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Holocaust Museum Houston
From behind the barbed wire: Uncaged Art from the Tornillo Children’s Detention Center
Thursday, Sep. 26, 2019 – Thursday, Sep. 26, 2019
06:30 PM – 08:00 PM
US/Central
Join Holocaust Museum Houston for a lecture by Dr. Yolanda Chávez Leyva, Director of the Institute of Oral History at the University of Texas at El Paso and an Associate Professor in History, as she explores the ethical and historical issues associated with curating an art exhibit created by anonymous migrant youth held in detention. Tornillo opened in June 2018 and closed in January 2019. At the time, it was the largest detention center for young unaccompanied asylum-seekers. In December 2018 and January 2019, students engaged in an art project intended to help them remember their towns, cities and countries as well as the culture and history of where they came from. While psychologists and attorneys witnessed depressed and anxious youth, held in prison like settings, they were able to create beautiful art that spoke to their desire to be free.
Yolanda Chávez Leyva was born and raised on the Ciudad Juárez-El Paso border and has dedicated her life to listening to and documenting the histories of fronterizos, border people. She specializes in border history, public and oral history and Chicana history. She is co-founder of Museo Urbano, a museum of the streets that highlights fronterizo history by taking it where people are from museums to the actual streets of El Paso.
Admission is free and open to the public, but advance registration is required.
HOURS & ADMISSION
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Tuesday - Saturday, 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Sunday, noon - 5:00 pm
The Museum is closed Mondays, except for Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day and Labor Day. -
Members: Free Adults: $22 Seniors (age 65 and above): $16 AARP Members: $16 Active Duty Military: $16 Ages 0 – 18: Free
The Museum is free to all on Thursdays from 2 pm to 5 pm
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If you have an international bank card, please purchase your tickets onsite at the Museum. We apologize for the inconvenience.
Admission is free on the following holidays:
- Veteran’s Day for active duty military and veterans
- Human Rights Day
- International Holocaust Remembrance Day
- Yom HaShoah
- Memorial Day through Labor Day for active duty military and their families
The Museum is closed on the following holidays:
- Rosh Hashanah
- Yom Kippur
- Thanksgiving
- Christmas Day
- New Year’s Day
- Easter Sunday
Directions & Parking
- Paid Parking
- Paid parking is available in the parking lot next to the Museum on the corner of Binz and Caroline St.
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