Japanese American National Museum
National Civil Rights Museum
Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historic Site
Eleanor Roosevelt National Historic Site
Women's Rights National Historic Park
Lower East Side Tenement Museum
Corporación Parque por la Paz Villa Grimaldi
Memoria Abierta
The Workhouse
Terezín Memorial
Peace School Foundation of Monte Sole
Mednoe Memorial Complex
Gulag Museum at Perm-36
Maison des Esclaves
District Six Museum
Constitution Hill
Liberation War Museum
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- Coalition Board Member W. Richard West Jr. Announces Candidacy for ICOM President
| Activating the Past | Today's Issue | News & Updates |
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| The Workhouse | Poverty And Welfare | ICOM–U.S. Celebrates Sites of Conscience Impact on Human Rights and Civic Engagement |
An early form of social welfare, workhouses were a revolutionary yet harsh solution to caring for the poor in Victorian England. Located in an 1824 workhouse that housed poor and homeless individuals and families through to the 1970s, the Workhouse's 'What Now, What Next' exhibit encourages visitors to challenge their concepts of poverty in the past and connect them to present-day realities. Learn more about The Workhouse. |
Poverty is a chronic lack of money, goods, or other necessities required for a minimal existence. Welfare refers to government policies intended to provide solutions to the problems of poverty, including homelessness, lack of medical care, care of the aged, etc.
Where have people faced similar issues in the past?
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May 25, 2010 -The International Council of Museums–U.S. (ICOM-U.S.) awarded its 2010 International Service Citation to the International Coalition of Sites of Conscience, recognizing the impact of Sites of Conscience in the museum field, and the Coalition’s leadership in museum-based international relations.
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