October 16, 2025 | 7:00–8:30 PM EDT | Online Event Join the Museum of the Peace Corps Experience for a special online celebration of the new exhibition Peace by Design:
October 4, 2025 – January 6, 2026 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library, Washington, D.C. The Museum of the Peace Corps Experience (MPCE) is proud to present Peace by Design:
The audience learns more about the history of Yerba Mate and its cultural, social and economic significance in Paraguay and Argentina, with a display of thermos and Yerba Mate drinking
Janette K. Hopper – Colombia 1966 – 1968. Then a heavy woman, old and very large with dirty fingernails, comes along.
Stacy Jupiter – Gabon 1997 – 1999. How time passes in the back of a pick-up truck.
Michael J. Kirwin M.D.- Brazil 1967-1969. A Suitcase Led to a Medical Degree.
Steve Larson – Nepal 1966 – 1968. A photograph evokes memories of a Nepal I returned to a dozen times
Mark H. Lewis – Nicaragua 1993 – 1996. Out of his comfort zone an African American volunteer discovers a cultural connection.
Margaret Loomis, Peru 1962 – 1964. Our assignment was to deliver and establish “little libraries” to the indigenous communities in the Peruvian Sierra
Returned Peace Corps Volunteers who identify as a member of a non-majority group in the USA talk about their unique Peace Corps experiences.
The future is bright! The Museum is actively exploring space options in Washington, D.C. close to the Peace Corps Park site at the foot of Capitol Hill. We imagine an experience wherein visitors explore interactive exhibits on peace education, foreign cultures, and the history of Peace Corps at the Museum paired with a park visit that fosters reflection and community. Join the Museum’s 40+ volunteers and hundreds of supporters in bringing this vision to life.
Museum of the Peace Corps Experience
PO Box 2427
Oregon City, OR 97045
USA
“For every young American who participates in the Peace Corps—who works in a foreign land—will know that he or she is sharing in the great common task of bringing to man that decent way of life, which is the foundation of freedom and a condition of peace.”
– President John F. Kennedy, March 1, 1961
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