Personal Narrative: My Visit To A Holocaust Museum

For my site visit, I visited the Holocaust Museum & Learning Center. It is located at 12 Millstone Campus Drive in St. Louis, Missouri. I am extremely happy that I was able to do this visit here. I have always been very interested in the Holocaust and am always open to learning more about it. By doing the site visit here I was able to better understand the background information and what all goes into preparing a museum for visitors to come visit. I learned a lot and while I was there, the place with filled with visitors from schools. It was great to see all of them so interested in the museum. Also, while I was conducting my interview, there was a Holocaust survivor there who was talking to students. Unfortunately, I was not able …show more content…
Diane working for the Holocaust Museum two days a week and works for the Jewish Federation Community the remainder of the week. The help of docents and volunteers is what runs the museum and what makes it able to operate every day. The museum opened in May 1995 under the Jewish Federation of St. Louis. It originated as a community project for those who were interested in the Holocaust and the Jewish community in St. Louis. Its first name was the Center for Holocaust Studies. Its main purpose was for education and to present the information about the Holocaust and present it accurately. It was a Rabbi who first decided that it should be transformed into a museum for visitors to come and …show more content…
It was very informative and informational. It taught me so much about the background that goes into museum work and how vital it is. Diane taught me how important it is to update the museum. The Holocaust Museum has been around for 21 years and it needs to be modernized very soon. Diane has all of the information and essentials to update the museum and make it better than it is now. Diane is working with the director to recreate the museum and update it to its fullest potential. Overall, Diane did an amazing job with educating me about the museum and all of her knowledge. I feel very confident in my understanding of the museum and its