Grand Re-opening of "Hope & Humanity: The Core Exhibit" 

Hope & Humanity is a redesigned core exhibition that reimagines how the Holocaust is presented, experienced, and remembered. Opening January 18, 2026, at the Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida, the exhibition serves as the first public demonstration of the storytelling methodology being developed for the future Holocaust Museum for Hope & Humanity in downtown Orlando.

 

Rather than explaining the Holocaust solely through dates, policies, and perpetrators, Hope & Humanity centers narrative power with those who lived through it. The exhibition invites visitors to encounter the Holocaust through the firsthand experiences of Central Florida’s Jewish survivor community, following their lives as events unfold, choices are constrained, and identities are challenged.

 

This approach represents a deliberate shift away from perpetrator-centered storytelling toward an experience grounded in lived moments, emotional truth, and human connection. The exhibition emphasizes that remembrance is not only about the past, but about the ethical choices we make in the present.

 

As both a standalone exhibition and a prototype for the future museum, Hope & Humanity reflects a broader commitment to survivor-centered storytelling, emotional engagement, and education grounded in humanity. It asks visitors not only to learn history, but to carry its lessons forward.