Living Museum

The Living Museum helps middle school students form a personal connection to modern Jewish history by showing how their lives, and that of their families, fit into the modern Jewish experience.

Each student selects an artifact or heirloom and explains her research to class. The students' artifacts and findings form the basis of a mini-museum in their school.

Under the supervision of their teachers, students upload images of and descriptive information about their artifacts. Students see their artifacts together with those of other children around the country.

Students can compose and refine their artifact label; Teachers can edit and approve or return student artifact labels. In effect the site has not only introduced people around the world to the history of many Jewish families but gives people the opportunity to share their stories and show of their part in history.

Visit the site: www.living-museum.org