“Division, Unity, Hardship, and Progress”
A Museum of Disability History in the United States
During the 2017-18 school year, my 11th grade US History students conceived of, curated, and constructed a museum of disability history. The exhibit was housed at the Charles River Museum of Industry and Innovation in Waltham and ran from May 2018 to 2019. The exhibit attracted national attention.
The catalogue for our disability history museum. Click on the image above to see the remarkable exhibit pieces the students produced.
A New York Times op-ed written by students reflecting on what they learned in building the museum. Click on the image to read the op-ed.
NPR’s Here and Now covered the exhibit. Click image above for audio of the story.
The Boston Globe covered the exhibit. Click on the image above to read the Globe story.
Click the image above for NPR’s article about the museum (which incudes pictures of the exhibit)
