Holocaust Museum Houston

Holocaust Museum Houston (HMH) is the fourth-largest Holocaust museum in the United States, located in Houston’s Museum District. Founded in 1996 by Holocaust survivor Siegi Izakson alongside fellow survivors and community leaders, the museum grew from Izakson’s determination that the stories of survivors not be lost to time. After a $34 million expansion, the museum reopened as a 57,000-square-foot, three-story facility featuring four permanent galleries, changing exhibition spaces, a research library, classrooms, a theater, and an outdoor amphitheater.

HMH is dedicated to educating people about the Holocaust, remembering the six million Jews and millions of other innocent victims who were lost, and honoring the legacy of survivors. Drawing on the lessons of history, the museum challenges antisemitism, hatred, and indifference, and extends its educational mission to cover other genocides and human rights violations around the world.

Through permanent and rotating exhibitions, public programs, survivor testimony, and one of the country’s largest Holocaust research libraries, the museum serves students, educators, and the broader Houston community as a resource for teaching tolerance and combating prejudice.