One of the largest Holocaust museums in the country, The Florida Holocaust Museum is the result of St. Petersburg businessman and philanthropist Walter P. Loebenberg’s remarkable journey and vision. Loebenberg escaped Nazi Germany in 1939 and served in the United States Army during World War II. Together with a group of local businesspeople and community leaders, the concept of a living memorial to those who suffered and perished was conceived. Among the participating individuals were Survivors of the Holocaust and individuals who lost relatives, as well as those who had no personal investment, other than wanting to ensure that such atrocities could never again happen to any group of people.
A message from the Executive Director
A message from our Executive Director: This week, The Florida Holocaust Museum temporarily closed to the general public to help prevent community spread of the COVID-19. Although our building may be closed, The FHM’s work continues, particularly with school districts in Tampa Bay and around the state who are transitioning to virtual classrooms. I’ll […]
Photographer Judy Glickman Lauder To Discuss Her New Book Beyond the Shadows: The Holocaust and the Danish Exception
Beyond the Green Bench: A Community Conversation for a New Generation at The Historic Manhattan Casino
The FHM Announces “Honoring the Past, Ensuring the Future” Campaign for Giving Tuesday on December 3rd
Community Program at The Florida Holocaust Museum “Eugenics in America: A History of Injustice”
Free Community Program at The Florida Holocaust Museum “American Racism and the Holocaust”
The FHM’s Annual Kristallnacht Commemoration, featuring Julie Kohner & Free Museum Admission
American Racism and the Holocaust, featuring Lawrence N. Powell at The Florida Holocaust Museum
Due to the recent rise in Antisemitism, Ira Forman returns to The Florida Holocaust Museum
The Florida Holocaust Museum’s is saddened by the recent passing of Marietta Sobel Drucker
The FHM Launches 5th Annual “Trunks of Hope” Campaign to Provide Educational Materials to Teachers Free of Charge!
The FHM Exhibition Opening of Loss and Affirmation: Illustrations and Drawings by William Pachner
The FHM Recognizes the Humanitarian Actions of Students that Make the World a Better Place
Visit The FHM on May 2nd to Receive a Special Daffodil Sticker, Designed by Izabela Gabrielson
Tovah Feldshuh to join Ed Asner in the live readings of The Soap Myth in Tampa and Sarasota!
Bill Graham Announced as a Loebenberg Humanitarian Award Recipient for The FHM’s Annual “To Life” Benefit!
Dr. Jeffrey Cohen and Bill Graham Announced as Loebenberg Humanitarian Award Recipients for The FHM’s Annual “To Life” Benefit!
The FHM Releases the Eighteenth Story in its “25 Survivors, 25 Stories… Celebrating 25 Years!” Oral History Series
The FHM Reserves Stageworks Theatre for a Special Presentation of “Judgment at Nuremberg”
USC Shoah Foundation and Leading Holocaust Museums to Premiere and Exhibit Award-Winning Virtual Reality Film ‘The Last Goodbye’
The FHM Releases the Seventeenth Story in its ’25 Survivors, 25 Stories… Celebrating 25 Years!’ Oral History Series
Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution Opening Weekend Events at The Florida Holocaust Museum
Bill Graham and the Rock & Roll Revolution Opens August 18th at The Florida Holocaust Museum
The FHM Releases the Sixteenth Story in its “25 Survivors, 25 Stories… Celebrating 25 Years!” Oral History Series
The FHM Launches 4th Annual “Trunks of Hope” Campaign to Provide Educational Materials to Teachers Free of Charge!
The FHM Releases the Fifteenth Story in its ’25 Survivors, 25 Stories… Celebrating 25 Years!’ Oral History Series
The FHM’s “Speak Up, Speak Now!” Program Comes to the Tampa Bay History Center this Summer
The Florida Holocaust Museum Announces Partnership with the Pinellas and Hillsborough Public Library Cooperatives
The Florida Holocaust Museum Receives Large Artifact and Art Donation from the Fluek Family
The FHM Releases the Fourteenth Story in its “25 Survivors, 25 Stories… Celebrating 25 Years!” Oral History Series
The FHM Recognizes the Humanitarian Actions of Students that Make the World a Better Place
The FHM Releases the Thirteenth Story in its “25 Survivors, 25 Stories… Celebrating 25 Years!” Oral History Series
Tom Ikeda to Discuss The World War II Japanese American Incarceration and Why It Matters Today
The FHM to Honor the Memory of Holocaust Victims on April 12 in Commemoration of Yom HaShoah
The Florida Holocaust Museum Releases the Twelfth Story in its “25 Survivors, 25 Stories… Celebrating 25 Years!” Oral History Series
The Florida Holocaust Museum Receives Reaccreditation from the American Alliance of Museums
Author Barbara Rylko-Bauer to Share her Mother’s Story as a Polish Doctor in the Nazi Camps
The Florida Holocaust Museum Announces 4th Annual Pass the Plate: The FHM Spring Cook-Off
New Exhibition at The FHM Recounts the Dramatic Story Behind One of the World’s Most Notorious Escaped Nazi War Criminals
The FHM Honors the Past by Empowering the Future this Saturday at Sold Out “To Life” Gala!
Proposed Polish Law Makes Mention of Polish Complicity During the Holocaust a Criminal Offense
The FHM Releases the Eleventh Story in its ’25 Survivors, 25 Stories… Celebrating 25 Years!’ Oral History Series
The FHM Releases the Tenth Story in its ’25 Survivors, 25 Stories… Celebrating 25 Years!’ Oral History Series