HMH 25th Anniversary Timeline Book
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Holocaust Museum Houston, Morgan Family Center opened its doors in 1996 with the goal of honoring the survivors’ legacy and teaching the dangers of hatred, prejudice and apathy. In 2019, after a two-year expansion, the Museum more than doubled in size to become the nation’s fourth-largest Holocaust museum and the first to be fully bilingual in English and Spanish. The Museum has served more than 6.5 million students, welcomed more than 2.8 million visitors and trained more than 40,000 educators. The new Lester and Sue Smith Campus is uniquely positioned to be the voice of the Museum’s nearly 1,000 survivors as a superregional hub for Holocaust education and a national ambassador for human rights and social justice. Celebrating 25 Years of Hope
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JEWISH FEDERATION establishes committee to explore feasibility of a Museum
1981
1985-86
1989
Holocaust Survivor SIEGI IZAKSON participates in the International Gathering of Holocaust Survivors. Siegi Izakson advocates for Holocaust Education Center and Memorial
MARTIN J. FEIN is Founding Chair
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SANDRA WEINER, president of Jewish Federation, establishes Holocaust Education Center and Memorial Museum of Houston (HEC)
1990
Abe Katz and Sam Kane of Corpus Christi and their families contribute start-up money for the establishment of the new museum
LIDYA OSADCHEY is named Executive Director
Rice Professor Brian Huberman & Staff at Yale start 5-year program to record Houston-area Survivor, Liberator and rescuers testimonies
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Holocaust Education Center and Memorial Museum of Houston is officially incorporated. HEC establishes offices at 2425 Fountainview
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HEC holds its first teacher training symposia
Site at 5401 Caroline is purchased; Ben Love, Stanford Alexander, Harry Reasoner serve as Chairs of the Circle of Tolerance committee to raise museum building funds
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Robert and Patricia Moss-Vreeland of Philadelphia selected as architects to design the Memorial Room
HIGBIE -ROTH CONTRACTORS are hired as General Contractors
Houston architect Mark Mucasey is retained to work on the adaptation of the existing building on the site
1993
Groundbreaking ceremony is held on October 28th
HEC board accepts Ralph Appelbaum and Associates proposal to design the HEC’s Permanent Exhibition and an addition to the existing building in which to house it. Fundraising goals are increased from $4 million to $7 million
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ELIE WIESEL speaks to 2,300 charter members at first Ruth V.H. Lack Memorial Lecture
RUTH V.H. LACK becomes Executive Director of the HEC in February; in November, she is killed in a tragic accident
FRANK GOLDBERG becomes HMH Board Chair
1994
The Ruth V.H. Lack Memorial Lecture is established in her memory
Holocaust scholar John Roth hired by RAA to write narrative for Bearing Witness exhibit
Filmmaker Jody Small hired to produce videos for the permanent exhibition
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HEC establishes Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award – LUCI BAINES JOHNSON is the first recipient
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March, construction begins on the new HEC building, - $5.8 million raised; name changes from Holocaust Education Center and Memorial Museum of Houston to Holocaust Museum Houston
RABBI LEONARD SCHOOLMAN becomes Executive Director
Logo created by Uri Kelman and he is awarded an Addy
1995
Staff move into refurbished building as new portion construction continues
Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award is presented to BEN LOVE
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Eric Alexander Garden of Hope dedicated, made possible by JOAN AND STANFORD ALEXANDER
HMH sponsors THE HUMAN RACE , a 5K walk/run through Houston’s downtown and midtown neighborhoods
1999
Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon award is presented to
CURRICULUM TRUNKS sent to Bosnia, Germany, Italy, Afghanistan
Julie & Ben Rogers and Rev. William Lawson
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Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award is presented to Senator Bob Dole
Honorary commencement ceremony “graduates” 51 Holocaust Survivors from EMERY/WEINER
2002
Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon award is presented to Jack Blanton and The Houston Chronicle
DAVID BELL becomes HMH Board Chair
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JOEL SPIRA becomes HMH Board Chair
HMH organizes first Yom HaShoah event; develops a Spanish-language Trunk
2003
Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon award is presented to Ed Wulfe and HEB
Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers established
HMH is named one of the top 15 free attractions in Houston by the Houston Business Journal
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Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute for Educators established
EILEEN WEISMAN becomes HMH Board Chair
Created “THE NAZIS AND MEDICAL ETHICS:
CONTEXT AND LESSONS” with University of Texas Medical School at Houston
2004
Leaders from Latin America attend conference at HMH
Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon award is presented to JOAN AND STANFORD ALEXANDER
Law Enforcement & Society (LEAS) begins
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10th Anniversary Book Ten Years: Remembrance. Education. Hope. Published with 232 pages with narratives of 78 survivors
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Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award is presented to Sir Bob Geldorf
10th Anniversary event held March 5 with dedication of 1942 WWII-era railcar (a $1 million project) added to permanent Holocaust exhibition
2006
In 10 years: more than 800,000 visitors + curriculum trunks reached more than 2 million children around the world
HMH launches a new Mission Statement
Holocaust Museum Houston is dedicated to educating people about the Holocaust, remembering the 6 million Jews and other innocent victims and honoring the survivors’ legacy. Using the lessons of the Holocaust and other genocides, we teach the dangers of hatred, prejudice and apathy.
