The Holocaust Museum is one of Houstons rich cultural treasures. From the permanent exhibits to the special exhibition throughout the year visitors are sure to learn about various struggles and hopefully leave inspired to be a better human being.The current Mandela Exhibition is a must see; a small version of what one would experience at the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, South Africa.

The Holocaust Museum in Houston. What an uplifting experience of the power and resilience of the human spirit! The museum puts on a spectacular snapshot of human history in both its permanent collection...the Jewish Holocaust...and current moving exhibition on Nelson Mandela and Apartheid. Then there is the Human Rights gallery...the Declaration...focus on the continuing struggle for human rights...Mandela, King, Chavez, Harvey Milk, Malala, Rigoberta Menchu...so many voices...

If you’re in Houston this is a place you may want a visit. It’s a brief, clear and broad exhibition of what were the historical events of the different world genocides, specially the Jewish. They have video demonstrations, audio all around each exhibition, a book and souvenir store, library (access by reservation), cafeteria, numerous pictures and artifacts that were used in relevant times. They also have a Mandela exhibition that includes his reading books. Parking is about 8$ for more than 2 hours. Tickets are from $15. Military and Senior discounts available. 3 levels easy to navigate through the predetermined route. Took me almost 2 hours to walk it all.

It was an amazing experience. The remodeling and installation of new exhibits were life changing. The immersion process what intense and very educational. If you havent seen the new remodel it is an educational experience. Also they had hand sanitizing stations and everyone was wearing a mask and there were notes for spacing throughout.

My visit this time was to see the Apartheid exhibit which was interactive, engaging and informative. This is a stunning museum and well worth the visit. I always come away knowing more and strongly recommend.

The museum was wonderful. It was a very enlightening experience. I enjoyed my visit immensely and would recommend that others take the time to explore and learn about the Holocaust Museum of Houston. There are a wide array of pictures, artifacts, and videos.

This is a must see in Houston .after being closed for several months and undergoing a 34 million dollar renovation this museum is better than ever more interactive and engaging. The stories are soul wrenching the exhibits world class. The art gallery upstairs recommended after exhibits that will provide food for thought .This place gets better and better. I went for the Mandela exhibit. Visited permanent installations.Always a great experience.

Another great museum on the Holocaust in Texas, similar to the Dallas Holocaust Museum. An interesting timeline of how things took place and the stories told here are very interesting.

Holocaust Museum Houston is an impressively clean and modern display of architecture. The exhibition space, while somberly beautiful, will guide learning and help nourish empathy in visitors from all walks of life with a powerful message.The museum has a main theater that shows an ongoing video every thirty minutes, half a dozen or so mini theaters throughout the various exhibits, and some additional interactive terminals with touch screen monitors. The museum offers audio guided tours as well.If you plan on staying a while you’ll be pleased to know there is a café.Tip.Admission is free on Thursdays from 2PM to 5PM.Enjoy

Excellent displays, amazing artifact, beautiful gallery and everyone was very helpful!

Beautiful museum. Very moving. Lovely, helpful and very knowledgeable staff.

A place everyone should visit to get an idea of the Holocaust and how peoples rights can so easily be taken from them.

Price is reasonable, $15 for adults. I was here many years ago in the old building but this is 3 times bigger. Pictures are not allowed on the 1st floor floor. There are a lot of videos of survivors and other interactive activities. The most interesting part was a train cart that you walk into and a fisherman boat that’s on display. The 2nd floor also provides a cafe with a seating area and an art gallery.

If you havent gone you need to go. I will say i wish they kept it holocaust based and not added other things to it..but really fun

Enjoyed visiting. Love history. Displays on many genocides throughout history not just World War 2.

I was so touch . Loved it. Its very essential for the next generation to see the Museum.

This place is really nice. Its designed really unique, has lots of places to listen and learn what really happened during that time.I personally feel its not a place to bring children that arent interested in it.When I went there was one family who brought 3 of their kids and they were running around, talking really loud. That made it hard to hear the videos and really take your time in the museum. I felt rushed because I wanted to get away from them so I can really take my time to read and look at everything.I wouldnt bring kids, to be honest.

This is a great place. The man in my photo is a great man. Awesome. Dedicating his life to help teach people the importance of our history. Such as the Holocaust.

It was a nice place. Wish they would have more on groups affected that werent Jewish.

They have a great variety of art and a gift shop.

