Lowbrow Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 Who designed the Holocaust Museum? For that matter who designed the MFAH buildings, Contemporary, and Menil? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachanon Posted March 16, 2005 Share Posted March 16, 2005 the menil was designed by renzo piano. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rippedoff Posted March 6, 2006 Share Posted March 6, 2006 10 years ago I sat with probably several hundreds of people as the Holocaust Museum opened its doors to the public. People of all races and nationalities heard services in a church and walked together for the ribbon cutting. Today. 10 years later, a rededication was at hand as an original train car that carried people to the concentration camps was brought over to the museum and placed as a memorial and remembrance to those that were a part of that horrific part of history. Dozens of dignitaries were at hand as were dozens of survivors of those camps to do the ribbon cutting. With the Diversity Choir singing and emotions high, it was eerie as raindrops fell sparadically like tears. This museum is trying to collect stories from survivors and veterans who may have played a part in the rescue of concentration camp victims. If you know of anyone who falls into ither of these catagories and is willing to do this please contact the museum or pm me.May I add if you have not visited the museum please do. It is free and will be an experience you will not soon forget. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ V Lawrence Posted March 7, 2006 Share Posted March 7, 2006 10 years ago I sat with probably several hundreds of people as the Holocaust Museum opened its doors to the public. People of all races and nationalities heard services in a church and walked together for the ribbon cutting. Today. 10 years later, a rededication was at hand as an original train car that carried people to the concentration camps was brought over to the museum and placed as a memorial and remembrance to those that were a part of that horrific part of history. Dozens of dignitaries were at hand as were dozens of survivors of those camps to do the ribbon cutting. With the Diversity Choir singing and emotions high, it was eerie as raindrops fell sparadically like tears. This museum is trying to collect stories from survivors and veterans who may have played a part in the rescue of concentration camp victims. If you know of anyone who falls into ither of these catagories and is willing to do this please contact the museum or pm me.May I add if you have not visited the museum please do. It is free and will be an experience you will not soon forget.It was an honor checking it out a few years back. It was one thing studying it in school, but another to go to that Museum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted July 3, 2007 Share Posted July 3, 2007 (edited) This may or may not be related, but are there places here in Houston where people can try to find those that were impacted by the Holocaust somehow?There were many people that came here after the Holocaust and settled in Houston. I was trying to connect the puzzle of a pair of brothers that opened a Men's Tailor shop here in Downtown on Travis and Main, I think. I only have 1st names but perhaps a local historian may know? My mom worked with these people around 1947-1950 and I wanted to try to locate relatives to tell a few stories of these brothers business and what an impact it had on Houston after the war. In those days many Europeans fled and settled here. I'm just glad we still have our mom to tell us the stories she used to hear from the young ones that made it out alive.Any advise is appreciated. Edited July 3, 2007 by Vertigo58 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmainguy Posted July 4, 2007 Share Posted July 4, 2007 This may or may not be related, but are there places here in Houston where people can try to find those that were impacted by the Holocaust somehow? Your best bet is the Holocaust Museum. You will find lists of living and dead area Houstonians who were victems of the Nazis and residents of the camps. Their stories are well documented in their archives and library in addition to their affiliation with other Holocaust Museums. All you have to do is ask. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vertigo58 Posted July 6, 2007 Share Posted July 6, 2007 Thank you greatly, will do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mab Posted June 21, 2017 Popular Post Share Posted June 21, 2017 (edited) Quote The Holocaust Museum Houston unveiled plans Tuesday for a $33.8 million expansion that will nearly triple its size. A $15-million gift from long-time patrons Lester and Sue Smith, the largest in the museum's history, will ensure that the expansion project breaks ground as planned in October. On Caroline Street, roughly three blocks east of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Holocaust Museum's current building is a sculptural, brooding presence, a dark-gray cylinder that sits atop a wedge.  The renovation will increase the building's size to 57,000 square feet, and alter its architecture. A new roof opening atop the cylinder will let in daylight and emit white light at night — so that a building once notable for its darkness will become a light-filled beacon.  The new facilities will allow the museum to significantly broaden its scope and community outreach. Keeping the Holocaust relevant in relation to human rights and genocide issues today is "a ribbon that will run throughout, so you feel empowered when you leave, and hopeful," said Kelly J. Zúñiga, the museum's CEO. She cites the museum's mantra: "Hope is better than hate." The Smiths' commitment provides a matching grant for the museum's $49.4 million capital campaign. In their honor, the institution at 5401 Caroline St. will be renamed the Holocaust Museum Houston, Lester and Sue Smith Campus. Lester Smith, a Wharton native, said one of his grandfathers emigrated to Texas from Russia in 1903, and he has always believed strongly in the museum's mission to teach the lessons civilization has learned from the Holocaust.  