Wall ofTears ,Patricia andRobertMoss-Vreeland.Photography by davidlewisIMAGES.Design byShawnaMurland. © 2006HolocaustMuseumHouston www.hmh.org
HOLOCAUSTMUSEUMHOUSTON March 2006
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Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon honored MARTIN FEIN AND SANDRA WEINER
“WHEN THEY CAME TO TAKE MY FATHER” exhibition by photographer Mark Seliger Jan 13 - April 2
2006
Yom HaShoah chaired by Lea Weems and Pepi Joskowitz
Boniuk Library contains 4,000 titles + 300 video titles; $100,000 grant secured to enhance it
A group of survivors collectively wrote: The Album: Shadows of Memory
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Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award is presented to Daniel Pearl, posthumously – The award was presented in his honor to Ruth and Judea Pearl by Charlie Rose, the Emmy Award-winning broadcast journalist and host of the Public Broadcasting System’s “Charlie Rose” show
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2007
WALTER HECHT becomes HMH Board Chair
800 butterflies were donated by the Girl Scouts of San Jacinto Council and organized into a collage
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24 WARREN FELLOWS – 133 since its inception
2007
19 Spector/Warren Fellows at Syracuse
30,000 students visit museum
Medical Ethics and the Holocaust included 1,000 attendees to opening.
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Holocaust Museum Houston’s newest addition to its Permanent Exhibit is a brick taken from the wall of the former Warsaw Ghetto in Poland
2007
Thanks to The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston, (UTMB) several hundred medical students watch our programs as they are telecast live onto campuses there, at The University of Texas at Austin, The University of Texas Health Science Center in San Antonio, Texas A&M University-Galveston and The University of Texas campus at Harlingen
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Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon honors Houston philanthropists and long-time Museum supporters LESTER & SUE SMITH Ambassador Arthur Schechter and wife Joyce chaired the luncheon
100 Curriculum Trunks shipped across US, Canada and Latin America
2007
HMH welcomed educators from Latin America, Spain and the Houston Independent School District (HISD) for study together in Houston Twenty-seven teachers participated in this year’s Latin American Teachers Conference, broadening the program’s reach to Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Paraguay, Ecuador, Perú, Venezuela, México and Spain
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Darfur: Photojournalists Respond
Dr. Seuss Wants You!
Distinguished Lectures with: MADELEINE ALBRIGHT + Political Journalist RONALD BROWNSTEIN
Escaping Their Boundaries: The Children of Theresienstadt
Exhibitions:
2008
Added: “Stop Hate. Starting Here.” tag to marketing
Medical Ethics and the Holocaust 16-part lecture series saw 8000 attendees in person; 13,600 online via webcast by UT Austin
Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award is presented to HOUSTON SURVIVORS; NORMAN LEAR receives “Visionary Award” – Jane Seymour presents to est. 75 survivors
STOP HATE. STARTING HERE.
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Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon honors Marc Shapiro
Bonhoeffer Tours created
2008
900,000 reached via education efforts
800 attend opening of DANISH RESCUE BOAT EXHIBITION
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Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon honors Barbara & Gerald Hines
Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award is presented to Senator John McCain
2009
Exhibitions:
Dr. Seuss Wants You!
