Museum pays tribute to Marla I. Bush
On Wednesday, April 13 the Museum of the Peace Corps Experience lost a loyal champion and stalwart supporter of our effort to recognize the history of America’s more than 60
On Wednesday, April 13 the Museum of the Peace Corps Experience lost a loyal champion and stalwart supporter of our effort to recognize the history of America’s more than 60
The Museum of the Peace Corps Experience (MPCE) has compiled and published a toolkit so that returned Peace Corps volunteers can create their own temporary exhibits across the United States
The Museum of the Peace Corps Experience has deepened its commitment to creating a national repository to honor the rich diversity of the Peace Corps experience. Museum board president Patricia
In September Marla Bush, who volunteers on the Museum’s collection team and served in Chad 1973-1975, gave the Museum a $20,000 gift and challenged us to match it. The seven-member Board
Museum of the Peace Corps Experience joined a team of RPCVs to plan an interactive session for the 2021 Peace Corps Connect Conference about diversity, equity, and inclusion on the
Conference attendees urged to “Save Your Place in History” Three collections preserving Peace Corps Volunteer experiences came together to offer an eye-opening session on preserving your experience during 2021
We are pleased to notify members that the video recording of “Peace Corps 2.0: A Symposium” on March 31, 2021 is available. The historic event was sponsored in conjunction with the
Serving New Afghan RefugeesBy Tony Agnello Afghanistan 1972-74President of Friends of Afghanistan The ongoing effort of the members of Friends of Afghanistan to continue to serve our host country has for more
Martin Kaplan, Museum co-founder, dies in Oregon Martin Louis Kaplan, co-founder of the Museum of the Peace Corps Experience, died unexpectedly on June 20 at his home in Oregon City,
Do you have Peace Corps posters, especially those issued by the agency to recruit and promote Peace Corps? A Peace Corps poster exhibit is on its way and we are
After three months of virtual tours only, the exhibition “Peace Corps at 60: Inside the Volunteer Experience” opened on June 1 for in-person viewing at American University Museum, Washington, D.C. Five
On March 29-31, 1961, the National Student Association with American University (AU) and University of Michigan students hosted the National Conference on Youth Service Abroad on the AU campus. The
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“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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