N.B. This web page has three parts, one for each of thse three associations
= Associated with International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP), The Hague (Netherlands). Created in 1992.
= Associated with International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC), New York City (USA). Created in 1999. Received ICOM-US Award in 2010.
= Associated with Federation of International Human Rights Museums (FIHRM), Liverpool (England). Created in 2010.
(1) International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP)
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M |  1912 - Pamatnik Mohyla Míru / Cairn of Peace & Muzeum Brnenska / Brno Regional Museum, Prace, Moravia (Czech Republic). "85-foot monument commemorates Battle of Austerlitz (aka Battle of the Three Emperors), December 2, 1805, when Napoleon defeated the Austrian & Russian coalition, leading to the Peace of Pressburg (Bratislava). Within the memorial there is a chapel and small museum (moderized in 2005), while on the outside, four female statues symbolize France, Austria, Russia and Moravia." Member of International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP).
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Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum, 7-8 Hirano-machi, Nagasaki (Japan). Originally built as multi-purpose facility named Nagasaki International Cultural Hall. Entire structure converted into the Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum in August 1975. New building dedicated in August 1995 on 50th anniversry of the bomb. One of 9 Japanese institutions described in brochure for 6th International Conference of the INMP in 2008. Click here for Wikipedia article.
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| 1967 - Maruki Gallery for the Hiroshima Panels, 1401 Shimoarako, Higashi Matuyama, Saitama Prefecture (Japan). Preserves 14 of the 15 panels painted by Iri & Toshi Maruki between 1950 & 1982 to show the atomic boming of Hiroshima & Nagasaki. Museum includes paintings of Auschwitz, Minamata & Nanking. Click here for Wikipedia article.
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February 15, 1976 - October 21 Memorial Museum, at Entrance, Kragujevac October / October 21 Memorial Park, Desankin venac, Kragujevac
(Serbia). At the site of the Kragujevac Massacre where 2,796 men, women and children were killed on October 21, 1941, by German occupation forces. Stanisa Brkic, curator. "Lower level showcases permanent exhibition "Kragujevac 1941" by a painter Petar Lubarda. Upper level showcases permanent exhibition "Tragedy of Kragujevac 1941." Info courtesy of Gerard Lössbroek.  
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M |   1980 - Friedens-Raeume, Villa Lindenhof, Lindenhofweg 25, Lindau (Germany).
Former Friedensmuseum Lindau / Landau Peace Museum. Operated by Pax Christi, Diocese of Augsburg. In the mainland portion of Lindau on the Bodensee / Lake Constance. From Peter van den Dungen: "Once I was invited to
give a talk [on July 2, 1996] for the annual summer opening of the Lindau Peace Museum (when
my good friend, Thomas Wechs [Jr.], was director; I have not seen the
Friedensraeume in the same building which has replaced the original museum,
in 2000 or thereabouts). At that time also, the Zeppelin museum opened, and
I was lucky to attend." Affiliated with International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP). 
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Comments: Using the slogan "Mehr als ein museum" / "More than a museum," the Friedens-Raeume (literally "peace spaces") occupy about four rooms on the left side of the ground floor of a lakeside villa apparently owned by the City of Lindau. (The psychiatrist who occupies another part of the villa displays his card at its main door.) If there were ever a "museum" without artefacts, this would be it. Displays are made up almost entirely from words, photos, art and furniture. All signs (and presumably all recordings) in the Friedens-Raeume are in German (obviously limiting the comprehention of all non-German speakers).
The young lady who sold me a ticket and gave me a poor English translation of the "museum" brochure was very proud to demonstrate two filing cabinets near the entrance. Each cabinet had multiple drawers containing information typed (in German only) on non-removable laminated cards.
One cabinet had a drawer for each of 14 peacemakers -- Petra Kelly [1947-1992], Nelson Mandela [b.1918], Dorothee Sölle [1929-2003], Gonsar Rinpotsche [b.1949], Paulo Suess [b.1938], Hildegard Goss-Mayr [b.1930], Sophie Scholl [1921-1943], Hans Scholl [1918-1954], Sumaya Farhat-Naser [b.1948], Smail Balic [1920-2002], Astrid Lindgren [1907-2002], Konrad Link [unidentified by me], Anna Starke [1905-1993]
& a mirror for sie / you!
The other cabinet had 16 drawers for various peace topics, none of which I could read except for one drawer listing other peace museums in Germany, Japan, the USA, and few other countries. This "directory" was years out of date, listing, for example, defunct peace museums in Chicago, Detroit, and Lincoln, Nebraska, and failing to name the Dayton International Peace Museum in Dayton, Ohio.
