A new museum opens in Toronto
How Canada preserves historical heritage.
Not long ago, we wrote about #JewishHeritageMonth. This is the time when many Canadian figures, from politicians to medieval stars, who belong to Jewish culture remembered. We published a text celebrating Howard Shore, the legendary Canadian composer with Jewish roots who wrote music for "The Silence of the Lambs" and "The Lord of the Rings".
And at the very beginning of June, the Government of Canada opened the Toronto Holocaust Museum. As the official website says, "The Toronto Holocaust Museum is a space for education and dialogue". It is exactly what is needed today in Canadian society facing many diverse challenges.
Unlike many other topics that rage in the Canadian parliament, this one is not divisive: both the Liberal and the Conservative parties are unanimous even in passing a law for Holocaust denial.
Of course, Canada has quite a few museums to take the family to on weekends, or galleries to go to for an evening exhibition. These include the Ontario Art Gallery and the Royal Museum British Columbia, as well as the Hockey Hall of Fame, the Museum of Fine Arts in Montreal and the National Gallery in Ottawa.
Now a new one will be added to them. The Museum will not only have a permanent exhibition showing an artifact of the era. Keeping up with modern times, the Holocaust Museum is no longer a boring space, but a contemporary and technological center. There will be a movie theater, for showing both feature films and documentaries. There will also be classrooms, thematic galleries, and additional classrooms for discussion.
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