According to the Orlando Business Journal, the Holocaust Museum for Hope & Humanity is being built in downtown Orlando. While this was announced in 2020, this new update might make visiting the museum the top of your list.
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A design firm known for its work on theme parks is working on the museum.
The Orlando-based company, MDSX, is designing exhibits for the museum. The $63 million project plans to break ground near the end of the year in downtown Orlando.
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MDSX Chief Creative Officer Steve Tatham told the Orlando Business Journal that he was prepared for people to ask and wonder why he is involved in the project. Before joining MDSX, Tatham worked as the executive creative director for Universal Orlando’s Epic Universe. He said that the key component of theme park design is storytelling, much like that of some museums.
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Currently, the Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida is located at 851 N Mailtain Ave and opened in 1986. The new location will be around 25,000 square feet, which is more than triple the size of the current space.
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Suzanne Grimmer, senior director of museum experiences, told OBJ the latest partnership with MDSX is intended to build something unlike a traditional museum, such as one full of glass boxes with artifacts. Grimmer mentioned that the storytelling methodology for the new museum is ideal for this unconventional approach. The new museum will center on the stories of eight Holocaust survivors, all of whom currently live in Florida.
“This approach represents a deliberate shift away from perpetrator-centered storytelling toward an experience grounded in lived moments, emotional truth and human connection,” according to the center’s website.
The new museum is set to open in 2028. Make sure you keep following Disney Food Blog for more news in the Orlando area.
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