Museums and Exhibits
Brilliant and Resilient Photo Exhibit
Mobility International USA’s photo exhibit features photos and stories of 50 women with different types of disabilities from 41 different countries. To learn more about the exhibit, visit the first link below. To order the Brilliant and Resilient book, visit the second link.
http://www.miusa.org/resource/booksjournalspodcasts/host-photo-exhibit
http://www.miusa.org/booksjournals/photographybook
Disability History Museum
This virtual museum is a good resource for student research. From the website, “the Disability History Museum’s mission is to foster a deeper understanding about how changing cultural values, notions of identity, laws and policies have shaped and influenced the experience of people with disabilities, their families and their communities over time.”
http://www.disabilitymuseum.org/dhm/index.html
Museum of disAbility History
Located in Buffalo, New York, this is the only “brick and mortar” disability history museum of its kind in the United States. The museum also includes a virtual museum (link below), and a traveling exhibition that can be rented by schools and libraries.
http://museumofdisability.org/
The National Museum of America History (Smithsonian)
This site includes virtual exhibits and online collections about disability civil rights.
http://americanhistory.si.edu/topics/disability-history
Oregon State Hospital Museum of Mental Health
From the website, this museum is “dedicated to telling the stories of the Oregon State Hospital and the people that have lived and worked here. Our 2,500 square foot museum, located in the oldest building on the Oregon State Hospital campus includes permanent and changing exhibits.”
Patient No More
Exhibition sponsored by the Paul K. Longmore Institute on Disability and California Humanities
Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 made it illegal for federally funded programs and facilities to discriminate against disabled people. Four years later, the law still hadn’t taken effect. This exhibit highlights the grassroots activism and protests that included a group of more than 100 people with and without disabilities occupying a federal building in San Francisco for twenty-six days. This is important history of the disability rights movement that isn’t often mentioned in history textbooks. Check the traveling exhibit may be coming to your area. If not, the virtual exhibit is available at:
http://longmoreinstitute.sfsu.edu/patient-no-more/virtual-tour
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
The museum, located in Washington, D.C., includes an exhibit about Nazi Germany’s euthanasia program that targeted disabled people. The link below includes virtual resources for students and educators.
https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10005200