JHC Museum Upgrade Goes Ahead

Jayne Josem

It is full steam ahead on the proposed upgrade of our museum. We recently received a cheque from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany, as part of their Shoah Research, Education and Documentation Allocation, which has assisted us with our first year of research and development of plans. The Centre has engaged the firm Lilford Smith to draw concept plans for the upgrade and these have provided us with a clear and exciting vision of the potential use and look for the space.

The Centre needs to modernise its presentation to better communicate with a younger generation of visitors. We aim to incorporate more survivor stories and better integrate precious documents and artefacts into the display in order to ensure that visitors engage intellectually and emotionally with this powerful subject.

At present the Curator has one team of volunteers, including Dr Julie Fenwick, researching items from our Archives and another team, including Dr Bill Anderson, analysing the content of the display: text and photos. We look forward to presenting the fruits of our labours in a new museum display, scheduled to be installed in 2009.

The JHC thanks the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany for their support and invites supporters to consider donating to the Museum Upgrade Fund. Please contact Debra Stiebel on 9528 1985.