Besa: Muslims Who Saved Jews
A One-Man Army: The Art of Arthur Szyk
A Blessing to One Another: Pope John Paul II & The Jewish People
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HMH launches program with free tours to Jewish, Catholic and Muslim houses of worship
MIKE S. GOLDBERG becomes HMH Board Chair
2009
“THROUGH THEIR EYES” program launched by 2nd Generation
27 students named Warren Fellows
HMH named second best museum in Houston based on KPRC-TV contest
Calumet street section right-of-way acquired by HMH
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Receive $72,750 security grant from US Department of Homeland Security
2009
5,750 attend HMH for Museum District Day – largest single-day attendance ever
HMH launches new website
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GOVERNOR RICK PERRY signs bill creating Texas Holocaust and Genocide Commission
HMH honors slain officer at USHMM
2009
MORGAN FAMILY FOUNDATION underwrites newsletter
HMH strategic plan completed for first time in many years
Max M. Kaplan Summer Institute brings teachers together
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Displaced Persons: Photographs by Clemens Kalischer
The Book of Memory
2010 Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award Dinner
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Never Let It Rest!
Fragile Fragments: Expression of Memory
Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award is presented to Author-activist JOHN PENDERGAST
Exhibitions:
2010
Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon honors Mayor Annise Parker
Spector/Warren brings 20 Syracuse students to HMH
Pete Berkowitz named by Gov. Perry to lead Texas Holocaust & Genocide Commission
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Morgan Family Foundation underwrites newsletter for 2nd year
Latin American teachers of Holocaust attend conference at HMH
HMH receives “Community of Respect” award from ADL for 3rd straight year
2010
Soul Survivor Project with forensic artist Lois Gibson created
Neal Bascomb part of The Ruth Lack Memorial Lecture Series
HMH launches 2011 Butterfly Calendar
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Riki Roussos and Lois Gibson With sketch of Isaac Atias Father of Riki Roussos
Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon honors KIPP FOUNDERS MIKE FEINBERG + DAVE LEVIN
Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award is presented to MIA FARROW
2011
20,000 students yearly take HMH tours
Exhibitions:
Celebrating 15 Years of History with HMH
Ours to Fight For
Passage to a New Life
Racist Ideologies: The Impact of Jim Crow and the Nuremberg Laws
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Former White House Chief of Staff ANDREW CARD lecture (funded by the Smiths)
15th Annual Educators Open House held
Spector/Warren brings 20 from Syracuse to HMH
2011
FONDREN FOUNDATION $75K grant to preserve artifacts
HMH hosts night for Spanish-speaking visitors
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15 survivors on bookmarks and 110 docents trained on their stories
More than 50 survivors attend 15th Anniversary of HMH
20 attend trip to Germany, Austria and Netherlands
2011
TALI BLUMROSEN becomes HMH Board Chair
More than 1.4 million have visited HMH: 25,000 students annually
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Boniuk Library now boasts 7,000 books
Survivors, Descendants groups merge into one
25 attend Warren Fellowship at HMH
2011
SURVIVOR WALTER KASE receives honorary doctorate from University of Houston
$100K GIFT FROM DRS. ANNA & EMIL STEINBERGER for Classroom B
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Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award is presented to
ELIE WIESEL – Wiesel met privately with Houston-area Survivors
1.5 million have now visited the Museum
2012
Exhibitions:
Blood Memory: a view from the second generation
We Will Never Forget
Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon honors HARRY MACH FAMILY
The Art of Samuel Bak
Inheritance: Stories of Memory and Discovery
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ASTRONAUT REX WALHEIM presents butterfly for Butterfly Calendar – it was made in space in honor of Ilan Ramon, who perished on Space Shuttle Columbia
Pilot anti-bullying program at KIPP – “All Behaviors Count”
2012
HLS&R makes first gift to HMH to fund curriculum trunk program
STEFI ALTMAN education fellowship developed in her honor
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24 attend Warren Fellowship
HMH receives American Alliance of Museums Accreditation
2012
Membership increases by 15%
MORE THAN 250 HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS known to reside in Houston
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Danish Rescue Boat Hanne Frank renovation begins
Adopt and artifact program developed
2012
HMH dedicates the addition of 300 roof tiles to the Destroyed Communities Memorial
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Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon honors BILL MORGAN AND MURRY BOWDEN
Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award is presented to FATHER PATRICK DESBOIS; keynote by Madeleine Albright
“All Behaviors Count” goes online for educators to use
Museum library catalog now online
Marc Shapiro, Murry Bowden, Bill Morgan and Michael Morgan 2013
Exhibitions:
Through Soviet Jews Eyes: Photography, War and the Holocaust
American Heroes: Japanese American World War II Nisei Soldiers and the Congressional Medal
