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Archivo de la Memoria de la Provincia de Córdoba (Argentina)


Located in Santa Catalina in the heart of the City of Cordoba, the Department of Information (D2) – the Intelligence Section of the Provincial Police…

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Asociación Caminos De La Memoria – El Ojo Que Llora (Peru)


Asociación Caminos de la Memoria is an organization of diverse individuals with a proven track record for human rights promotion in Peru. As part of…

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Asociación de Familiares de Detenidos Desaparecidos y Mártires por la Liberación Nacional – Bolivia


Founded in 1983, the Association of Relatives of Missing Detainees and Martyrs for National Liberation (ASOFAMD) seeks to keep alive the memory of martyrs and…

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Asociación Nacional de Familiares de Secuestrados, Detenidos y Desaparecidos del Perú – ANFASEP


The National Association of Relatives of Kidnapped, Detained and Disappeared of Peru was established on September 2, 1983, to bring together people who had been…

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Asociación Paz y Esperanza (Peru)


Asociación Paz y Esperanza is a Christian non-profit association in Peru that works to promote social justice and the integral development of the indigent and…

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Asociación por la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos Colonia Dignidad (Chile)


Colonia Dignidad [Dignity Colony], now called Villa Baviera [Bavarian Village], is a piece of land in Parral, Chile inhabited by Germans since 1961. It is…

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CALDH (Guatemala)


The CALDH is a permanent space, open to the public, with special emphasis on youth, which communicates and exhibits for purposes of study, deconstruction, and…

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Cantos Cautivos


Cantos Cautivos (Captive Songs) is a digital archive that compiles memories of individual and collective musical experiences in centres for political detention and torture in…

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Casa de la Memoria “Kaji Tulam” – Guatemala


The Casa de la Memoria “Kaji Tulam” is a permanent space that communicates and exhibits for purposes of study, deconstruction, and analysis the history of…

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Casa do Povo (Brazil)


Casa do Povo is the popular name of Instituto Cultural Israelita Brasileiro, a cultural center founded and historically run by left-oriented Jewish communities in São Paulo,…

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Casa Memoria José Domingo Cañas (Chile)


The José Domingo Cañas Foundation aims to promote the maintenance of collective memory regarding human rights, especially in the scope of education, culture, and society….

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Centro Cultural Museo y Memoria de NELTUME- Chile


Centro Cultural and Museo y Memoria de Neltume has 16 years of experience with their local community in Panguipulli, Chile. Its mission is to be…

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Centro Cultural por la Memoria de Trelew (Argentina)


The Cultural Center for Memory in Trelew is located at the old airport of Trelew. In August 1972, during the military dictatorship of Gen. Alejandro…

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Centro Cultural y Museo de la Memoria – MUME (Uruguay)


Centro Cultural y Museo de la Memoria is a space dedicated to the memory of state terrorism and the efforts of the Uruguayan people in…

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Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas (Mexico)


Founded in 1989 by Bishop Samuel Ruiz García of the Diocese of San Cristóbal de Las Casas, Centro de Derechos Humanos Fray Bartolomé de Las…

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Centro de Investigaciones Históricas de los Movimientos Sociales (Mexico)


Centro de Investigaciones Históricas de los Movimientos Sociales (CIHMSAC) was established in May 2006 with the effort of activists, social science researchers, and individuals to…

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Centro de Memoria, Paz y Reconciliación (Colombia)


Centro de Memoria, Paz y Reconciliación (Memory and Peace Center) seeks to materialize the commitment to honor the memory of victims of political violence from…

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Corporación de Memoria y Cultura Puchuncaví – Chile


Corporación de Memoria y Cultura Puchuncaví promotes a culture of human rights towards Chilean society, through the rescue and enhancement of the history and memory…

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Devoir de Mémoire (Haiti)


Devoir de Mémoire fights to transform sites of atrocities into sites of memory in Haiti, to demand justice for the crimes committed during the Duvalier dictatorship,…

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Espacio para la Memoria OLIMPO


Espacio para la Memoria operates where there was a Clandestine Detention, Torture and Extermination Center during the last civic-military dictatorship. It was recovered thanks to…

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Estadio Nacional, Memoria Nacional – Chile


In the aftermath of the September 1973 coup d’état that overthrew the Government of Chilean President Salvador Allende, the National Stadium of Santiago (Estadio Nacional)…

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Faro de la Memoria- Argentina