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M |   1981 - The Peace Museum, Chicago, Illinois (USA). Founded by Mark Rogovin & Marjorie Craig Benton. "First & only of its kind in the US, exploring the impact of war & peace through the arts." "In Short – This small museum in the Garfield Park Gold Dome explores the impacts of war and peace through the arts. In its exhibits, the museum addresses all types of nonviolence issues, from anti-nuclear activism around the world to anti-gang issues around in the community. More than 10,000 artifacts include original paintings, sculptures, drawings, ribbon banners, posters, buttons and lithographs. Exhibits feature individual peacemakers and artists, domestic violence, human rights, prisons and more" Lost its original space. "Will be sharing space with other cultural organizations in the future. Our first exhibition in shared space opens November 8, 2008, at the Chicago Public Library..." Entry #276 in the "Peace Movement Directory" by James Richard Bennett (2001).
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| 1983 - "Peace Boat" (SS Topaz), Yokohama (Japan). Has conducted 53 "Voyages for Peace" since 1983 to all parts of the world.
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 |  1988 - Musee International de la Croix-Rouge et du Croissant-Rouge / International Red Cross & Red Crescent Museum, 17 avenue de la Paix, Geneva (Switzerland). Click here for Wikipedia article. Right image shows "The Petrified" at museum entrance.
Associated with the International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP). 
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|  1988 - Memorial pour la Paix de Caen /
Caen Peace Museum, Esplanade General Eisenhower, Caen, Normandy (France). Principally about World War II but includes other themes, including a
gallery of Nobel Peace Prize winners. Member of International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP).
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| Date? - "Non-Violence" by Carl Fredrik Reuterswärd, Memorial de Caen, Caen, Normandy (France). Click here for other examples of the same sculpture, including the orignal at the UN in New York City.
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| November 6, 1989 - Grass Roots House Peace Museum, 9-11 Masugata, Kochi City, Kochi Prefecture, Shikoku Island (Japan). "A grass roots approach to peace education and environmental issues." Privately owned by an association of 600 members. Annual exhibiltions on the Kochi air raids. Member of International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP).
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| 1992 - Kawasaki Peace Museum, 1957-1 Kizuki Sumiyoshi-cho, Nakahara-ku, Kawasaki (Japan). One of 9 Japanese institutions described in brochure for 6th International Conference of the INMP in 2008. Oval image shows peace statue in front of the museum. Visited by EWL 10/08.
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| 1993 - Peace Museum of Saitama, 241-113 Iwadono, Higashi Matsuyama, Saitama Prefecture (Japan). One of 9 Japanese institutions described in brochure for 6th International Conference of the INMP in 2008. Visited by EWL 10/08.
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|  1994-2005 - Prairie Peace Park, Seward, Nebraska (USA) -- 7 miles west of Lincoln on Interstate Highway 80 (exit 388). Peace museum primarily for children, created and owned by Don Tilley. Closed in 2005, but some of its outdoor displays remain. Included open globe (with doves of peace) and 16 sculptures of Sadako Sasaki. Entry #582 in the "Peace Movement Directory" by James Richard Bennett (2001).
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Friedenshistorisches Museum / Peace History Museum, Ortsteil Bad Oberdorf, Hindelangstgraße 20 87541, Bad Hindelang (Germany).
 From Peter van den Dungen, August 26, 2010: "I was surprised to see that you were in Bad Hindelang (and had a meal
there). You could have seen the building which housed, until recently, the
Friedenshistorisches Museum, now closed down." From museum website: "Instead of the story
as a result of of wars and conflicts represent, to the
life and work known and
unknown path-ready peace and the reconciling
justice more in the public consciousness shifted be [Google translation]." From Yamane (2008): "The Friedenshistorisches Museum honours and commemorates peace figures and peace initiatives from two millennia. Memorable may be here the opening of the museum's fifth summer season in 2003, with a lecture by the peace museum director, Thomas Wechs [Jr.], about the English bishop Dr. George Bell [1883-1958] and his strong protest in the British House of Lords against British bombing on German civilian population during Second World War. (With thanks to Gerard Lössbroek)"
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Comment: Thomas Wechs [Jr.] apparently created peace museums in Bad Oberdorf and in Lindau (see above). I assume that he is the son of famed architect Thomas Wechs [1893-1970] who built churches in both places. Note the museum website is still on-line but gives its "Contact" as Friedenshistorisches Archive, Burgkmairstraße 14, Augsburg 86152 (Germany), e-mail info * friedensmuseum.de.
