Dutch interactive exhibition “Peace Factory” becomes “Peace Labyrinth” in Jerusalem
On the 21^st of October 2007 the interactive exhibition The Peace Labyrinth was presented in the Bloomfield Science Museum of Jerusalem. This bilingual exhibition (Arab-Hebrew) is originally based on the Dutch Peace Factory, developed by Peace Education Projects. The Peace Factory travels since 2004 with great success in two editions through the Netherlands and Germany.
A Israeli – Dutch team worked two years intensely on “The Peace Labyrinth”. The exhibition want to challenge students from 10 – 12 to unmask their prejudices and to research how conflicts in daily life can be solved in a peaceful way. Starting point is that peace appears there where people take care for each other and the earth. The Labyrinth is divided in four themes: Diversity, Observation and Prejudices, Conflicts and Communication. The exhibition is self directing and students find their own way in pairs by means of a booklet that works as a guide. Discovering, experiencing and acting are the key words in this interactive exhibition.
Its is a great challenge for Peace Education Projects and the Israeli partners to contribute to peace by means of the Peace Labyrinth. In the exhibition, children can exercise their skills to create a new personal perspective. In the next two years some tens of thousands pupils and teachers will visit the Peace Labyrinth. To prepare and follow up the two hour visit, a manual for teachers is written. The project was financially supported by the Jerusalem Foundation and the Olivestone Trust. More information: Bloomfield Science Museum Jerusalem: http://www.mada.org.il/ Jerusalem Foundation: http://www.jerusalemfoundation.org/ From an Arabic paper in Israel: http://www.panet.co.il/online/articles/1/2/S-92647,1,2.html