The Faro de la Memoria, or the Lighthouse of Memory, formerly called ESIM, was a clandestine detention center where people were tortured and killed by the armed…

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Fundacion Zelmar Michelini


Fundacion Zelmar Michelini disseminates the work and thought of Zelmar Michelini, a Uruguayan human rights advocate, with the goal of promoting reflection on pluralism and fighting impunity. The…

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International Institute of Learning for Social Reconciliation (Guatemala)


The International Institute of Learning for Social Reconciliation (IIARS) is a private non-profit organization that aims to provide a forum to discuss and learn about…

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Memoria Abierta (Argentina)


Memoria Abierta, a collective of human rights organizations, works to raise social awareness and knowledge about state terrorism in order to enrich democratic culture. One…

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Memorial ACTe (Guadeloupe)


In memory of those who were victims of the slave trade and slavery, Memorial ACTe is set on Guadeloupian soil, on the site of the…

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Memorial da Lutas e Ligas Camponesas- Brazil


Memorial das Ligas e Lutas Camponesas (Memorial of Small Farmers Leagues and Struggles), an NGO is headquartered in the community of Barra de Antas, in the…

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Memorial da Resistência de São Paulo (Brazil)


El Memorial is housed at the former offices of the Department of Social and Political Order of São Paulo State, one of the most gruesome…

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Memorial Paine: Corporacia Paine, Un Lugar para la Memoria (Chile)


Paine is a rural county located to the south of Santiago in Chile. In 1973, during the Pinochet dictatorship, 70 members of the local community…

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Memorial para la Concordia (Guatemala)


Memorial para la Concordia/Guatemala is a project that has been developed over two and a half years alongside the Historical Archive of the National Police….

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Movimiento Ciudadano “Para que no se Repita” (Peru)


Movimiento Ciudadano Para Que No Se Repita (Never Again Citizens Movement) is a coalition of over 400 human rights organizations and community groups across Peru….

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Museo Casa de la Memoria (Colombia)


Casa de la Memoria Museum was created as an initiative of the Municipal Unit for Victim Attention and Reparation of Medellin, Colombia, in order to…

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Museo de la Memoria – Rosario (Argentina)


The Memorial Museum was created in order to promote access to knowledge and research on the situation of human rights and social and political memory…

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Museo de la Memoria y los Derechos Humanos (Chile)


The Museum of Memory and Human Rights offers a space for ethical reflection on the violations on human life and dignity committed by the State…

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Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen (El Salvador)


Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen, a citizen initiative founded after El Salvador’s Peace Accord, preserves significant records on Salvadoran history and culture. The…

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Museo de las Memorias: Dictadura y Derechos Humanos (Paraguay)


The Museum of Memory operates in the building of the National Bureau of Technical Matters (1956 to 1992), a clandestine center for torture, executions, and…

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Museo Memoria y Tolerancia (Museum of Memory and Tolerance)- Mexico


The Museum of Memory and Tolerance was founded in 2010 in Mexico City as a non-profit organization that is dedicated to disseminating the importance of…

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Museo Memorial de la Resistencia Dominicana (Dominican Republic)


The Memorial Museum of the Dominican Resistance collects, organizes, preserves, researches, distributes, and displays the tangible and intangible heritage of the struggles of several generations…

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Museo Sitio de Memoria ESMA (Argentina)


Museo Sitio de Memoria ESMA is a former clandestine center for detention, torture and extermination; a historical site; and a material testimony to the human rights…

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Museu da Imigração do Estado de São Paulo (Brazil)


Brazil is a country known worldwide for its cultural diversity. Native people from many nations, such as the Portuguese, Spanish, Flemish, Africans of different origins,…

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Núcleo de Preservação da Memória Política (Brasil)


The Center for Preservation of Political Memory was first created as a working group of the Permanent Forum of Former Political Prisoners and Persecuted Persecuted…

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Parque Cultural de Valparaíso


The Cultural Park of Valparaiso is a place of memory, cultural center and public space that promotes cultural participation and human rights, for the construction…

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Parque de la Memoria – Monumento a las Víctimas del Terrorismo de Estado (Argentina)


The Parque de la Memoria – Monumento a las Víctimas del Terrorismo de Estado is a public space that extends over fourteen acres, located along…

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Parque por la Paz – Villa Grimaldi (Chile)


Parque por la Paz (Park for Peace) Villa Grimaldi is located in the former Chilean dictatorship’s principle center for detention, torture, and extermination. It is now a…

