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notebook: The Power of Place: How historic sites can engage citizens in human rights issues

The Power of Place

by Liz Sevcenko Download full notebook in English and Spanish and a brief summary in Russian and Armenian below.

notebook: The Power of Place: How historic sites can engage citizens in human rights issues

In this notebook we learn about how museums are innovating ways to keep history alive so that the public can remember and talk about what happened in the past.  The International Coalition of Historic Site Museums transforms places of passive learning into places of active citizenship and engagement.