9/11 Memorial Museum To Include 'Safe Space' for Kids
9/11 Memorial Museum To Include 'Safe Space' For Kids
POSTED: 8:23 am EDT August 7, 2006
NEW YORK -- Young visitors to the Sept. 11 memorial museum will be able to visit a separate children's gallery meant to protect them from disturbing elements of other exhibits, memorial officials said.
"We want to create a space in the museum to provide a safe experience in a way that is not traumatic or exploitative," museum director Alice Greenwald told the New York Post for Monday editions.
The exhibit will present the story of the terror attacks through the eyes of other children.
"It will include children talking to children through artwork and their personal stories," said Lynn Rasic, spokeswoman for the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation.
"We want to create a safe space and an environment that creates opportunities for conversations between children and their families without talking down to kids," she said.
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, which has a separate exhibit for children between the ages of 8 and 11, is one of several institutions being looked at as models for the New York museum, said Greenwald. The director once served as associate director of the Holocaust museum.
POSTED: 8:23 am EDT August 7, 2006
NEW YORK -- Young visitors to the Sept. 11 memorial museum will be able to visit a separate children's gallery meant to protect them from disturbing elements of other exhibits, memorial officials said.
"We want to create a space in the museum to provide a safe experience in a way that is not traumatic or exploitative," museum director Alice Greenwald told the New York Post for Monday editions.
The exhibit will present the story of the terror attacks through the eyes of other children.
"It will include children talking to children through artwork and their personal stories," said Lynn Rasic, spokeswoman for the World Trade Center Memorial Foundation.
"We want to create a safe space and an environment that creates opportunities for conversations between children and their families without talking down to kids," she said.
The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, which has a separate exhibit for children between the ages of 8 and 11, is one of several institutions being looked at as models for the New York museum, said Greenwald. The director once served as associate director of the Holocaust museum.
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