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Red Colombiana de Lugares de Memoria – RCLM


The Red Colombiana de Lugares de Memoria – RCLM is comprised of 28 places of memory located in different regions of Colombia, some of which…

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Sitio de Memoria Circular de Morelia (Mexico)


Teniendo en cuenta que un sitio de memoria tiene como objetivo resignificar su entorno a partir de tres elementos principales: el espacio, la memoria y…

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Sociedad Civil Las Abejas (Mexico)


Sociedad Civil Las Abejas is an organized group fighting peacefully for their rights, and to defend their lands and territories. Its work is based on…

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The Committee for Human Rights: NIDO 20 (Chile)


The Committee for Human Rights: NIDO 20 is dedicated to preserving the memory of the extensive human rights violations that took place during the dictatorship…

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The Dirección de Verdad, Justicia y Reparación (Paraguay)


The Dirección de Verdad, Justicia y Reparación (Board of Truth, Justice and Reparation) is a subset of Paraguay’s Defensoría del Pueblo. This institution emerged from…

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Tlaxcoaque, Sitio de Memoria


Located in Tlaxcoaque Square in Mexico City, Tlaxcoaque Sitio de Memoria seeks to preserve the remaining part of the building that housed the General Directorate…

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At its heart, ICSC is a network of like-minded peo At its heart, ICSC is a network of like-minded people and organizations, dedicated to building more just futures. We’re proud to invite North American members to join us in an experiment—online speed networking to get know each other, sparking new ideas and connections. Join us on Wednesday! Registration link in first comment.
What we are witnessing today in Gaza is a moral fa What we are witnessing today in Gaza is a moral failure and a humanitarian disaster that will plunge the world into deeper polarization and renewed cycles of violence...

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Earlier this week, our team had the chance to visi Earlier this week, our team had the chance to visit a Site of Conscience member in the Netherlands, Our Lord in the Attic, a museum located in the heart of the old city center of Amsterdam, hidden in a 17th-century canal house. The museum features narrow corridors and stairs leading to historically decorated living quarters, kitchens, and bedsteads, ending in the site's highlight: a complete church in the attic.

@museumopsolder has a permanent collection, which is always on display, but in addition, there are also temporary presentations or small exhibitions. 

Here are some pictures from the visit!
In our workshops and trainings, we talk a lot abou In our workshops and trainings, we talk a lot about the importance of building trust (and its companion, taking care) as museums and historic sites work to change narratives and become more inclusive places. Last week, @lindabnorris of the Methodology and Practice team visited a museum that beautifully demonstrated trust and care. The Ama Museum in Taipei Taiwan tells the story of comfort women, sexually enslaved by the Japanese during World War II. Through personal narratives, artwork and a future focus, we could see how the museum built trust with victims, and how those victims have entrusted all of us with the responsibility for creating more just futures.  What is your organization doing to build trust and care?
This Thursday, November 16th, at 10:00 am EST, joi This Thursday, November 16th, at 10:00 am EST, join us for a conversation with Jen Kretser, Director of Climate Initiatives at the Wild Center, a U.S. Site of Conscience in the Adirondacks, and Denis Ngala, Founder of the Manene Cultural Trust, a member in Kenya, as they share experiences and strategies using nature as a springboard to foster a deeper understandings of how different communities—particularly Indigenous ones—have interpreted specific landscapes, how to encourage communities to care for the land in big and small ways, and how to develop innovative programming around the environment that promotes our shared humanity in an increasingly polarized world. 

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This week, ICSC staff members visited the Migratie This week, ICSC staff members visited the Migratie Museum Migration (MMM), a member in Brussels, Belgium. The MMM tells the story of immigrant workers, the first arrivals at the Little Castle, expatriates, refugees, Europeans who moved freely within the EU, and all the others. It also pays tribute to the many migrants who have helped shape the city of Brussels. 

The @migratie_museum_migration is also a member of our @migrationmuseumsnetwork.
The Methodology and Practice team is more far-flun The Methodology and Practice team is more far-flung than usual this week! At conferences we explore new ideas and approaches and also get to share our work. This week, Braden Paynter is at the UK @museumsassociation conference and working with colleagues at @newcastleuni ; @lindabnorris is in Taiwan at the FIHRM-AP meeting and @staceymariegarcia is at the National Trust for Historic Preservation meeting in Washington, DC.  Our goal: strengthening knowledge, skills and relationships so we can build more just futures together.
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