A World of Peace Begins With What We Do Today

Discover the many ways we create peace every day.

Peace is more than an idea. It is something we practice, nurture, and build together. Peace Museums is an international organization dedicated to making peace visible, sharing inspiring stories, and connecting people who are creating a more peaceful world. Through museums, education, art, storytelling, and community engagement, we invite everyone to discover what peace looks like, understand what makes it possible, and become part of a global movement for positive peace.

What Are Peace Museums?

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We believe peace deserves to be seen, experienced, understood, and celebrated.

Peace Museums is an international organization that promotes a culture of peace by bringingtogetherpeople, ideas, stories, and initiatives that demonstrate how peace is created in our everyday lives. We believe museums can be much more than places that preserve objects and memories. They canbevibrant spaces for learning, inspiration, creativity, and connection. They can help us recognize the many ways people contribute to peace and encourage us to discover new possibilities for our communities and societies. Through exhibitions, educational programs, cultural activities, creative projects, and international collaboration, Peace Museums makes the values and practices of peace accessible to people of all ages and backgrounds. Our work connects the past with the present, but our focus is firmly on what we can do today.

Our vision is a world in which peace is not simply an aspiration, but a shared everyday practice.

Peace Museum Colorado

Established in 2016, the Peace Museum Colorado extends the Peace Museums' mission in the United States by promoting peace education and inspiring visitors through the lives and achievements of Peace Heroes.

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Peace Museum Vienna

Founded on 21 June 2014, the Peace Museum Vienna commemorated the 100th anniversary of the death of Bertha von Suttner, the first female Nobel Peace Prize laureate. It promotes peace education through the stories of Peace Heroes, exhibitions, dialogue, and community engagement.

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Peace Museum Paris

Opened in 2019, the Peace Museum Paris is dedicated to spreading peace through exhibitions, conferences, educational programs, and activities that encourage dialogue, nonviolence, and civic engagement, particularly among young people.

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Peace Museum Romania

Founded in 2016, the Peace Museum Romania, located in Vlașca, promotes a culture of peace through educational initiatives, exhibitions, and community activities that encourage dialogue, nonviolence, and cooperation.

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Peace Museum Nepal

Founded in 2017, the Peace Museum Nepal was established in the aftermath of the devastating 2015 earthquake. The museum was created as a space to foster dialogue, resilience, and reconciliation by preserving stories of peacebuilding and community recovery.

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Positive Peace: Peace in Action, Today.

What does peace look like in your everyday life?

Peace is often understood as the absence of violence or conflict. But peace can also be something much more active, visible, and present in our daily lives. This is the idea behind Positive Peace. Positive Peace is about the attitudes, relationships, institutions, and everyday actions that create and sustain peaceful societies. It is about the presence of conditions that allow people to live with dignity, feel connected, participate in their communities, and flourish together. It is not something we have to wait for. Positive Peace is happening whenever people choose understanding over prejudice, cooperation over division, and respect over exclusion. It happens when a teacher creates an inclusive classroom, when neighbors support one another, when communities protect their environment, and when people come together to solve shared challenges.

Positive Peace is not only about imagining a better world. It is about recognizing and strengthening the peaceful things already happening around us.

Peace Needs to BeSeen, Shared, and Practiced.

Peace is happening everywhere, but its stories are not always told. The people, communities, and initiatives that create peaceful change often remain unnoticed. Peace Museums exists to bring these stories into the spotlight. We believe that recognizing peace is an essential step toward strengthening it. When we discover how others create positive change, we gain new ideas, new perspectives, and the inspiration to take action ourselves. Museums have a unique opportunity to make these experiences accessible. They bring together history, culture, education, and human stories in ways that encourage people to reflect, connect, and participate.

Peace Museums matters because we:

We highlight the people, actions, and everyday experiences that demonstrate how peace is created.
We celebrate individuals and communities whose contributions show that positive change is possible.
We encourage people to explore peace through exhibitions, educational activities, art, and cultural experiences.
We bring together museums, educators, artists, organizations, and communities from different backgrounds.
We encourage everyone to discover their own role in creating a more peaceful world.

Peace Through Film

Stories have the power to connect us, inspire new perspectives, and bring peace to life. Through film, we explore the people, ideas, and actions that make Positive Peace possible today. Discover inspiring stories, reflect on different experiences, and see how peace is created in our world.