04 Aug Southwest Florida’s Holocaust museum to open soon in its first true home
Photos: Holocaust Museum & Cohen Education Center of Southwest Florida gets a new home Click here to view the photo gallery....
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05 Feb International Holocaust Remembrance Day event at the Museum
On January 27, the Museum hosted a lecture and musical performance to commemorate International Holocaust Remembrance Day. Museum Docent Ellaine Rosen presented "Witness to Goodness" presentation Holocaust heroes, which was followed by a moving performance by Jack Solomon on the restored Violins of Hope Project...
11 Jan Violins of Hope project brings reminder of Holocaust to Southwest Florida
By Sean Martinelli NAPLES, Fla. - Violins recovered from concentration camps during the Holocaust are on display for the public at the Naples Holocaust Museum and Education Center. The instruments are part of the "Violins of Hope" project and were played during the museum's December luncheon. "Music brought...
12 Dec Lorie Mayer, a founding member of Holocaust museum in North Naples, dies
Alexi C. Cardona, Naples Daily News Even on her last day at the Holocaust museum in North Naples, Lorie Mayer captivated a crowd. Mayer visited the museum in April to say goodbye to the place and the people with whom she had spent nearly two decades. A...
12 Dec Instruments Onced Owned By Concentration Camp Prisoners Will Be Played In Upcoming SWFL Performance
By ANDREA PERDOMO The Naples Holocaust Museum and Education Center is hosting an exhibit of violins once owned and played by victims of Nazi concentration camps. This week a performance featuring the restored instruments will honor their stories. The exhibit is called Violins of Hope and has...
27 Jun 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...
07 Apr Naples Holocaust Museum relocating to new space after receiving $1 million donation
By Jennifer Beeson, Naples Daily News The Holocaust Museum and Education Center in Naples is relocating to a new space after receiving a million-dollar donation. In early December, the museum, currently located in the Sandalwood Square Plaza off U.S. 41, started a capital campaign to reach a...
30 Mar Holocaust Museum receives landmark gift from Janet Cohen
Naples, Florida, — The Holocaust Museum & Education Center of Southwest Florida has received a pledge of $1 million from Janet Guttman Cohen towards its $3.5 million Capital Campaign for the purchase and renovation of a new building on U.S. 41 in Naples. In recognition...
21 Mar “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 ...