Facilitated by the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, Navigating Difference is a joint initiative of three sites that remember aspects of migration history: Ellis Island National Monument, Le Bois du Cazier, and Galata Museo del Mare.

The project seeks to explore, compare, and discuss how museum visitors in America, Belgium, and Italy think about immigration – past and present.

Through an interactive installation at all three sites, visitors will be encouraged to rethink immigration from a historical perspective, then answer three simple questions about immigration today: Is immigration good for my country? For my community? For me? Participants can also see how their peers abroad have responded.

Jumping off from the questions posed by the installation, each participating Site of Conscience hosts community-focused dialogues where students can talk about the impact of immigration on their lives today.