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Save the Dates … 2018-2019 fundraising events

By Joan Hogan / June 27, 2018 / Comments Off on Save the Dates … 2018-2019 fundraising events

Please mark your calendars and support our major 2018-2019 fundraising events: The Luncheon 2018 Series: Wednesday, December 12, 2018 An Evening with Dr. James Grymes, author of Violins of Hope 7:00pm – 8:30pm at Temple Shalom, Naples Thursday, December 13, 2018 Patron Reception with Violins of Hope Project violin maker Avshalom Weinstein and display of […]

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“Best Museum in Collier County” – Finalist for 2nd Year in a Row!

By Joan Hogan / March 21, 2018 / Comments Off on “Best Museum in Collier County” – Finalist for 2nd Year in a Row!

UPDATE – April 2019 The results of Gulfshore Life Magazine’s 2019 Readers’ Choice Annual Awards are in … the Museum was voted 2019 “Best Museum – Collier County” … for the 2nd time in three years! Great News! Gulfshore Life readers voted the Museum as a Finalist for the second year in a row in […]

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Triumph 2018 ~ A Great Success!

By Joan Hogan / March 21, 2018 / Comments Off on Triumph 2018 ~ A Great Success!

On March 5th, a sold-out audience of nearly 300 dined at the newly re-designed Club Pelican Bay, with proceeds benefiting the Museum’s Education Programs. Our Featured Speaker was David Eisenhower, grandson of the late President. Mr. Eisenhower stopped by the Museum before the event for a brief tour with Curator Cody Rademacher and met Board Members […]

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2018 Elliott Katz Holocaust Lecture Series begins January 11th

By Joan Hogan / January 1, 2018 / Comments Off on 2018 Elliott Katz Holocaust Lecture Series begins January 11th

The 6th Annual Elliott Katz Holocaust History Lecture Series will be held at Hodges University in the Stock Building’s White Community Room. The cost to attend the lectures is $12 per lecture or $60 for the series. You must register to attend. Dates and topics are: Thursday, January 11, 10 a.m. – 12 p.m.  – Thank […]

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We’ve been voted Best Museum in Collier County!

By Joan Hogan / May 1, 2017 / Comments Off on We’ve been voted Best Museum in Collier County!

The Museum is thrilled and honored to announce that Gulfshore Life Magazine readers selected us as 2017 Winner of the Collier County Museum category in their Readers’ Choice Annual Awards poll. A big “thank you” to them for recognizing the Museum and its commitment to our SWFL community!

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Triumph 2017 is a wonderful success!

By Joan Hogan / March 27, 2017 / Comments Off on Triumph 2017 is a wonderful success!

Many thanks to our friends who attended Triumph 2017: The Freedom Writers Story.  It was a lovely evening at Quail West Golf & Country Club, with over 200 people in attendance to hear the inspirational words of Erin Gruwell. We also had the opportunity to hear about the local impact of your Holocaust Museum from […]

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2017 Elliott Katz Holocaust Lecture Series begins 1/26/17

By Joan Hogan / January 20, 2017 / Comments Off on 2017 Elliott Katz Holocaust Lecture Series begins 1/26/17

Museum Docent Elliott Katz will present a six-part Holocaust history lecture series beginning on Thursday, January 26, 2017. All lectures will be held at Hodges University Naples campus, and reservations may be made on line at https://hu.formstack.com/forms/cll_lecture_series. For more information, contact April May at amay@hodges.edu or call 239-598-6253. View the Florida Weekly Article (1/12/17)

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Artist Juan Diaz Creates Memorial Garden Art Installation to Honor Late Holocaust Survivors and Camp Liberators

By Joan Hogan / January 20, 2017 / Comments Off on Artist Juan Diaz Creates Memorial Garden Art Installation to Honor Late Holocaust Survivors and Camp Liberators

Artist Juan Diaz creates a Memorial Garden Art Installation at the Museum to honor the legacy of the late Holocaust Survivors and Camp Liberators who have worked in the Museum’s Education program. Click here for the complete article which appeared in the 1/19/17 issue of Florida Weekly

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‘Curious George’ helps Collier County teachers bridge subjects

By Joan Hogan / January 20, 2017 / Comments Off on ‘Curious George’ helps Collier County teachers bridge subjects

The Museum participated in the cross-curriculum training program for Collier County teachers. Put together by Champions for Learning, a local organization that funds grants for teachers and students, and The Baker Museum at Artis—Naples 55 elementary teachers were provided with instruction about to teach using Curious George-based examples in science, language arts, history and art classes. […]

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Local Museum & Survivors React to NPI meeting

By Joan Hogan / November 23, 2016 / Comments Off on Local Museum & Survivors React to NPI meeting

The Naples Daily News spent the day on Tuesday, November 22, 2016 speaking with Holocaust Survivors, Liberators and Museum staff regarding the news coverage of the annual conference of the National Policy Institute held in Washington, D.C. This organization has been in existence since 2005 and has continually espoused ideas that are in direct contradiction to […]

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