ABSTRACT The founder of the Lower East Side Tenement Museum (Tenement Museum) explains how her realization that history could be used as a tool for social change inspired the creation of a museum of immigrant life that would be transformative for visitors. She hoped that by placing them in the shoes of immigrants much like their own forebearers, visitors would realize how similar today’s newcomers are to earlier immigrants. The concept came not from a familiarity with museum protocols but rather from a zeal for human rights and from the author’s growing realization of the power of history to effect fundamental change.

中文翻译：

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建立博物馆以促进社会变革

摘要 下东区公寓博物馆（Tenement Museum）的创始人解释了她如何意识到历史可以用作社会变革的工具，从而激发了对移民生活博物馆的创建，这将对游客产生变革性影响。她希望通过将他们置于移民的角度，就像他们自己的祖先一样，游客会意识到今天的新移民与早期的移民有多么相似。这个概念不是来自对博物馆协议的熟悉，而是来自对人权的热情以及作者日益意识到历史影响根本变革的力量。