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JOIN US for an Exciting Season of New Exhibits and Programming

Hello! children learn about Holocaust heroes like Irena Sendler, and high

school students learn about researching primary historical documents
he museum has been buzzing with activity! We’ve had school
groups in the mornings, public visitors in the afternoon, and using some of the items from the museum’s collection. At the
Tprivate group tours coming in to visit as well. We even had conclusion of the field trips, the groups have the option of eating their
WINK News reporter Gail Levy come in to do a news story about lunch before returning to school. Special note: Thanks to a generous
International Holocaust Remembrance Day, interviewing two of grant from the Suncoast Credit Union Foundation, funds are available to
th
help defray the cost of 8 grade field trips to the museum. We are grateful to
our local Holocaust Survivors, Sarah Rockler and Rob Nossen, for
her report. Our staff and volunteers are also out in the community Suncoast Credit Union Foundation for this assistance in bringing students
giving talks at libraries and for community groups, setting up the to the museum.
Private Group Tours …
Boxcar Exhibit and PopUp Museum displays, and teaching lessons
at schools. And, great progress continues to be made on our exciting Looking for an interesting and memorable activity for your family,
friends, neighbors or organization? Why not book a private group
expansion project!
tour at the museum. Tours are offered for 10 – 25 people, and, as with
the student tours, private groups are conducted when the museum
is closed to the public. You have the museum to yourselves and don’t
have to rush. A variety of tour options are available, including an
evening option. We work with your schedule and interests. You can
have a Docent-led tour, a Holocaust Survivor Presentation (based on
availability.) A light breakfast, light lunch or light refreshments can
also be provided.
For information and scheduling Student and Private Group tours,
please contact David Nelson, Education Specialist at David@hmcec.org
or 239-263-9200, ext 205. Information on student group and private
group tours is also available on our website,
www.hmcec.org.
Our North Wing Expansion
Many people are not aware of the special tours we offer tailored
Project …
to students and adult groups. We also want to bring you up to date
on our new North Wing plans. Please read on for details. The construction phase of
School Group Tours … the North Wing project has
Our Education Department works with students and teachers progressed to where we can
in five Southwest Florida counties. One of our most popular now finalize designs for the
programs is a field trip to the museum. These tours are available new exhibits. After months of
for public, private, home school and alternative school groups. discussing what to include and what
Student tours take place on weekday mornings when we are closed not to include, text is written and
to the public. Up to 50 students, teachers and chaperones can be images, videos, recorded testimony and
accommodated at one time. For larger groups with multiple classes, artifacts are selected. Our exhibit firm will take
we will schedule the museum visits over several days. The field trip this information and design the appropriate panels, cases, lighting and
usually begins with students arriving around 9:30am. Following other elements to make the exhibits complete. We can’t wait for you
a brief introduction to the museum, they take a tour through our to experience our newly expanded museum sometime this summer!
galleries with a Docent. The Docent gives them the historical Help Us Grow! ...
background of the Holocaust, as well as shares the personal stories Our adjacent space will become a large classroom, Auschwitz
of local Southwest Florida residents who are Holocaust Survivors Gallery, Gallery for Other Genocides and Human Rights, Special
and Camp Liberators. These stories help make Exhibit Gallery and more. This new space will increase the size of
history “personal” and more memorable for the the museum from 6,000 to 9,600 square feet, allowing us to serve
students. Following the tour, the students thousands more students and guests each year as well as provide
move to the Maureen and Arnold Lerner additional exhibits.
Classroom. Here, they participate in For more information on making a gift to help us grow, please contact
an educational activity. Middle school 239-263-9200 or susan@hmcec.org.
orward to seeing you at the museum soon!
We look f
We look forward to seeing you at the museum soon!

239-263-9200
info@hmcec.org
www.HMCEC.org
975 Imperial Golf Course Blvd.,
Suite#108, Naples, FL 34110

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