Related Programming
The Science Museum has partnered with the University of Minnesota's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies to offer a wide array of complementary programming that will help visitors get a more in-depth understanding the history of eugenics theory and practices—locally, nationally, and internationally.
Voice to Vision exhibition
Ongoing, February 27 - May 4, 2008
During the run of Deadly Medicine at the Science Museum, four pieces from the Voice to Vision project through the University of Minnesota's Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies will be on display outside the exhibition space. The Voice to Vision project was designed to help Holocaust survivors share their experiences through art.
Voice to Vision will be on display just outside the entrance to the Deadly Medicine exhibition. It is included in regular Science Museum exhibit gallery admission.
Science Live Theater program: The Value of Life
Ongoing, February 27 - May 4, 2008
Science Live, the Science Museum of Minnesota's professional acting group specializes in bringing science to life through the magic of theater.
To complement the Deadly Medicine exhibition, they will debut a new program entitled The Value of Life. It is designed to help visitors examine how and why people forgo their values and partake in such egregious human rights violations like those that occurred during the Holocaust. In this 15-minute performance, Science Live presenters will challenge visitors to think about what they would do if they were faced with "deadly medicine."
The Value of Life will be performed in the Deadly Medicine exhibition on Thursday and Fridays at noon and 1 p.m., and on Saturdays and Sundays at 1, 2 and 3 p.m.
Penumbra Theatre Workshops: Confronting a Killing Culture
Dates: Saturday, March 8; Saturday, March 22 (FULL); Saturday, April 19 (FULL), 1-4 p.m.
(The workshop on April 5 has been canceled.)
Location: Science Museum of Minnesota, classrooms 5 and 6, level 2
Ages: 13+
Price: $5 per person
In conjunction with Deadly Medicine, Penumbra Theatre invites interested participants to join in an active and creative forum for dialogue and discussion around issues raised by the exhibition. The Confronting a Killing Culture workshop series will bring together activist artists and facilitators to lead participants in an exploration of story, self, and community that will examine issues such as duty, patriotism, gender roles, racial classification, class determinations, and power.
The dialogue will focus largely on the importance of history, of not fragmenting it or dealing with it in segments that allow us to deny the famous dictum: Let us never, never, not ever again, forget. The dialogue will make the lessons of the past relevant and applicable to contemporary American lives.
Facilitators will use scripted scenes, theatre games, dialogue, movement, and writing to explore these issues and push participants to experience beyond the exhibition to personal and contemporary relevance in their daily lives.
Please note: Space is limited in "Confronting a Killing Culture." Interested participants should register early to secure their space. To register, call (651) 221-4511.