With support from the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum (USHMM), the American Library Association Public Programs Office (ALA PPO) is seeking sites to host Americans and the Holocaust, a traveling exhibition that examines the motives, pressures, and fears that shaped Americans’ responses to Nazism, war, and genocide in Europe during the 1930s and 1940s. The USHMM and ALA PPO hope to challenge people to ask themselves “what would I have done?” and also, “what will I do?”
Fifty public and academic libraries will be selected to host the exhibition, starting June 2024 through July 2026. Libraries will host the exhibition for five to six weeks and implement at least four public programs. The exhibition requires approximately 1,100 square feet of space for display and includes 4 films, 1 touchscreen interactive, and 4 tablets. Each site will receive a programming allowance of $3,000 and access to online support with programming suggestions and a full publicity kit, including sample promotional materials and templates for press and social media outreach.
There will be an in-person orientation workshop, facilitated by ALA and museum project staff, held at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, DC on May 15-16, 2024. The project director must attend this two-day training and will receive a stipend to cover the costs of travel to and from Washington, DC, and two nights in a hotel.
For more information and a link to the online application portal, ALA Apply, visit https://www.ala.org/tools/programming/USHolocaustMuseum.
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