Have been the museum.great exhibition about the sad suffering. the memory of history matter. The staff and volunteer were all helpful.thanks

Very informative. The kids and I learned a lot

A moving remembrance of a horrible time in human history. Theres a lot of local connections, and the docent leading my group personalized our tour by telling the story of her own mother and others she knew. This is not a museum for very young children, simply because of the quiet and somber mood of visitors learning about the atrocities of the Holocaust. Good for upper elementary children, however. Theres a welcome area with am introductory film, and some unique exhibits. For example, there is an interactive display where you can ask a survivor a question, and he will respond, sort of like Alexa but with a computerized image of the man who is speaking. There are also personal speakers that you can hold to your ear to hear audio. Be sure to visit the second floor, where theres a beautiful exhibit of butterflies. Not the living kind, but one-of-a-kind artistic creations. Visit this museum to learn more!A great museum experience.

This museum is worth visiting. It has been beautifully remodeled. The photos and history may bring you to tears. I wouldnt recommend it for small children. I took my student council group and 3 chaperones to visit the museum. The staff was awaiting our arrival. We received the audio boxes immediately and were on our way. The customer service was outstanding. All of the exhibits were amazing. We loved that everything was in English and Spanish. Everyone had a wonderful experience.

This place has some amazing facts...check it out

So this is a eye opening museum that will bring you into the sense of the the holocaust. It gets in detail and eye witness accounts of what they went through. They have a short film then walk and read the stories. The presentation of the order of events is well designed for you to see. There’s even a duplicate trolley that was used during that time! I remember coming here for an event art field trip and it still eye capturing when you go through it all!

This place is so informative. If you take the time to read every inch of this museum, you will be changed. The staff was very helpful and the museum easy to maneuver.Seeing and reading the stories of all the people in there really brought me so many emotions. It made me internalize the extreme pain that no one should ever have to go through. When I went they had a survivor talk about their experience, im not sure if it was a video or an actual person because I honestly didn’t see anybody but I was listening and it was eye opening. Its relieving seeing Houston not let the city forget about the holocaust and bringing this history to new generations.

Very sombering but also beautiful in all the people who came together to help. Also a reminder to not let it happen again

Incredible, moving afternoon.Very new or newly remodeled facility.Also has a civil rights section

Very moving exhibits. Includes background and history. Recognizes other groups who faced persecution. Kind helpful staff members

The old museum was much better, granted this one isnt completely out together yet. There is still a lot of missing exhibits and construction going on. This museum is mostly just pictures, not a lot of artifacts. It really just seemed to skim over the story of the Holocaust, never really digging deep or giving a lot of detail. There were just as many posters and plaques placed for the people who donated to the museum as there were museum pieces. Overall, I was very disappointed and its not worth the steep admission price.

Its was a great display of one of the saddest times in human history. No photography allowed, except at the entrance. No entry fee charged, $8.00 to park. But lots of very nice displays, films to watch, artifacts, and photos. Nice little gift shop on site. Clean bathrooms. Must pass through security and metal detector. No LTC allowed. 30.06 & 30.07 applies.

I try to go every year its always a somber experience. I typically go after watching Schindlers List. This was the 1st time my wife had been and the experience had a profound effect on her.

Amazing! You wont regret it.

Everybody should go to this museum at least once in their life. We all need to remember what people are capable of, and as human beings make sure that nothing like this is ever allowed to take place again.

Incredibly moving experience. This is a treat to the greater Houston metro and a powerful reminder than we cannot forget, we cannot forget to tell our children and encourage them to tell their children. I recommend visiting the library on the third floor and taking in a small art gallery on the second floor.Standing in the rail car, imagining being there with 160-200 other people shoved into the car. Seeing the a replica boat that took people out of harms way under the cover of darkness.As a public policy nerd, I appreciated seeing the diplomats who helped save thousands of lives by approving visas, falsifying documents and choosing humans over politics.

This is the best part of Houston, my kids enjoyed each of the five museums we did in one day. Childrens museum is a must for children.

We budgeted two and a half hours, and could have spent far more. There is so much to learn about this single topic! While we found it engrossing, I cannot recommend it for children: the experience is focused on a written narrative and not activities that children require..Overall, absolutely first rate.

This is a fabulous museum. The part on the Jewish/Nazi history was very thorough. I plan to go back because there is so much to learn about and its such a heavy subject. There is a cute little store and a nice cafe as well.

We got here on re-opening day around noon.  They had just remodeled and still didn’t have everything inside completely set up, but it was still amazing.  I had been there over ten years ago and now was checking it out after remodel.  It was a great museum.  It had so many artifacts and a lot of great history and data.  The staff members were extremely nice and helpful.  So much great stuff to see and learn!  I recommend checking it out!  I got discounted tickets on groupon.We made this trip our summer family vacation.  We purchased City Passes online, which was a great experience and we will be doing this again for the other locations offered by them.  So, on this trip, we visited NASA, the Houston Zoo, the Houston Aquarium, Kemah Boardwalk, the Holocaust Museum, a Galveston seawall beach, La Porte- Sylvan Beach, the USS Texas, and the San Jacinto Monument.  I wrote detailed reviews for all of these stops, so if interested, please check those out!

