about the Holocaust was expanded to include other genocides.

The Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers and the Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators were established.

Law Enforcement and Society program began.

2012

The Spector/ Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers was established. 2007

2008 Danish Rescue Boat exhibition opens.

As a result of hard work on the part of many, the Museum received American Alliance of Museums Accreditation.

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2021

The coronavirus pandemic forced the Museum to close from March 16 to May 25, 2020 requiring Museum educators to create virtual programming. This pivot to online educational resources grew the hmh.org audience exponentially, from 500 pageviews to more than 5,000.

In 25 years, HMH has welcomed more than 2.8 million visitors, trained more than 40,000 educators and 500 docents, recorded 289 Survivor testimonies and reached more than 130,000 students through our free Educator in Motion program.

In June, Holocaust Museum Houston, Lester and Sue Smith Campus, celebrated its grand re-opening with 2,000 attendees. At the same time, HMH launched its rebrand with a new website in English and Spanish as well as a new marketing campaign.

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