War Childhood Museum

Based on the crowd-sourced book War Childhood and founded on the principles of social entrepreneurship, the independent, youth-led War Childhood Museum has garnered recognition as the worlds only museum focused exclusively on childhoods that have been affected by war. Through its unique platform, the WCM is able to tackle trauma on an individual level for participants and visitors ultimately contributing to better understanding for society on the whole. Its first permanent exhibition opened in January 2017, seven years after the projects inception, in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Having proven successful in providing Bosnians of all ages with a rare opportunity to confront the traumas of their recent past without reinforcing ethnic boundaries, the WCM has expanded its activities abroad. Currently, WCM operates in Lebanon, Ukraine, and the United States becoming an international platform that gives voice to current and former war children. Its quick growth aggregated a lot o...