While we’re spoiled with incredible exhibitions in Sydney, every now and then one comes along that hits straight to the heart and ensures you’ll talk about it—and the effect it had on you—for years to come. Yep, we’ve found an exhibition that does just that, and it hopes to evoke the desire to talk about it for generations to come, not just years.
Enter: Reverberations, A Future For Memory.
This is the Sydney Jewish Museum’s incredibly moving Holocaust survivor testimony exhibition, housed in its brand-new, technology-rich gallery space in Darlinghurst.
Having actively worked with Holocaust survivors for the last 30 years, the museum is committed to keeping the stories of this remarkable group of people alive, so that future generations can experience and learn from them.
Reverberations is the culmination of this work, and it’s set to be the museum’s biggest and most emotive exhibition yet.
The exhibition is experienced in two parts. To use the analogy we heard while we were there: there’s a set menu portion and an à la carte portion. The immersive testimony gallery is sort of like a set menu. You sit down and experience a cinematic screening of Holocaust survivors talking about their lives, experiences and perspectives on important philosophical questions. These powerful stories are designed to be consumed slowly and intently and to provide important insights that we can apply to our contemporary world. You won’t know what incredible stories you’ll be served up until you hear them, but you’ll be very glad that you did.
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