Arts & Culture
The Holocaust Museum Celebrates 20th Anniversary
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he Holocaust Museum & Janet G. and Harvey D. Cohen Education Center in Naples will celebrate its 20th anniversary in November 2021! What a journey it has been, from the founding inspiration of the “Out of the Ashes” Golden Gate Middle School project created by teachers David Bell and Michelle Lee, to the creation, 2019 opening and expansion of the multiaward-winning new Museum.
Education Mission
The Museum’s mission is to teach the lessons of the Holocaust to inspire action against bigotry, hatred and violence. Since its founding, over 175,000 Southwest Florida students, grades K-12 through college/university, have been impacted by the Museum’s education programs. Students and visitors are encouraged to not only reflect on the importance of respect for others, but to commit to do the right thing by taking action to stand up for others in need. The education department’s ageappropriate programming, conducted on campus pre-COVID-19, is now available on the Museum’s website. Museum Field Trips continue to be available for small student
groups accompanied by teachers and chaperones. The Holocaust education workshops for teachers are now available on the Museum’s website and YouTube channel as a year-long monthly series. This provides teachers with lesson plans, student activities and videos, which can be downloaded at their convenience. The workshops are funded through a generous legacy gift of the Merrill Kuller Educator Series.
New Location and Hours
The Museum’s new location is 975 Imperial Golf Course Blvd., Suite 108, Naples, FL 34110. The museum’s current hours are 1 – 4 p.m. Wednesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays. It is closed Monday, Tuesday, Friday and major U.S. Holidays. Go to www.HMCEC.org for details.
COVID-19 Precautions
ticketing. The pre-purchase of timedentry tickets on the Museum’s website is available and suggested. Self-guided audio tours and Museum maps are available at no charge.
Special Tour Programs
Special tours of the Museum are now available by appointment. These include school field trips, private group tours, docent-led small group public tours, and the “Perfectly Paradise Authentic Experience Tour,” created in conjunction with the Naples, Marco Island, Everglades Visitor Bureau. More information is available on the website’s “Education” and “Visit” tab sections or via e-mail at Sam@HMCEC.org (for school field trips), David@HMCEC. org (for non-school tours) and Info@ HMCEC.org (for general information).
Museum Exhibits
Three major exhibits will rotate on display in the Estelle and Stuart Price Gallery in 2021. The first, “Girl Power! How Young Women Impacted the Holocaust and Beyond,” will celebrate women from a variety of backgrounds and time Please visit our website periods for their courage to act against or call for information on: evil despite the personal cost of doing of from the so. Pre-purchase Included will be women Holocaust, civil rightstickets and contempotimed-entry rary eras. Girl Power will run from JanMuseum uaryNew 5 through May 23. hours The nextvisiting major exhibit will feature New procedures the Museum’s Ken Regele World War II photography collection. The military photographer generously donated film of photos he had taken as well as&film he G. a The Holocaust Museum Janet found during the war. The comprehenHarvey D. Cohen Education Center sive exhibit will profile images from his 975 Imperial Golfwith Course Bouleva collection, beginning the D-Day invasion through the post-war NuremSuite 108, Naples, FL 34110 burg Trials. Among the subjects to be included will be life behind the front Votedcelebri2019 lines, military leaders, USO Best Museum ties, and images from captured enemy
NEW LOCATION NOW OPEN The Museum complies with all CDCmandated COVID-19 safety precautions, including social distancing, frequent sanitizing of commonly touched surfaces, hand sanitizing stations, the wearing of masks and timed-entry
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