the Wartime Escape Margret and H. A. Rey’s Journey from France
Uprooted
Fragments: Architecture of the Holocaust, An Artist’s Journey Through the Camps
The Wartime Escape: Margret and H.A. Rey’s Journey from France (Curious George creators)
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Next Gen affinity group launches with 75 participants
The Guild affinity group is launched
Expansion Task Force is launched
DR. KELLY J. ZÚÑIGA named Executive Director
Naomi Warren, Ruth Steinfeld, Dr. Anna Steinberger and Lili Gordon honored for work with students
2013
MARK MUCASEY becomes HMH Board Chair
10th anniversary of Warren Fellowship for Future Teachers
Curriculum Trunks go digital
Art Circle affinity group is launched
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The Rescuers: Picturing Moral Courage
Ground Zero 360
Life: Survivor Portraits
Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award is presented to MARTIN LUTHER KING JR. (posthumously) and HOLOCAUST SURVIVOR GERDA WEISSMANN KLEIN; keynote by US Rep John Lewis
Exhibitions:
2014
Edith & Josef * Mincberg Our Honorees *of blessed memory
Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon honors EDITH AND THE LATE JOSEF MINCBERG
HMH announces charging for admission for adults ($12 and $8) for first time
Alan Dershowitz Keynote Speaker
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REMEMBERING OUR PAST. BUILDING OUR FUTURE. H M H C A P I T A L C A M P A I G N 2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 8
Generation to Generation Legacy Society launches
TEXAS HOLOCAUST LIBERATORS PROJECT announced – Texas is home to 1,675,689 veterans
Remembering Our Past. Building Our Future. Capital Campaign is approved by the Board of Trustees, Benjamin Warren and Heidi Gerger are named campaign co-chairs 2014-2019
2014
HMH “THROUGH THEIR EYES” provides blueprint for Calgary Museum to use
TEXAS LIBERATORS testimonies go digital – 37 from HMH’s collection used by THGC
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Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award is presented to CHIUNE SUGIHARA OF JAPAN and DR. FENG SHAN HO OF CHINA
Dr. Feng Shan Ho Chinese Consul General in Vienna
Chiune Sugihara Japanese Vice Consul in Lithuania
Both men from different countries issued visas that saved thousands of European Jews from the Holocaust. TOGETHER They displayed a unique “Love” for humanity represented by the same symbol below in both their languages:
2015
Honoring Velva G. & H. Fred Levine Keynote Speaker New York Times Columnist David Brooks Monday, November 2, 2015
2015 Guardian of the Human Spirit LUNCHEON
Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon honored VELVA G. & H. FRED LEVINE with DAVID BROOKS
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Photographs by Roman Vishniac: A Selection from the Permanent Collection of HMH
Art of Gaman
Birthrights Left Behind
Sojourn in the Shadowlands
The Armenian Genocide and the Holocaust: One Man Takes a Stand
Soul Survivors (by Lois Gibson)
Exhibitions:
2015
Story on ELLEN TRACHTENBERG as co-chair to develop “Bearing Witness” exhibition
HMH hosts 2015 World Federation of Jewish Child Survivors of the Holocaust and Descendants Conference – 350 attendees digitize 281 oral testimonies (233 have transcripts)
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GAIL KLEIN becomes HMH Board Chair
Gearing up for 20th Anniversary in 2016 and 20th of The Butterfly Project (1995) exhibition/promo + book
Board is working on expansion plans
2015
2,000,000 million children have passed through the doors
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Enter contract with USC Shoah Foundation to digitize 281 oral testimonies (233 have transcripts)
27 Warren Fellows; 18 Spector/Warren; LEAS – 4 hosted
Danish Rescue Boat rededicated after 4-year refurbishment with 200 guests
events; Kaplan a success; iPad digital trunks
Rabbi David Lyon, senior rabbi at Congregation Beth Israel
2015
Capital Campaign reports $4.5 million
Museum District Day another winner for HMH
REMEMBERING OUR PAST. BUILDING OUR FUTURE. H M H C A P I T A L C A M P A I G N 2 0 1 4 - 2 0 1 8
Edith Mincberg funds digitally based software to highlight 80 destroyed communities project
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T H E B U T T E R F L Y P R O J E C T
20th Anniversary with The Butterfly Project debuted at Neiman’s – 175 attend – video wins ADDY award
Board Chair Gail Klein, Board Member Steve Estrin, Denise Estrin
Neiman Marcus General Manager Bob Devlin
Artist Syd Moen
2016
Exhibitions:
H O P E: Paintings by Samuel Bak
Bittersweet Harvest: The Bracero Program, 1942-1964
THE BUTTERFLY PROJECT TAKING Flight
The Butterfly Project
Genocide: Man’s Inhumanity to Humankind (65 selections)
A Celebration of Survival, by Artist Barbara Hines (HMH’s most technologically-advanced exhibit in their history – includes Pinchas Gutter Dimensions in Testimony)
(HMH’s 1st bilingual exhibit in English and Spanish)
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Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award is presented to BIELSKI BROTHERS - Features Violins of Hope + Ted Koppel
2016
HMH joins Girl Scouts Badge Program
Latino Initiatives Advisory Committee (LIAC) formed
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2.1 million visitors to date
GARY MARKOWITZ becomes HMH Board Chair
2016
ENGINES OF CHANGE debuts with 40 students
Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon honors RIC CAMPO
The inaugural class of Engines of Change Ambassadors, Class of 2017.
