The United States Holocaust Memeorial Museum and Technology

November 21,2003
The Internet has without a doubt changed the way we live our lives. This brave new frontier allows us to do things in an instant that could have taken days or even weeks in the past, opening cultural doors that otherwise may have remained closed. The internet puts the cultural treasures of the world at our fingertips, everything from the Louve in Paris, to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., to the Maple Syrup Museum in Pittsford, Vermont are only a few keystrokes away.
The United States Holocaust Memorial Museum is dedicated to preserving the memory of one of the most horrendous crimes ever committed, through the documentation, study, and interpretation of the Holocaust (www.ushmm.org). While browsing the museum website one can view personal articles of prisoners, read stories of children in hiding, and view Nazi propaganda articles. There are of course questions as to the quality of an Internet visit to this or any other museu...