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Kingston Peace Museum Marks International Day of Peace with Multigenerational Programs

A community gathering at the Peace Museum & Learning Lab invited visitors to explore exhibits and resources on human rights, environment, migration, and peacemakers, linking local engagement to the UN’s 2026 theme “Invest in Peace.”

Kingston Peace Museum Celebrates Peace Day with a Multigenerational Gathering

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The Peace Museum & Learning Lab staged a multigenerational event on the UN International Day of Peace to present museum exhibits and educational resources to visitors of all ages.

Exhibits and programming covered human rights, environmental protection, immigration, and the contributions of historical and contemporary peacemakers.

The museum frames peace as an active, everyday practice that extends beyond the absence of war and aligns with the UN 2026 theme: Invest in Peace — For Everyone, Everywhere, Every Day.

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The gathering offered a broader understanding of peace-not simply as the absence of war, but as a continuing effort to build a more just, inclusive, and sustainable world. The Peace Museum & Learning Lab was created in response to the current cultural climate. In 2001, the Assembly designated September 21 as a day of nonviolence and ceasefire.

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