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We envision a museum dedicated to peace and conflict resolution and those courageous and innovative individuals and institutions who attempt to work toward peace rather than conflict, foster harmony rather than division, and build upon commonality rather than difference. This museum will be a permanent and tangible expression of our society’s commitment to peacemaking and will provide a venue where adults and children focus on peacemaking in an educational, interactive, and stimulating environment. Exhibits and programs will be designed to engage and challenge the public to think about conflict in new and creative ways. The museum will include historical exhibits, but will also have a strong emphasis on the present and the future.
The Association for Conflict Resolution (ACR) is supporting a coalition of organizations to establish a National Peacemaker Museum. ACR President, Marilyn S. McKnight has established a Taskforce to launch this effort and has appointed Forrest (Woody) Mosten to serve as Chair. This Taskforce recognizes that there is an exciting, vibrant peace community comprised of a diverse array of organizations and individuals. The Taskforce is committed to reaching out to these organizations and individuals and to exploring the possibilities building a coalition comprised of a broad array of partners.
The National Peacemaker Museum will serve as permanent and tangible venue for the public to learn about and become engaged in peacemaking and will support efforts to foster peacemaking and conflict resolution in our society.
The National Peacemaker Museum will:
Promote the knowledge, skills, attitudes , and values needed to bring about behavior changes that will enable children, youth, and adults to better prevent conflict and violence, both overt and structural, and to creatively respond to conflict when it arises.
The Goals of the National Peacemaker Museum Taskforce shall be to:
- Define the Project’s Scope
- Develop a Strategic Plan
- Identify Potential Partner Organizations
- Build a Coalition of Museum Partners and Supporters
- Identify the Venue and Site of Museum
- Identify and Cultivate Potential Funding Sources
- Develop Initial Exhibits and Programs
- Identify Ongoing Operations
National Peacemaker Museum Taskforce
Marilyn McKnight, ACR President
Doug Kleine, ACR Executive Director
Forrest Mosten, Task Force Chair
Jerome Barrett, Author and ACR Archivist
Guy and Heidi Burgess, Co-Directors, Colorado Conflict Research Consortium
Louise Diamond, Author and Peace Educator
Fernaunda Ferguson, ACR Board Member
David Matz, Professor of Dispute Resolution, University of Massachusetts, Boston
Josh Moore, Associate Director, International Education at Beloit College in Beloit, Wisconsin
June O’Connor, Professor of Religious Studies, University of California, Riverside
Jocylen Wurtzburg, Mediator, Memphis, Tennesee
Lela Love, Liaison, ABA Dispute Resolution Section
Andrew Schepard, Liaison. Association of Family and Conciliation Courts
For more information, please contact National Peacemaker Museum Taskforce Chair, Forrest Mosten at Mosten@MostenMediation.com and/or visit www.acresolution.org.
The Exploratorium in San Francisco, the Museum of Tolerance in Los Angeles, and the Lincoln Museum in Springfield, Illinois are only a few examples of the interactive and engaging forms of museums and interactive learning centers that we seek to emulate. The Taskforce shall issue recommendations and coordinate with participating organizations in respect to these goals.
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