Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center

The Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center will install and evaluate a new permanent exhibit that will provide visitors with the knowledge, skills, and inspiration to stand up for humanity and take action in their schools, workplaces, and communities. The three-gallery experience will include pre-recorded images of Holocaust survivors, opportunities to contemplate how one can stand up against injustices, and tools for getting involved in civic issues. The museum will pilot and test the interactive elements of the exhibition with visitors to inform revisions and modifications. The exhibit aims to provide visitors a better understanding genocide and its causes, to increase visitors' capacity for historical and personal empathy, and to encourage visitors to take on civic issues and speak up for themselves and others.