Mary Lee Webeck, the museum's director of education, thinks the museum and its lessons have never been more important than they are right now, here in Houston. "The rising presence of hate in our world, in our country, is unprecedented," she said. "And the city that we live in, demographically, is 10 to 15 years ahead of the rest of the country. We have a chance to be a model for the rest of the country — to show that people can live together peacefully, can talk with each other." The addition was designed by the Houston firm Mucasey & Associates, with exhibition and media de-sign by the world-renowned Ralph Appelbaum Associates. Among the planned improvements: • The museum's current one-story east wing will be razed and replaced with a light-filled, three-story building that will house much larger exhibition spaces, more classrooms, a larger library and more ad-ministrative offices. • The size of the Albert and Ethel Herzstein Auditorium, creating a 200-seat theater that can accom-modate professional performances. Zúñiga expects an increase in collaborations with organizations such as Houston Grand Opera and the Houston Symphony. •"Bearing Witness," a permanent exhibit with testimony and artifacts donated by Houston-area Holo-caust survivors, will nearly double in size. The museum's signature exhibits, a Danish rescue boat and German World War II railcar, will be brought inside the museum where they will be more interactive. Berths will be dug into the foundation so that visitors can observe the deck of the boat at eye-level, allowing them to see secret compartments where Danish citizens hid Jews to carry them to safety in Sweden during an amazing three-week episode of World War II history. In the new space visitors will also be able to walk through the railcar, which once carried Jewish prisoners to concentration camps. -- The Mincberg Gallery will also nearly double in size, permitting the museum to present more travel-ing shows and create more diverse exhibits. --  The Boniuk Library, one of the largest sources of data in the U.S. for communities destroyed during the Holocaust, will be enlarged. It holds more than 10,000 volumes and resources for in-house re-search and education. --  A permanent exhibit about Anne Frank and other young diarists will be part of the new Rhona and Bruce Caress Anne Frank and Young Writers' Voices room, the only resource of its kind. -- The new Moral Choices Hall and Butterfly Loft at the heart of the building will contain a commis-sioned artwork, still to be awarded, as a memorial to the 1.5 million children killed during the Holo-caust. -- The new Boniuk Center for the Future of Holocaust, Human Rights and Genocide Studies will provide a research and scholarly forum devoted to teaching today's citizens about the history and memories of the Holocaust, in light of ongoing genocides and issues of human rights. The museum will temporarily move most of its permanent exhibits, classrooms and offices during the construction. The current facility closes July 24, with the temporary operations opening Sept. 5 at 9220 Kirby Drive, just south of Loop 610. After the expansion, Houston will have the nation's fourth largest Holocaust museum, behind the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, Louisiana's Wiesenthal Museum of Tolerance and the Illinois Holocaust Museum. 10 1 http://www.chron.com/entertainment/article/Holocaust-Museum-Houston-unveils-expansion-plans-11234521.php Edited June 21, 2017 by Mab 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kennyc05 Posted June 21, 2017 Share Posted June 21, 2017 Nice 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 Fence has gone up around the museum's block and the northern half of the Bicycle Museum. I assume work will be starting on the expansion update 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted December 29, 2017 Share Posted December 29, 2017 fullsizeoutput_2179 by David, on Flickr  fullsizeoutput_217a by David, on Flickr 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 15, 2018 Share Posted February 15, 2018 Webcam: https://app.oxblue.com/open/mccarthy/holocaustmuseumhouston  7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 18, 2018 Share Posted February 18, 2018 Dumps trucks everywhere in the area, working on Sunday. 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Urbannizer Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 What's happening to the building in the background? New facade? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 2 hours ago, Urbannizer said: What's happening to the building in the background? New facade? I'm just guessing but I think it was damage repair to the stucco. It's been going on for several months. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Triton Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 1 hour ago, hindesky said: I'm just guessing but I think it was damage repair to the stucco. It's been going on for several months. Yea, the stucco had serious stains on it and it looked terrible. Several months? Feels like over a year now. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted March 18, 2018 Share Posted March 18, 2018 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 7, 2018 Share Posted May 7, 2018 Steel going up. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hindesky Posted May 20, 2018 Share Posted May 20, 2018 Steel beams going up. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tumbleweed_Tx Posted August 8, 2018 Share Posted August 8, 2018 my browser is having problems imbedding images.https://imgur.com/a/YTXQ9HV Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) - Edited July 12, 2019 by Timoric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naviguessor Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 Surely you don't think that this museum is just by or for Jews, do you?  There are dozens such museums in the US. Four in Texas alone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Timoric Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 (edited) - Edited July 12, 2019 by Timoric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmitch94 Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 About 60,000 according to this site.  http://www.jewishdatabank.org/Studies/details.cfm?StudyID=820 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specwriter Posted August 9, 2018 Share Posted August 9, 2018 3 hours ago, Timoric said: Anyone know the Jewish population of Houston? Just curious since we get a museum The answer according to the Jewish Virtual Library is approximately 45,640 in the metropolitan area, or about 0.8% of the population. Dallas-Fort Worth has a like percentage with approximately 55,000 Jewish inhabitants.  Understand that the Holocaust was a genocide of Jewish people but the Nazis did not stop at that. According to the Simon Wiesenthal Center approximately 5,860,000 Jews were murdered during the Nazi regime. What is interesting, according to the same source, is the recognized figure of non-Jews murdered in the same time period is approximately 5,000,000. Among the groups which the Nazis and their collaborators murdered were Gypsies, Serbs, Polish intelligentsia, German opponents of Nazism including Christian clergy like Dietrich Bonhoeffer, homosexuals, Jehovah's Witnesses, habitual criminals, and the "anti-social," e.g. beggars, and vagrants. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoustonMidtown Posted September 23, 2018 Share Posted September 23, 2018 Untitled by Houston Midtown, on Flickr  2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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hindesky Posted May 19, 2019 Share Posted May 19, 2019 I saw somewhere that the grand opening would be happening in July. 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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