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The Holocaust Museum & Janet G. and Harvey D. Cohen Education Center
from Connections 2022
by jewishnaples
The Holocaust Museum & Janet G. and Harvey D. Cohen Education Center is celebrating its 20th Anniversary as a committed community partner, striving to improve the quality of life for Southwest Florida students, citizens and visitors by promoting respect and empathy towards others. Its mission is “to teach the lessons of the Holocaust to inspire action against bigotry, hatred and violence.”
Since its founding, over 500,000 people have been impacted by the Museum’s education programs, exhibits and events. Current programs are held both in person and via Zoom. Created during the pandemic, Zoom programs have provided the Museum with international reach, both for presenters and audiences.
A long-time Designated Site of the Florida Department of Education’s Commissioner’s Task Force on Holocaust Education, the Museum offers both student and teacher Holocaust education programming in six Southwest Florida counties. Age-appropriate programming is available for Grades K-12 through college/university, with a concentration on middle- and high-school grades. These programs are offered on campus, on the Museum’s website and through the use of Pop-up Museum displays.
Museum field trips are also available for student groups. Teacher workshops provide educators with the information and classroom activity materials they need to meet the state mandate to teach their students about the Holocaust. The workshops are funded through a generous legacy gift of the Merrill Kuller Educator Series. The Museum also partners with GenShoah of SWFL for programming for adult children and grandchildren of Holocaust survivors.
Visit Us
Located at 975 Imperial Golf Course Blvd., Suite 108, Naples, FL 34110, the Museum strongly suggests the prepurchase of timed-entry admission tickets. Prepurchase guarantees admission on the date and time slot of your choice. Walk-up visitors will be accommodated if capacity permits. Tickets are available on the Museum’s website, www. HMCEC.org, where you can also see the current hours of operation. We are closed on major U.S. holidays. Masks are strongly encouraged to protect fellow guests and Museum volunteers and staff.
Tour Programs
Self-guided audio tours of the Museum and maps are included with admission. Docent-led tours for the public are available at 1:30 p.m. for a total of 16 guests on a first-come, first-served basis. School field trips are available by appointment. For more information, contact Director of Operations Sam Parish at Sam@HMCEC.org. Private group tours, which can be customized for your group, are also available by appointment – contact Education Assistant David Nelson for details at David@HMCEC.org.
2022 Events and Programs Special Exhibits
Special major exhibitions on display rotate in the Estelle and Stuart Price Gallery. The exhibits feature content related to the people and historical events of the Holocaust and other genocides. These exhibits are created in-house from Museum archives or are special traveling exhibits.
Jan. 2 – Feb. 28, 2022 “Vedem Underground in Terezin” is a special traveling exhibit from the Vedem Foundation. “Vedem” was a long-running underground magazine created by teenagers and young men documenting their lives in the Theresienstadt Ghetto.
March – Sept. 2022 “Letter from Westerbork Transit Camp” is an overview of correspondence between those being held at Westerbork and family and friends.
Lecture Series
Docent Ellaine Rosen presents a five-part series, “Nazi Looted Art – Unfinished Business,” at the Museum on Jan. 12, 19, 26 and Feb. 2 and 9, at 5 p.m. The cost for the series is $100/$20 per lecture. RSVP is required. Please visit www.HMCEC.org for tickets and more information.
Docent Stuart Mest, M.D. presents “Eugenics, Experiments, Ethics: Nazi Germany, Japan and the U.S.” in two parts on Feb. 23 and March 2 at 5 p.m. Repeat sessions are scheduled on March 9 and 16. The cost of this presentation is $40.
Events
Jan. 27, 2022 – International Holocaust Remembrance Day Complimentary Museum admission is offered along with a film on Abe Price, Holocaust Survivor and Museum cofounder. You must register online for your complimentary ticket.
March 3, 2022 – Triumph 2022 This annual fundraising event will feature special guest speaker, Gen. Romeo Dallaire, hero of the Rwandan Genocide.
April - Annual Yom HaShoah Community Commemoration
Additional details on the Museum’s programs can be found at www.HMCEC. org and will be forthcoming as the program dates near. For more information, visit www.HMCEC.org or call the Museum at 239-263-9200.
We hope to see you, your family and friends at the Museum and on Zoom this coming year. And we hope you all stay safe and healthy in 2022!
