“A visit to a museum is a search for beauty, truth, and meaning in our lives.” As we commemorate International Museum Day on 18 May, these words from Israeli-born American illustrator, writer, and blogger Maira Kalman resonate with curators and employees of Jewish museums in South Africa. “Though the Holocaust happened more than 70 years ago, the history of the Holocaust and the lessons we learn from that history are useful in looking at our own history through a contemporary lens,” says Orli Barnett, a museum educator at the Cape Town Holocaust & Genocide Centre (CTHGC). The International Council of...
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