Nathan's 5th grade class went to Geneva on Tuesday to tour the International Red Cross Museum or the United Nations Building. Nathan and I visited the Red Cross Museum and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves.
International Red Cross/Red Crescent Museum in Geneva
Waiting for the tour to start with some of Nathan's friends.
This was a fun, interactive game to teach about hurricane preparation. Out team saved 122 villages :)
These are files on both sides of actual records of prisoners of war from WWI. The exhibit showed how the Red Cross kept their records from reports of prisoners and then tried to respond to people looking for family members.
This is a giant foot, the circle imagery was like a movie. This exhibit focused on the Red Cross' role in trying to restore dignity to people and cultures during and after war time.
This wall responded with changing colors and movement to human touch, exemplifying how important our human connections are. The kids loved it!
After lunch we walked down to this Broken Chair. It is 12 m high and was constructed by Daniel Berset as an opposition symbol to land mines and cluster bombs. Nathan's class is under the chair.
The entrance to the museum. The Red Cross was the first symbol used emerging from the Geneva Convention on 1864, to convey protection to rescue units in wartime. The Red Crescent was used by the Ottoman Empire to convey the same meaning and was officially integrated into the Red Cross in 1929. in 2005 another symbol, the Red Crystal was added as a third official symbol.
It was an interesting and fun day and we won't be returning to Geneva until Saturday for Kent's basketball tournament.
Waiting for the tour to start with some of Nathan's friends.
This was a fun, interactive game to teach about hurricane preparation. Out team saved 122 villages :)
These are files on both sides of actual records of prisoners of war from WWI. The exhibit showed how the Red Cross kept their records from reports of prisoners and then tried to respond to people looking for family members.
This is a giant foot, the circle imagery was like a movie. This exhibit focused on the Red Cross' role in trying to restore dignity to people and cultures during and after war time.
This wall responded with changing colors and movement to human touch, exemplifying how important our human connections are. The kids loved it!
After lunch we walked down to this Broken Chair. It is 12 m high and was constructed by Daniel Berset as an opposition symbol to land mines and cluster bombs. Nathan's class is under the chair.
The entrance to the museum. The Red Cross was the first symbol used emerging from the Geneva Convention on 1864, to convey protection to rescue units in wartime. The Red Crescent was used by the Ottoman Empire to convey the same meaning and was officially integrated into the Red Cross in 1929. in 2005 another symbol, the Red Crystal was added as a third official symbol.
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