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Historical Museum at Fort Missoula opens new exhibit, highlights lectures and holiday programs
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The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula, now a member of the International Sites of Conscience network, opened an interactive exhibit about World War II-era internments and announced a fall slate of public programs including a lecture by Yukio Shimomura, a used-book fundraiser, a Buffalo Soldiers documentary screening and lantern tours.
The Historical Museum at Fort Missoula announced a new interactive exhibit focused on people interned at the post during World War II and detailed several upcoming public programs, museum Executive Director Matt Lautzenheiser said during a Missoula Community Access Television interview recorded Oct. 6.
Lautzenheiser said the museum’s mission is ‘‘preserving Missoula County’s history for the education and enjoyment of the public,’’ and that the institution recently completed a multi-step application to join the nonprofit International Sites of Conscience network, which works with places that interpret difficult or tragic histories. ‘‘They felt that we were worthy of being welcoming in as 1 of their sites of conscience,’’ he said.
The new exhibit complements the museum’s existing barracks gallery with an interactive space that Lautzenheiser described as focusing on individual stories. ‘‘Instead of focusing on…
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