Dayton International Peace Museum

-Current Main Hall Exhibit-

"Promoting Peace Through Books - Not Bombs"

The work of Greg Mortenson, as the co-founder of the Central Asia Institute (CAI), has been life-changing for thousands of girls in Pakistan and Afghanistan. For the past nineteen years, Mr.Mortenson has worked tirelessly and selflessly to build more than 160 schools in two countries where the options for girls are extremely limited. He has brought the promise of education to children who have only know the ravages of war. Come visit our newest exhibit and learn what one person can do! This exhibit is on display in the Main Hall from now through December 31.

-Other Featured Exhibits-

"Pete Seeger - A Life in Song!"

May 3, 2009 marked the 90th birthday of one of the most influential and iconic folk singers in American history. Last year this exhibit was created for the one-day musical extravaganza "For Pete's Sake, Sing" celebrating Seeger's 7+ decades of singing, protesting and inspiring others to work for social change. This multimedia exhibit includes an audio CD of his many songs and a photo montage chronicling his political and social activism.

More than 200 years ago, the traditions of peace and nonviolence took root in a region that would eventually become Ohio and Eastern Indiana This seed for peace has been growing ever since.

This original Peace Museum exhibit highlights and explores Ohio's often overlooked peace history.

This exhibit is available for loan to other institutions.

Contact

info@daytonpeacemuseum.org

for details

“Nonviolent Solutions,” is an exhibit featuring eight case histories showing how nonviolent methodshave changed the lives of 64% of the world’s population.

This colorful and informative exhibit, produced by the Dayton International Peace Museum, has been featured in colleges and universities throughout Ohio. It is available for loan to all educational institutions. The large format panels (28" x 48") and small format (14" x 24") are available.

Contact the peace museum for details: info@daytonpeacemuseum.org

The small format is currently on display in our mobile educational unit, the PeaceMobile.

A Permanent Exhibit on
Sister Dorothy Stang.

The Peace Museum honors Dayton-native Sister Dorothy Stang with an exhibit in the Dayton room.

Sister Dorothy spent half her life in Brazil and the Amazon, starting in 1966. She joined the religious order of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur in Cincinnati in 1948. She remained active in the order until her brutal killing on February 12, 2005. Throughout her life her message was peace and nonviolent activism.

Sister Dorothy worked to save the Amazon from deforestation by lumberjacks, wealthy cattle ranchers and soybean farmers. Brazil exports these products at growing costs to the earth's environment. She championed a movement of peasants encouraging campaigns for sustainable use of the rain forest. This moving exhibit of singular courage remains a part of our permanent collection.

Click here to view video on Sister Dorothy's life work.

Sister Dorothy Stang

Other exhibits:

You Have a Right to Peace

Golden Rule Room
Spiritual Traditions Speak Peace
Nobel Peace Prize Winners
Children's Peace Activities Room
Dayton Means Peace Room
Abrams Chatfield Peace Library
United Nations
"Through the Eye of a Needle, Fabric of Survival."
A video exhibit of the fabric art of Ester Nisenthal Krinitz telling of her story of surviving the Holocaust in Poland in 1942.
"Little Boy / Fat Man " - a visual art exhibition by Pierre Nagley (Hiroshima)
Heifer Project

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