HOUSTON – The Holocaust Museum Houston has revealed designs for a dramatic $49.4 million expansion of its current building.
The museum, at 5401 Caroline St., plans to add about 35,000 square feet of space, which will more than double the building’s current size, to a total of 57,000 square feet. The expansion will make it the fourth-largest Holocaust museum in the country, according to a news release from the museum.
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Mayor Sylvester Turner was expected to take part in the expansion announcement Tuesday evening, at the museum’s Albert and Ethel Herzstein Auditorium.
During a $15 million check ceremony, the museum also was expected to name the principal donor of the largest contribution in its history, whose matching grant secured naming rights to the new building while bringing the campaign to its funding goal, officials said.
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Two-thirds of the current building will be razed to make way for a three-story structure to house exhibits, classrooms, library and administrative offices, the news release said.
Construction will run from October through early 2019.
Construction will also require the museum to temporarily relocate most of its permanent exhibit, classrooms and administrative offices to 9220 Kirby Drive, Suite 100. The museum will close July 24 to begin the move and open to visitors at its temporary location Sept. 5.
