{"id":1183,"date":"2014-09-05T14:47:06","date_gmt":"2014-09-05T18:47:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/127.0.0.1:4001\/wordpress\/?page_id=1183"},"modified":"2014-09-05T14:47:06","modified_gmt":"2014-09-05T18:47:06","slug":"oral-history-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/mhso.ca\/wp\/oral-history-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Oral History Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohmuseum.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\">MHSO Oral History Museum (OHM)<\/a> <\/span>was the recipient, in 2004, of a Rolex Award for Enterprise \u2013 Associate Laureate, Cultural Heritage. A \u201cmuseum with no walls or glass cases, a museum with no boundaries,\u201d the OHM combined the spoken word with photographs, multi-media, and computer simulation, and, through its innovative design, created exciting opportunities for increasing public understanding of immigrant adaptation and community-building in late 20<sup>th<\/sup> century Toronto. The museum had two components \u2013 an orientation room where a video presentation introduced visitors to the \u2018New Torontonians\u2019, MHSO staff explained the value of oral history, and community groups held cultural events such as storytelling, poetry readings, musical presentations, and film screenings; and a hands-on gallery where computer kiosks equipped with interactive software enabled visitors to engage with, and add to, the Society\u2019s oral history collection. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The museum\u2019s programming focused on three interrelated themes \u2013 community building, living traditions, and social justice. It highlighted examples for each that demonstrated the profound impact ethnocultural communities have had on Ontario society. For instance, visitors learned about the pivotal role immigrants played in introducing new approaches to seniors\u2019 care-giving (community building), creating a culture of vibrant street festivals (living traditions), and using music as a tool to effect positive change (social justice). The programming also included the individual experiences and personal reminiscences of community leaders Jean Lumb, Fortunato Rao, and Selwyn \u2018Nip\u2019 Davis. The OHM was closed to the public when the MHSO relocated its operations. It was redesigned in 2014, and a launch of the new online format is planned for the near future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Click on the image and visit the website<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ohmuseum.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1322 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/mhso.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/OralHistoryMuseum.jpg\" alt=\"Oral History Museum\" width=\"360\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The MHSO Oral History Museum (OHM) was the recipient, in 2004, of a Rolex Award for Enterprise \u2013 Associate Laureate, Cultural Heritage. A \u201cmuseum with no walls or glass cases, <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mhso.ca\/wp\/oral-history-museum\/\">Continue Reading \u2192<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhso.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1183"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhso.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhso.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhso.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mhso.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1183"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mhso.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1183\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mhso.ca\/wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1183"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}