Houston: Holocaust Museum Houston

Houston: Holocaust Museum Houston

  • <p>Holocaust Museum Houston</p> <p>Building with covered entrance and short tower with sign saying Holocaust Museum Houston</p>
  • <p>Dwight Eisenhower witnesses victims of Nazi violence following the liberation of Ohrdruf concentration camp</p> <p>Group of soldiers standing behind dead bodies</p>
  • <p>Liberated concentration camp prisoners show their identification numbers </p> <p>Emaciated men standing in a group</p>
  • <p>A Holocaust survivor shows his identification number he still carries 50 years later</p> <p>Number tattoo on a man’s arm</p>
  • <p>A visitor to the Houston Holocaust museum explores an exhibit on concentration camp imprisonment</p> <p>Young man holding an armband with a Jewish star in front of bunk beds</p>

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To honor victims and survivors, the Holocaust Museum Houston uses original films, artifacts, photographs and interactive displays to examine the causes and lessons of the genocide. It also details a lesser-known resistance event, “Operation Texas,” a plan spearheaded by Congressman Lyndon B. Johnson to smuggle hundreds of threatened Jews into Texas. Rare exhibits include children’s shoes from Poland’s Majdanek concentration camp, as well as a large collection of Nazi money used in Jewish ghettos and camps.

Holocaust Museum Houston

  • Hours: Monday – Friday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Saturday, 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Sunday, 12 - 5 p.m.
  • Admission: Adults: $12, Seniors (65+)/AARP w/ID, Active Duty Military: $8, Children/Students w/ID: free
  • 9220 Kirby Dr., Houston, TX
  • 713-942-8000
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