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Florida Holocaust Museum offers Genocide & Human Rights Awareness Month (GHRAM)

The Florida Holocaust Museum is pleased to announce April's series of events for Genocide and Human Rights Awareness Month (GHRAM).

FHM Announces Celebrity Program for To Life 2013

FHM Announces Celebrity Program for To Life 2013

New Executive Director Named at Florida Holocaust Museum

New Executive Director, Elizabeth Gelman, named at the Florida Holocaust Museum.

Florida Holocaust Museum hosts USS Honolulu Veterans

The Florida Holocaust Museum is proud to present a public program designed to honor the USS Honolulu veterans.

Exhibit Opens July 21

The Florida Holocaust Museum is proud to present Humanity Beyond Barbed Wire: Hitler's soldiers in the Sunshine State.

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FHM Honored the 2012 Anne Frank Humanitarian Award Recipients

During receptions on May 30 and May 31, the FHM honored 94 high school juniors with the 2012 Anne Frank Humanitarian Award (AFHA).

Executive Director Steps Down

Carolyn Bass, Executive Director of the Florida Holocaust Museum, stepped down on May 4, 2012.

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Two Exhibits on View at the Florida Holocaust Museum

The Florida Holocaust Museum is proud to present two exhibits.

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New Fundraiser

The Florida Holocaust Museum is pleased to present a benefit event, Cigars and Chardonnay.

Florida Holocaust Museum Executive Director Carolyn Bass Steps Down

Carolyn Bass, Executive Director of the Florida Holocaust Museum, tendered her resignation on February 29, 2012.

April is Genocide & Human Rights Awareness Month

Genocide and Human Rights Awareness Month (GHRAM) is an annual initiative of the Florida Holocaust Museum.

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New Upcoming Event

The Florida Holocaust Museum presents the featured additional event: Public Program with Jeannie Smith, daughter of Irene Opdyke.

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Become a Florida Holocaust Museum Docent

The Florida Holocaust Museum is currently recruiting new docents. Individuals must be able to commit to a seven-week training course.

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Florida Holocaust Museum Announces New Chief Finance and Operating Officer

The Florida Holocaust Museum is pleased to announce that Zoe Gustafson has been appointed as Chief Finance Officer and Chief Operating Officer.

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Gallery Talk, Drumming to Make a Difference, SUSN Reception

Upcoming events at the Florida Holocaust Museum

The Florida Holocaust Museum Honored the 2011 Anne Frank Humanitarian Award Recipients

During receptions on June 1 and 2, the Florida Holocaust Museum honored 89 high school juniors with the 2011 Anne Frank Humanitarian Award (AFHA).

State of Florida CFO, Jeff Atwater: Renewed Opportunities to Help Survivors

Chief Financial Officer, Jeff Atwater, and his department monitor European insurance companies to assue that recovered Holocaust era insurance claims are handled fairly and equitably.

Staged Reading of Lullaby, Thurs., May 19, 6:30 p.m. at the FHM

The Florida Holocaust Museum is pleased to present award-winning filmmaker, opera director,and Clearwater native Kimberly M. Wetherell who will direct a staged reading of her new feature-length script, Lullaby, on Thurs., May 19 at 6:30 p.m. General admission is $9 per person; the event is fre...

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New Event: One by One Dialogue Between Descendants of the Holocaust and the Nazi Regime

One by One Dialogue Between Descendants of the Holocaust and the Nazi Regime Public program at the Florida Holocaust Museum.

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Richard Notkin's Exhibit Opens at the Florida Holocaust Museum

Peace/War, Survival Extinction: An Artist's Plea for Sanity is on view at the Florida Holocaust Museum from March 19, 2011 - May 31, 2011.

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April is Genocide & Human Rights Awareness Month at the Florida Holocaust Museum

In April 2011 the Florida Holocaust Museum will host its second annual Genocide and Human Rights Awareness Month (GHRAM).

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--2010 Kristallnacht Commemoration

The Florida Holocaust Museum presents its 2010 Kristallnacht Commemoration.

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--Fall 2010 at the Florida Holocaust Museum

The Florida Holocaust Museum presents their fall season of exhibitions and events.

--2010 Anne Frank Humanitarian Awards

During receptions on June 2 and 3, the Florida Holocaust Museum honored 87 high school juniors with the 2010 Anne Frank Humanitarian Award (AFHA).

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-- FHM Mourns the Loss of Edie Loebenberg

St. Petersburg, FL (April 20, 2010) – The Board of Directors and staff of the Florida Holocaust Museum mourns the loss of Edith Loebenberg. Edith and her husband, Walter, founded the Museum.

-- Genocide & Human Rights Awareness Month

The Florida Holocaust Museum proudly announces the creation of Genocide and Human Rights Awareness Month (GHRAM), April 1 – 30.

-- Answering Violence with Art

“Art Not Hate”, a multimedia exhibition by artist Bob Barancik exploring creative conflict resolution, opens at the Florida Holocaust Museum (FHM) on March 6, 2010.

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-- Samuel Bak New Collection: Icons of Loss

St. Petersburg, FL – The Florida Holocaust Museum is pleased to present international artist Samuel Bak and the premiere of his newest works: Icons of Loss: Angels and the Warsaw Boy of Samuel Bak. The exhibition, which features large scale surrealistic artworks, studies and ske...

-- Genocide & Human Rights Awareness Month

Florida Holocaust Museum to host month of programming on past and present genocides

-- Local Curator Receives FAM's Innovator Award

Local Curator Recognized with Florida Association of Museums’ Innovator Award.