The website features (and presumably the museum featured) these 18 individuals and pairs:
Cain & Abel,
François Fénelon [1651-1715],
Bertha von Suttner [1843-1914],
Truus Wijsmuller-Meijer [1896-1978],
Bishop George Bell [1883-1958],
Martin Luther King, Jr. [1929-1968],
Saint Marcellus the Centurion [c. mid 3rd century-298 AD],
Archbishop Denis Auguste Affre [1793-1848],
Popes Pius X & Benedikt XV,
Franz Reinisch [1903-1942],
Elisabeth von Fuchs Kemény [dates?],
Reinhold Schneider [1900-1958],
Francisco de Vitoria [c1483-1546],
Florence Nightingale [1820-1910],
Mahatma Gandhi [1869-1948],
Nagelkreuzgemeinschaft / Cross of Nails Community (see above),
Bishop Pierre-Marie Théas [1895-1977], and
Werner Heisenberg [1901-1976].
|  August 6, 1999 - No More Hiroshima : No More Nagasaki : Peace Museum, Indian Institute for Peace, Disarmament & Enironmental Protection (IIPDEP), 537 Sakkardara Road, Nagpur, Maharashtra (India). Museum & institute director, Dr. Balkrishna Kurvey, made presentation at 7th International Conference of Mueums for Peace, Kyoto (Japan), October 8, 2008. Member of International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP).
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|  2001 - Children's Museum for Peace & Human Rights (CMPHR), 9-C/1, 8th East Street, Phase 1, D.H.A, Karachi (Pakistan). "A logical extension of, and in partnership with, the Human Rights Education Programme (HREP) which had been working in Pakistan since 1995... The CMPHR hopes to move into its custom-built premises in 2010" (as seen in the image). Director is Zulfiqar Ali. Member of International Network of Museums for Peace (INMP).
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| March 9, 2002 - Centre of the Tokyo Raid & War Damage, Kitasuna 1-5-4, Koto-ku, Tokyo (Japan). Documents the fire bombing of downtown Tokyo (Shitamachi) by some 300 American bombers on March 10, 1945. Director is Katsumoto Saotome. Right image shows spherical "Children's World Peace" statue.
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M |  September 21, 2004 - National Museum of the American Indian, Smithsonian Institution, 4th Street & Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC (USA). Dedicated to the life, languages, literature, history, and arts of the native peoples of the Western Hemisphere. Also operates the George Gustav Heye Center in New York City (qv). Click here for the Wikipedia article. 
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NL-2517 AN, The Hague (Netherlands). Near the Peace Palace. First Secretariat Administrator is Ms Nike Liscaljet. Phone & fax 0031-70-3450202, email secretariat@museumsforpeace.org. Images courtesy of Steve Fryburg.
Welkom | Willkommen | Bienvenu | Bienvenida | Velkommen
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(2) International Coalition of Sites of Conscience (ICSC)
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1977 - Eleanor Roosevelt Center at Val-Kill (ERVK), Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site, NPS, Val-Kill, New York (USA). Video | Website 
1980 - Women's Rights National Historic Park, Seneca Falls, New York (USA). Video | Website | National Park Service (NPS).
|  October 10, 1980 - Martin Luther King, Jr., National Historic Site & Sweet Auburn Preservation District, National Park Service (NPS), Atlanta, Georgia (USA). Includes King's birth home and Ebenezer Baptist Church. Click here for the Wikipedia article. Entries #237, 239 & 241 in the "Peace Movement Directory" by James Richard Bennett (2001). 
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M | 1988 - Lower East Side Tenement Museum, 97 Orchard Street, New York, NY (USA). "Built on Manhattan's Lower East Side in 1863, this tenement apartment building was home to nearly 7000 working class immigrants. They faced challenges we understand today -- making a new life, working for a better future, starting a family with limited means. In recognizing the importance of this seemingly ordinary building, the Tenement Museum has re-imagined the role that museums can play in our lives." Video | Website | National Park Service (NPS).
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|  1992 - Japanese American National Museum (JANM), 369 East First Street, Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California (USA). 85,000-square-foot (7,900 m2) Pavilion added in April 1999 with new "Heart of Community" exhibit presenting Japanese internment during WW-II. Entry #81 in the "Peace Movement Directory" by James Richard Bennett (2001). One of 27 US museums in "Museums for Peace Worldwide" edited by Kazuyo Yamane (2008). Video | Website | A Smithsonian Inst Affiliate. 
