Review Of Museum Of Tolerance

Museum of Tolerance Review
Christiana Dover
West Coast Univesity Museum of Tolerance Review What did you see? Walking into the Museum of Tolerance was instantly overwhelming with emotion. The courtyard has a very large memorial in the middle of the lawn, dedicated to the lives lost during the Holocaust. This set the mood for the entire trip. Lining the hallways were pictures and testimonies from survivors. They gave quotes of courage and hope. All of this happened before entering the actual exhibit. The visual aesthetic was beautiful and eerie, all at the same time. Everyone spoke in a concerning, yet welcoming tone, that led us into the first tolerance exhibit. The very first part of the Tolerance portion was a hallway of livestreaming

It showed me throughout that the entire world is filled with different types of people from different backgrounds that have different beliefs. The most important lesson that I gained was that no one culture is the correct culture. There cannot be a superior race or a correct form of living. There are so many people with different views that will never agree. Hitler tried and succeeded for a time being to convince people that the Arian race was superior. They were stronger and smarter and far more advanced. He was actually able to convince people that Jews were more similar to rats than they were to the Arian people. This Museum showed us the humanity side to the people who were murdered. Something that the People involved in the persecution were not able to see. I learned that cultural diversity has been seen as a threat to certain societies as far back as documentation goes. Many societies did not like the idea of diversity. This is where the racist extremists came into play. Cultural diversity is something that will never go away. Whether people like it or not, they are going to experience it and have to live with it. The museums hate website wall showed us exactly how extreme people are willing to go. Targeting children and teaching them that diversity is wrong and their race is the true race. The large timeline of hate across the world showed me that hate on diversity began long ago, and probably will never end.

I went from being happy and joyful to feeling a pit in my stomach. I always had an idea as to how terrible the Holocaust was. It was not until I stepped into the two exhibits that I truly felt the pain of the situation. Being surrounded by volunteers whose families were present, and even seeing some real life survivors changed the Holocaust from something I read in my textbook, to something that actually happened in real life to real people. I always felt the sadness that surrounded the topic. Now that I have seen some of the exhibits and parts of the tour, my feelings are slightly more