This is the new home for a Museum that began over 20 years ago as a middle school classroom exhibit created by local students studying the Holocaust. The project’s motto was: “Tell your children to tell their children and their children another generation.”
Circulation through the galleries is linear, reflecting the timeline of the Holocaust beginning with the rise of nationalism in Germany and finishing with the liberation of the concentration camps. The final gallery is home to rotating exhibits that describe other and current genocides and humanity’s efforts to curb them.
Circulation through the galleries is linear, reflecting the timeline of the Holocaust beginning with the rise of nationalism in Germany and finishing with the liberation of the concentration camps. The final gallery is home to rotating exhibits that describe other and current genocides and humanity’s efforts to curb them.
A visit to the museum is completed by walking along the light passage which is our solution to introduce natural daylight from the storefront windows without visitors having to look out to the parking lot. From the light passage, one moves into the Reflection Room, featuring the Liberation Wall, a place where visitors, emotionally drained from their experience, can gather themselves.
Since opening, the Museum has become one of the most popular destinations in Southwest Florida, tripling the number of visitors from the former location In a town with dozens of popular attractions vying for visits, the Museum has become a top 5 Tripadvisor destination.