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Capital Campaign adds $1.6 million
Educator in Motion debuts
2016
Warren Fellows 22, 18 Spector/Warren, LEAS 5 sessions, 40 Kaplan educators, I-Pads rock “The trunk allowed each student access to written material that would not have otherwise been so readily
available. From these readings, I believe that each student came a bit
Executive Director Dr. Kelly J. Zúñiga, Survivor and Board Member Naomi Warren, Board Member Benjamin Warren
Artist Syd Moen, Marsha Glickman
closer to understanding and empathizing with the people involved in this part of our history. Thank you for allowing us this experience. We will not forget.”
The Butterfly Project cases at Hobby, IAH, Neiman’s, GRB Super Bowl, Allen Center, banks, hospitals, COH, Galleria
-- Rae Lynn Rowe, English Educator, PACE Center, Pearland ISD
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LESTER AND SUE SMITH surprise LBJ dinner guests with $1 million gift – event raises $2.25 million
Engines of Change so successful, a challenge is made to replicate across USA
10% increase in attendance
2017
Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award is presented to YAD VASHEM and AVNER SHALEV with Senator Joe Lieberman
Educator In Motion reaches 17,000 in first year
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The Ruth Lack Memorial Lecture Series with Dr. Arye Carmon
Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon honors DR. GREG FENVES and THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS-AUSTIN
Dolores Wilkenfeld, Dr. Arye Carmon, and Saranne Kosberg
Mayor Turner visits Engines of Change students
Livingston Kosberg, Dr. Arye Carmon, Dr. Kelly J. Zúñiga and Gary Markowitz
2017
Exhibits: Vadem: the Underground Magazine of the Terezin Ghetto
$44 million expansion announced in June 2017 to open in Spring 2019
First virtual tour of HMH exhibit with 158 Beaumont students
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HMH hosts Celebration of Hope free public weekend, followed by Lights of Hope for the Future closing ceremony
Groundbreaking for new HMH campus-300 attend – Oct. 18th $54 million expansion and endowment campaign goes public
2017
$15 million provided by LESTER & SUE SMITH, largest donation in HMH history
In August, HMH moves to 9220 Kirby temporary space and reopens on Oct. 20 th
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Educator In Motion reaches 25,000 in 67 schools
Exhibits at Temp Space: Bearing Witness: A Community Remembers
Human Rights Art
New Dimensions in Testimony
2017
15 th year of Warren Fellowship
21 attend Kaplan and inaugural DRS. EMIL & ANNA STEINBERGER Award is awarded
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BENJAMIN WARREN becomes HMH Board Chair
Butterfly Project debuts at UN with 80 guests from Houston
2018
23 rd Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award is presented to PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH
Gary Markowitz, Dr. Kelly J. Zúñiga, Benajmin Warren
Honorable Fred Zeidman, Mayor Sylvester Turner
Thomas Sloane, Jr., Crystal Ashby
President George W. Bush, Chairs Sue & Lester Smith
Chairs Stuart & Limor Smith, Chairs Shelly & Brian Hendry
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Bill Morgan’s story added to Dimensions in Testimony exhibition
Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon honors Texas A&M Corp of Cadet and Aggie Liberators
Bill and Shirley Morgan with the USC Shoah Foundation Team
2018
Exhibitions: In the Country of Numbers, where the men have no names
Faces of Syrian Refugees
Boat and Railcar moved into new home during construction
Texas Liberator: Witness to the Holocaust
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Summer Learning Experiences will take place at Holocaust Museum Houston, Lester and Sue Smith Campus, opening June 2019 in Houston’s Museum District.
