a community-engaged project
to digitally preserve artifacts from refugee communities, for refugee communities
In 1984, nine Vietnamese refugees escaped Vietnam on this river sampan.
No one onboard had experience navigating the open sea.
How can comparing artifacts from the ancient and modern worlds help us better understand issues impacting refugees?
Check out our student exhibits to find out.
A birthday card made from a bomb fragment.
A shirt with a bullet hole.
A prison diary.
These were all made/used/carried by refugees.
Explore these artifacts and dozens more in our digital collection.
