International Peace Museum

• What is it?

The International Peace Museum was started by the students in the second grade at Indian Hill Primary School in Cincinnati, Ohio. In was created in conjunction with their unit of study about Martin Luther King, Jr. Each student drew a picture and wrote a few words about what peace meant to them. The pictures and words were exhibited in a "virtual museum."

The museum was posted to several educational listservs and k-3 students from other schools were asked to create peace exhibits for the museum, one per classroom. The museum now has exhibits from 14 schools in the United States as well as two from Canada, one from Bermuda, one from Germany, and one from Brazil.

• How can my school participate?

We would like to have many more schools of k-3 children participate. It is easy to do. All you need to do is email the curator of the museum, Marian Herman, at hermanm@ih.k12.oh.us and tell her you wish to participate. She will then return your email and tell you how to submit your exhibits. You can submit them either through email or snail mail.