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Ongoing and Upcoming Exhibitions
The changing galleries house special exhibitions complementing and further exploring the issues presented in the permanent exhibit, Bearing Witness: A Community Remembers. The changing exhibitions are intellectually and aesthetically challenging and encourage visitors to study the Holocaust and related topics in greater detail and from a variety of perspectives.
Permanent Exhibition
Bearing Witness: A Community Remembers
Authentic film footage, artifacts, photographs, and documents show life in pre-war Europe, the Nazi move toward the "Final Solution," and life after the Holocaust.
The exhibit includes a very rare and poignant collection of children's shoes recovered from the Majdanek concentration camp near Lublin, Poland.The Museum's newest permanent exhibit is an authentic World War II rail car of the type used to carry millions of people to their deaths.
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<em><b>Bearing Witness: A Community Remembers</em></b><br>Authentic film footage, artifacts, photographs, and documents show life in pre-war Europe, the Nazi move toward the
Ongoing and Upcoming Exhibitions
World War II Holocaust Railcar
 The Museum's 1942 World War II railcar is of the same type as those used to carry millions of Jews to their deaths. The railcar was formally dedicated and opened to the public during 10th Anniversary ceremonies at Holocaust Museum Houston on Sunday, March 5, 2006.
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<i>World War II Holocaust Railcar</i>
Danish Rescue Boat from World War II
 Holocaust Museum Houston's newest addition to its Permanent Exhibition is a rare Holocaust-era artifact that tells the heroic story of a three-week period in 1943 when Christians in Denmark risked their own lives to save more than 7,200 Jews from almost certain execution at the hands of Nazi Germany.
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<i>Danish Rescue Boat from World War II</i>
Escaping Their Boundaries: The Children of Theresienstadt
February 22, 2008 through August 31, 2008
 Located about 40 miles north of Prague in the Czech Republic, Terezin was built in 1780 as a military fortress and garrison town. When Nazi Germany occupied Czechoslovakia in 1941, the town was turned into a ghetto where Jews were gathered before they were sent further east to the extermination camps. The German name for this ghetto was Theresienstadt. During its existence, more than 12,000 children were imprisoned in Theresienstadt. A group of dedicated adults made it their goal to care for the children, not just by taking care of the children’s physical needs but by taking on the role of teacher. It is clear from the children’s drawings, diaries and clandestinely produced magazines that the children had an understanding of what was happening around them. This exhibit will explore the ability for children to transcend their physical boundaries through art and writing. The exhibit will feature more than 40 objects on loan from Beit Theresienstadt in Israel, including collages, drawings, diaries, magazines, games and marionettes, many of which have never before been on display.
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<em>Escaping Their Boundaries: The Children of Theresienstadt</em>
Darfur: Photojournalists Respond
March 14, 2008 through August 17, 2008
 As World War II ended, the world beat its collective chest defiantly and proclaimed it would “never forget” the genocide of the Holocaust so that it could “never again” be repeated. The world – as history has proven – has a short memory. The Holocaust was not the world’s first genocide and it has not been the last. Today, in the Darfur region of western Sudan, the world is confronted with human suffering on a scale difficult to imagine. "Darfur: Photojournalists Respond” features 30 photographs from eight photographers, all of whom participated in the book “Darfur: Twenty Years of War and Genocide in Sudan,” created in partnership with Proof: Media for Social Justice, Amnesty International and Holocaust Museum Houston and edited by Leora Kahn.
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<em>Darfur: Photojournalists Respond</em>
Take Me
March 14, 2008 through August 17, 2008
 In conjunction with the exhibition "Darfur: Photojournalists Respond," Holocaust Museum Houston is pleased to display an original work by Houston artist Saul Balagura that vividly embodies the despair that refugees in Darfur are currently facing. The work is accompanied by a poem, also written by Balagura with the same title. Please note: This exhibit is open for viewing in the Laurie and Milton Boniuk Resource Center and Library from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday and noon to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
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A One-Man Army: The Art of Arthur Szyk
October 20, 2008 through February 8, 2009
 Arthur Szyk (1894-1951) was described by Eleanor Roosevelt as a "one-man army," using art as a weapon to garner support for the social and political issues in which he believed. Szyk believed his art could make a difference in the world and became one of the 20th century’s most important political propagandists. “A One-Man Army: The Art of Arthur Szyk” will highlight the private collection of Gregg and Michelle Philipson, and will include loans of important works from the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum and the United States Naval Academy Museum.
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<i>A One-Man Army: The Art of Arthur Szyk</i>
Hours and Admission
The Museum is open to the public seven days a week.
General admission is free.
Monday to Friday,
9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday,
Noon to 5:00 p.m.
The Laurie and Milton Boniuk Resource Center and Library is also open to the public seven days a week.
Monday to Friday,
10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday,
Noon to 5:00 p.m.
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Holocaust Museum Houston
5401 Caroline St.
Houston, Texas 77004-6804
713-942-8000
Holocaust Museum Houston is a member of the Houston Museum District Association and is located in Houston's Museum District.
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Tours
Docent-led tours can be scheduled for schools and groups of ten or more. Tours are available in Spanish, English and French.
To arrange a docent-led tour, please call Visitor Services at 713-942-8000, ext. 302 or submit the form below. 
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Guided tours are available for all visitors on Saturday and Sunday. Weekend tours run at 12:30 p.m., 1:30 p.m., 2:30 p.m., and 3:30 p.m.
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