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 1994 - Gulag Museum at Perm-36, 10 Gagarina Boulevard, Perm, Popova, Siberia (Russia). Video | Website
 1994 - District Six Museum, Cape Town, Western Cape (South Africa). Video | Website |
1995 - Constitution Hill, Old Fort Prison Complex, Braamfontein, Johannesburg (South Africa).
 1996 - Liberation War Museum, 5 Segun Bagicha, Dhaka (Bangladesh).
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1999 - The Workhouse, National Trust, Upton Road, Southwell, Nottinghamshire (England). Video | Website
2000 - Mednoe Memorial Complex, Tver region, north of Mosccw (Russia). "Where people of diverse nationalities have traditionally lived together, thousands of Soviet & Polish citizens were killed by the Soviet Secret Police, known by its Russian acronym NKVD, in mass executions between 1937-38 and then in 1940. The Polish citizens executed in the Tver region were almost all military officers and therefore were viewed as a threat to national security by the Soviet authorities... This Memorial Complex is a place for historic memory, sorrow and critical reflection on the tragic events of the past."
2002 - Fondazione Scuola di Pace di Monte Sole / Peace School Foundation, Parco Storico, Monte Sole (Italy).
(3) Federation of International Human Rights Museums (FIHRM)
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The Holocaust Centre, near Laxton, Newark, Nottinghamshire (England). "A Holocaust memorial centre. England's only Holocaust museum. Founded by brothers James and Stephen Smith following a 1991 visit to Israel during which a trip to Yad Vashem changed the way they looked at history and the Holocaust." Originally called Beth Shalom Holocaust Centre. Beth Shalom means "House of Peace." NB: First observed use of the word "peace" in the name of a Holocaust monument. (In 2000, the Smith brothers founded the Aegis Trust which "coordinates the UK Genocide Prevention All-Party Parliamentary Group, funds the Genocide Prevention Group (Canada), and is responsible for the Kigali Memorial Centre in Rwanda.")
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1999 - Cape Town Holocaust Centre, Cape Town (South Africa). "First Holocaust Centre in Africa, opened in 1999. Houses a permanent exhibition, and conducts educational programmes
for schools, educators and diverse adult groups."
April 2004 - Galicia Jewish Museum, Kazimierz district, Krakow (Poland). "Established in April 2004 by British photojournalist Chris Schwarz." "Commemorate the victims of the Holocaust and celebrate the Jewish culture of Polish Galicia, presenting Jewish history from a new perspective... Supported by an active Board of Directors in Poland and a Board of Trustees in the UK, led by Chairman Prof. Jonathan Webber (UNESCO Chair of Jewish and Interfaith Studies, University of Birmingham)."
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| August 22, 2007 - International Slavery Museum, Liverpool (England). Has three main galleries: Life in West Africa, Enslavement and the Middle Passage, and Legacies of Slavery. One of ten "musuems for peace" in the UK (vs. more than 200 in the USA).
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Described on page 14 of "A Traveller's Guide to the Civil Rights Movement" by Jim Carrier (2004).
|  February 1995 - Museo Memorial de la Resistencia Dominicana / Memorial Museum of Dominican Resistance, Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). Luisa de Pena, Director.
 Swedish Red Cross National Centre, Stockholm (Sweden). Birthe Mueller, House of Humanity,
 1987 - Waikato Museum, Hamilton (New Zealand). "The artistic and cultural heart of our city. We value and celebrate our rich and diverse cultural heritage, particularly with respect to our relationship with iwi, and also our region's artistic vibrancy and flair for scientific innovation." Crystal Mann, Social History Curator.
Musee d'Histoire de Nantes, Nantes (France). Krystel Gualde, Head of Conservation.
 Maison des civilisations et de l'unite reunionnaise (Reunion). Francoise Verges, Director (also President, Comite pour la memoire et l'Histoire de l'Esclavage).
 Museum of Independence, Bogota (Colombia). Camilo Sanchez, Museological Adviser.
 Chepstow Museum, Chepstow (St. Kitts & Nevis). Hazel Brookes, Researcher - Museum Consultant.
Association Musee des Diasporas Africaines, Paris (France). When begun??? "A traveling museum. The majority of the collection consists of national heritage material from the United States. In addition, the collection also includes images and artifacts from the Australian Aboriginal culture which enables you to compare the common experiences of the Black diaspora." Cheryl Ann Bolden, Artist/Curator. Bolden is an American artist/curator living in Paris since 1998.
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