Holocaust and Tolerance Museum
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The Holocaust and Tolerance Museum is a museum to be built in Chandler, Arizona
. It will focus on history of the Holocaust with exhibits designed to expose past and present examples of prejudice
, genocide
and inhumanity around the globe while teaching racial and cultural tolerance.
in Phoenix
.
Chandler, Arizona
-Demographics:As of the Census of 2010, there were 236,123 people, 86,924 households, and 60,212 families residing in the city. The racial makeup of the city was 73.3% White, 4.8% Black or African American, 1.5% Native American, 8.2% Asian, 0.2% Pacific Islander, 21.9% Hispanic or Latino, and 8.3%...
. It will focus on history of the Holocaust with exhibits designed to expose past and present examples of prejudice
Prejudice
Prejudice is making a judgment or assumption about someone or something before having enough knowledge to be able to do so with guaranteed accuracy, or "judging a book by its cover"...
, genocide
Genocide
Genocide is defined as "the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group", though what constitutes enough of a "part" to qualify as genocide has been subject to much debate by legal scholars...
and inhumanity around the globe while teaching racial and cultural tolerance.
Building
Plans for the museum, expected to cost $20 Million dollars and include a 70000 square feet (6,503.2 m²) facility will be built in phases on 4.6 acres. It will also include a 350-seat auditorium, meeting space, classrooms and a contemplation courtyard. The Museum is being designed by Michael Rumpletin (RSP Architects, Phoenix Office) and Jeremy Mayberg (RSP Architects, Minneapolis Office)/ref> RSP Architects recently completed the nearby Musical Instrument MuseumMusical Instrument Museum (Phoenix)
The Musical Instrument Museum is a music museum in Phoenix, Arizona. It is the biggest museum in the world of its type. It has a collection of over 15,000 musical instruments. It includes instruments from nearly 200 countries and territories in the world...
in Phoenix
Phoenix, Arizona
Phoenix is the capital, and largest city, of the U.S. state of Arizona, as well as the sixth most populated city in the United States. Phoenix is home to 1,445,632 people according to the official 2010 U.S. Census Bureau data...
.