In 2009, the third largest Holocaust museum in the world opened up in Skokie, Illinois. The two largest museums are Yad Vashem in Jerusalem and the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington D.C., respectively. Why Skokie, you might ask? Skokie used to have one of the largest Holocaust survivor populations in the world. Whereas…
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Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago Money Museum
In 1913, Congress created the Federal Reserve System to regulate the banks throughout the United States. There are 12 Federal Reserve Banks total, which serve different regions of the United States. Each one provides some type of tour or museum for the public. The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago has a Money Museum. The Money…
Ashurbanipal Library
Many people have heard about the Ancient Assyrians when learning about ancient civilizations in history class, or when reading the book of Jonah in the Bible. However, most people do not realize that there is a Christian, ethnic minority group in the Middle East that still identifies with this ancient civilization. Assyrians live in Iran,…
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