Founding a Museum to Promote Social Change

Autor/in	Abram, Ruth J.
Titel	Founding a Museum to Promote Social Change
Quelle	In: Journal of Museum Education, 45 (2020) 2, S.158-165 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1059-8650
DOI	10.1080/10598650.2020.1750294
Schlagwörter	Museums; Social Change; Immigrants; Immigration; Consciousness Raising; History; Program Development; Civil Rights + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Sozialer Wandel; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Bewusstseinsbildung; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Programmplanung; Bürgerrechte; Grundrechte; Zivilrecht
Abstract	The founder of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum (Tenement Museum) explains how her realization that history could be used as a tool for social change inspired the creation of a museum of immigrant life that would be transformative for visitors. She hoped that by placing them in the shoes of immigrants much like their own forebearers, visitors would realize how similar today's newcomers are to earlier immigrants. The concept came not from a familiarity with museum protocols but rather from a zeal for human rights and from the author's growing realization of the power of history to effect fundamental change. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01