2019 S LEARN EXPER
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2019 SUMMER LEARNING EXPERIENCES at Holocaust Museum Houston
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In 2019, Holocau will host the inau Experiences, intro programs to chal creativity, and ins Participants will e learning, social ju week-long progra performance, and Summer Learning entering grades 4 Cost per week: $ for non-members
2018 Engines of Change has 85 members from 24 schools
HMH to open June 2019
Gerald Powell, Kenneth Christopherson, Bill Kongable, Chick Havey
Expansion Team: Christensen Building Group McCarthy Building Companies, Inc. Mucasey & Associates, Architects PGAL Ralph Appelbaum Associates
Educator In Motion sees 20,000 students in 20 school districts
Honored more than 20 liberators with medals from survivors at TEXAS LIBERATORS opening
Ed Reyes, Survivor Bill Orlin, Lauren Reyes
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Joy and HMH Chair Benjamin Warren
Dr. Kelli Cohen Fein and Martin Fein
New branding intro + new website + Spanish pages
Eric and Tali Blumrosen
Kisha and Jason Itkin
Rhona and Bruce Caress
Josée and Samuel Bak
Sue Smith, HMH CEO Dr. Kelly J. Zúñiga
Grand Reopening June 15 with 2000 attendees
2019
Coexist exhibition at Hermann Park
HMH opens doors to public June 22 to expanded campus
NICHOLAS KRISTOF keynote speaker - The Ruth Lack Memorial Lecture Series
Human Rights added as expanded educational mission
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Exhibitions: Operation Finale: The Capture and Trial of Adolf Eichmann Dolores Huerta: Revolution in the Fields/ Revolucion en los Campos
Host River Oaks Chamber Orchestra “MUSIC IS A DREAM” event
Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award is presented to BAKERRIPLEY and HEBREW IMMIGRANT AID SOCIETY
Danny Lyon: Memories of the Southern Civil Rights Movement
H onoring HiAS&B Aker r ipley Tuesday, May 7, 2019 HiltonAmericas-Houston
Susan Baker, BakerRipley CEO Claudia Aguirre, Felix and Nelly Fraga
2019
Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon honors ASTROS FOUNDATION
Kaplan 17 fellows; Warren 36 alumni attend
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Announce The Book Smugglers opens in March 2020
Fall debut of Bilingual Digital Trunk program
Educator In Motion sees 41,500 students in 24 school districts
Photograph courtesy of YIVO Institute for Jewish Research Archives and Library
2019
Summer Learning has 25 participants in inaugural year
DOLORES HUERTA visits HMH
Engines of Change has 60 students
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Lyndon Baines Johnson Moral Courage Award Virtual Event is presented to honor BRIGADIER GENERAL
CARL JOSEHART becomes HMH Board Chair
FELIX L. SPARKS with Alex Kershaw as keynote
Wins Lantern Award for best Virtual Program
2020
75 th Anniversary end of WWII
Programming for HMH goes virtual; even survivors have monthly Zoom Schmooze + Virtual Tours, storytimes, HMH at Home, Holocaust, HR, Bak Galleries and Mandela exhibit
Pandemic closes museum March 16 – May 25;
reopens May 26 to the public at 25% of capacity
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Guardian of the Human Spirit Luncheon Virtual Event honors DR. MILTON BONIUK, guest speaker Dr. Edith Eger
Facing Change DEAI Training
Racial Justice Committee formed
2020
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Mandela: Struggle for Freedom
Engines of Change – 45 kids +11 schools in program across TX and LA
Architype of My Childhood: Houston Photographs by Earlie Hudnall, Jr.
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SUMMER LEARNING had 97 registrants for virtual programming
38 fellows in Warren + Spector/Warren
2020
LATINX HERITAGE MONTH virtual events galore
Relationship with BOYS & GIRLS CLUBS OF GREATER HOUSTON
EDUCATOR IN MOTION – 29,000 kids in 29 districts even when off for 2.5 months
Dr. Gabriella González
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Announce juried exhibition:
Latinx Art in Times of Conflict
YOM HASHOAH goes virtual and produced by HMH
for April 2021
2020
Adding more Spanish digital content
Human Rights Expo debuts with 450 attendees
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Lester and Sue Smith Campus 5401 Caroline Street | Houston, Texas 77004 hmh.org
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