A new Experience

I read an article recently that was refreshing and also uplifting. The article talked about the Dignity museum, a new museum in a parking lot in Atlanta. The museum is far from traditional, as it it held in a shipping container. The museum is about creating more understanding surrounding homelessness. The first room challenges stereotypes through storytelling, showing that anyone can become homeless, as well as how difficult it is to escape the situation. In another room, the museum uses virtual reality to try and give visitors a peak into what it could look like to be homeless. It also shares stories told by homeless people, while also learning about statistics and issues such as affordable housing. The last room is meant to give people the motivation to go out and do something about the issue. The director of the museum says that we often put all this stuff on government, but sometimes if we want to truly get something done we need to take the issue into our own hand. Since the museum is in a shipping container, it could move to other cities. Seeing stuff like this truly opens your eyes to all the creative ways people can learn, and it makes me hopeful for the future.