Walk through history and hear from the voices of the past. This is an amazing beautiful museum. If you are in the area, you must stop by and listen to history told in an absolutely captivating manner.

Students! Take advantage of it! Audio tour is generally a must for the full tour experience, youll spend at least 2-3 hours here if you do the audio tour. Great place to bring the kids learn about world history! 10 yr old brother loved learning about the holocaust, especially since they havent covered it in school yet.

Interesting museum but not nearly long enough with almost no artifacts. Lots of money put into it, you can tell but I think it wouldve been better spent with more information about how it happened and how they recovered from the genocide rather than going off on a rant about coexisting. Focus gets shifted from the Holocaust to tolerance very fast. Tolerance should be taught as well but if thats what youre teaching, dont give it a misleading name.

The holocaust information was very good and the presentation was excellent. I have always been an avid reader regarding the holocaust and World War II history. However, the part about black slavery had no place in this museum, it seemed to have be included to be politically correct. Maybe there could be a separate museum for civil rights and black history.I was very disappointed to have seen it in this museum.

Easy parking. Admission is fairly good and it wasnt quite what I expected but all in all, informative.

Words cannot adequately describe this place. One must simply go and spend a day here, especially since they finished a massive remodeling and expansion of this museum. It was well worth it.

Was excellent.I went with the feeling - Another Holocaust museum. But it was special. Very artistic but still informative.There were few Holocaust survivors, you could chat with. It really uncommon, and in few years all will past away. So it was really unique experience.

Informative.. students get in free... Friendly staff

New facility is great. Exhibit on the capture and trial of Adolph Eichmann is a must see.

Pretty small for the price, disappointing exhibits.. if you can catch the films those are ok

Amazing experience excellent educational and it really get to you very well set

Provides a humanizing experience that cannot be done just by reading text or watching videos. Thank you! I was able to learn things I wasnt aware of.

Gorgeous new building! We went to see the Danish fishing boat...great story of humanitarianism and volunteering! Excellent food, here!

It is a very well put together museum that demonstrates the suffering that was inflicted during the holocaust and why it is our duty to not let it happen again.What sets this museum apart from others of its kind is the interviews with the local holocaust survivors. These interviews really drive home the horror of the events. Absolutely worth visiting

It was a very educational and touching experience going for the first time. I went with my mom, brothers, and sister. For us as teens and pre-teens it was a lot of reading (basically thats all it was) and there werent many things to look at, like artifacts from that time period, but overall it was a good way to spend a day.

Enjoyed the Mandela exhibit and the human rights exhibit

This museum is very well done, handling the subject matter fully but sensitively. Includes a beautiful two-storey butterfly sculpture plus school childrens butterfly artwork. It was a very moving experience.

Very Great place. Very informative about the people who survived holocaust.

Its free for college students (with valid id) everyday. And its also free for everyone on Thursday afternoon. The museum is So So So good, educational, and informative. I like this museum.

Would visit again and again. So well done - still thinking about this visit.

One of the best Holocaust Museums I have visited.

This museum is amazing and well-organized! It is worth going to. I have attended the one in D.C, though its been too many years ago for me to compare them.Our 12 yo son, whos interested in WWII history, wanted to go here.I recommend the audio tour, which is $3 extra for the paying customers (free for the customers who are admitted for free). Ear buds will fit in the audio box. They are provided for free if you ask for them.The focus is on the Houston residents who are Holocaust survivors. There are insightful questions, along the way, for us to ponder.It is a depressing part of history, yet its important to remember so that it can be prevented from ever happening again. Only three months after Hitler was appointed Chancellor, laws started being passed against the Jews.It is ironic that the smuggling boat (for liberating Jews) is in front of the railroad car (for transporting Jews to concentration camps and killing centers). You can walk around and through the railroad car while listening to those who described the conditions of being in one; as well as watching a video of the smuggling boat while sitting next to one.Another part of the exhibit is an interactive video of a Holocaust survivor. When you ask questions, the video answers them as if the man were present. There are thousands of recorded answers.Its also beneficial to learn how the sole survivors of their families had courage and motivation to go on.

Beautiful Memorial

Sorry, too boring.Not enough exponats, ineractive actions and so on.Expensive interior, quality in all things, but where is no soul.For example, I want to know more about jews, their culture, musics, traditions, etc.

It was so awesome! I came here for my AVID trip and they give you a small speaker with audio and its just amazing. I recommend that place

Outstanding! It could never be forget.

