ABSTRACT
This volume introduces peace museums as a distinct group of museums whose content and activities focus on cultures and histories of peace, and include antiwar and antiviolence messages. Peace museums are the repositories of the material culture of peace, including art, banners, and petitions, as well as of antiwar and social justice movements fostering nonviolence, disarmament, and conflict resolution. Hence, they bring to light complicated and largely unknown or ignored peace histories. Such histories appear in various forms, spaces, and times, and peace museums have a significant role to play as recorders and exhibitors of peace cultures and narratives.
