Holocaust Museum Houston
The Holocaust Museum Houston is located in Houston's Houston [Museum District|Museum District], in Texas. It is the fourth largest holocaust museum in the U.S. It was opened in 1996.
The Boniuk Center houses Holocaust Museum Houston's Education Department.
Museum renovation
In June 2019, Holocaust Museum Houston underwent a $34 million expansion of its original building in the Houston Museum District. By more than doubling in size to a total of, the new facility ranks as the nation's fourth-largest Holocaust museum and is fully bilingual in English and Spanish. The new three-story structure houses a welcome center, four permanent galleries and two changing exhibition galleries, classrooms, a research library, a café, a 200-seat indoor theater, and a 175-seat outdoor amphitheater. The exhibits now discuss the overall history surrounding the Holocaust, as well as other genocides. Some items were moved to protect them during construction, including the rescue boat "Hanne Frank" and a railcar.