A good place for history enthusiasts

A really great learning opportunity. Love that there are a lot of stories of locals who survived the Holocaust

It was a very powerful presentation. I will return as it is very informative and insightful. I like how the stories of the survivors were woven into the history

Excellent. Intriguing. Relive the the whole day back in time. Very well presented. You get the sense of the horrible tragedy that happened that day.

A museum everyone needs to visit. We all need to learn of the atrocities and how to prevent them now and in the future. The human rights exhibit was very interesting as well.

This place is amazing. I definitely need to go back and be there for more than 1 hour.

Great place to learn about Anne Frank, Holocaust overall and the segregation of whites and blacks as well. Very intense emotionally though. Lots of standing so wear comfortable shoes.

Beautiful architecture and meaningful exhibits!

It’s been a good time since the last time I visited the museum. It appears the location has been moved to Kirby Dr temporarily as the original location goes through renovations.I will speak about both. Either place the experience you have is a profound and moving one. The information about the holocaust really makes you ponder about the state of our current society. It’s a really great museum. I just visited this location and although not the same it’s still worth checking out.Definitely check it out!!

Despite that I already knew the story, this place still moved me. Its hard to put into words the feels. I highly recommend that everyone visit this place at least once. Of course theyre about to move so youll have to wait until the new location opens!

If youre driving down to Galveston or you going to go see an Astros game or whatever please take time to see this place its very important for our history thats absolutely beautiful they just redid the outside in the whole area I think its called the museum or art Strip District is absolutely a must-see in Houston Houston has really turned it around since Harvey very impressed

Wonderful museum. Hadn’t realized it just reopened. Exhibits were impressive.

Absolutely devastating and incredibly moving. I lasted about 20 minutes before I was completely overcome and couldn’t see through my tears and had to leave. The stories, the artifacts, the imagery - a gripping, savage testament of mans inhumanity that should never be forgotten or diminished.

A sobering and inclusive view of Hitlers reign and the terror inflicted upon society as a whole. I recommend listening to the audio portion of the tour as you walk through the museum. There is also a section on human rights and violations from around the world. Interesting to see and learn of the depths of mankinds evil.

I loved this museum, learning about their fantastic programs that bring about our diversity in all stages of the history of this country and the world.

Maybe it was because we just saw the one in DC, but I was not impressed with this holocaust museum. It was very clean and everyone really nice but I feel it didn’t have much. There’s potential but a lot of square footage was reserved for non Holocaust issues here

The tour guide was very welcoming and very informative, overall the experience was very wonderful, would definitely go again

Amazing! Second time Ive been there, first time after the renovation, and it was so cool and informative! It was so cool how they talk about the past events of the Holocaust and then used the examples to show how we should react to present genocide.

This was absolutely inspirational and informative. I, now, feel more learned on the Holocaust and basic human rights. We need to be more educated on this.

I really love the museum and it gave me a good experience would give it five but some of the exhibits weren’t workingBut it was there grand opening so they might’ve fixed itOverall if your a history buff and in the Houston area I recommend this museum

Interesting and educational. Not to mention emotional. Shirlee

Great tour. Great museum. Got me feeling all emotional.

Loved all the history in this place. Makes you ALWAYS REMEMBER what happened so many years ago!

The Security guards were SUPER nice, I was really impressed with them. I took my kids there for a short time just to kill some time while waiting for other museums to open.

Extremely moving. Very educational for teens and adults. Tour guide was knowledgeable as well. Prompted lots of thought provoking and meaningful conversation with the kids afterwards.

Very informative, but visually not my cup of tea. I was disappointed that it wasnt as emotional moving as my previous experience at the museum before the remodel. I did like the train car, that was a neat add on. I felt as though there needed to be more testimonials from survivors in the very beginning movie.

It was intense! They have so much stuff and they really depict what really happened there.

Very good museum with beautiful artwork!

The group of senior citizens I was with all really enjoyed the upbeat displays and the hopeful and inspirational writing

The exhibition is laid out chronologically. The theater offers a variety of survivor testimonies & documentaries. A revolutionary experience that stunningly depicts how hate fueled genocide.

So much history. Like previous reviews I wouldnt recommend it for small children. A lot of reading. However, if youre looking for insight on the Holocaust this is likely as good as it gets.

This museum its awesome, and on Thursday after 2:00 pm its free, you wil learn about a lots of culture and as well Humans Right.

Lots of information and displays. It was a very educational your.

Absolutely amazing. The renovated spaces are superb. My favorite section was one that seemed kind of hidden in the back. Its a medium sized room that has the dirt from all the camps including Auschwitz.