Museum of Memory, Huancavelica, Peru
Memory is the foundation of the process of healing – individual and societal – after war. It’s an affirmation by those who survived of what they experienced – their history, their lost loved ones, their struggle to continue. This Museum of Memory, supported by local government, is also an explicit recognition of that history by the broader community. This in turn supports the healing process of survivors, and generates greater social resolve to prevent such horrors in the future.
The photographs, letters, mementos and testimonies of the families that fill the three rooms of the Museum of Memory were provided by the families of the disappeared. The exhibits include paintings, historical photos of the violence and its impact, and powerful and moving voice recordings of the daughters, mothers, husbands and sons of the disappeared telling their stories. Supported by Inter Pares, the Museum of Memory is a collaboration of the Huancavelica Association of Families of the Disappeared with the municipal government of Huancavelica and PCS, Inter Pares long-time counterpart in Latin America.
As Kim Stanton, Executive Director of PCS, told us, “This Museum of Memory is a space for reflection, and an important opportunity to promote human rights, to seek justice and reparations – and especially, to ensure that it never happens again.”
This video tells the story behind the Museum of Memory...
For more information (in Spanish only) go to Project Counselling Service (PCS)
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