Program

Public Programs: Exhibitions: Implementation

Period of Performance

6/1/2020 - 9/30/2022

Funding Totals

$400,000.00 (approved)
$400,000.00 (awarded)


Power of Children: Making A Difference "Malala's World"

FAIN: GI-269527-20

Children's Museum of Indianapolis, Inc. (Indianapolis, IN 46206-3000)
Jennifer Pace-Robinson (Project Director: August 2019 to present)

Implementation of a fourth story, Malala’s World, within the existing permanent exhibition The Power of Children: Making a Difference

The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (Museum) proposes the addition of “Malala’s World” to expand the permanent exhibit entitled The Power of Children: Making A Difference. Through this project, the Museum will build upon its groundbreaking and successful permanent exhibit by adding the inspirational story of Malala Yousafzai, a young girl from Pakistan who advocated for and continues to support education and equality under the threat of the Taliban. In 2014, Malala was awarded the Nobel Prize for her advocacy efforts. Since opening in 2007, over 3.5 million children and their families and 250,000 students have visited The Power of Children: Making A Difference exhibit. Additionally, 67,578 have visited the traveling version in locations across the United States.





Associated Products

The Power of Children: Making a Difference (Exhibition)
Title: The Power of Children: Making a Difference
Curator: Monica Ramsey
Curator: Christian Carron
Abstract: The 2021 update to The Power of Children: Making a Difference exhibition added the story of Malala Yousafzai alongside existing exhibition content and immersive spaces dedicated to Anne Frank, Ruby Bridges, and Ryan White.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://www.childrensmuseum.org/exhibits/malala
Primary URL Description: Virtual exhibition tour

The world's first permanent exhibit on Malala Yousafzai opens at Children's Museum of Indianapolis (Article)
Title: The world's first permanent exhibit on Malala Yousafzai opens at Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Author: Sharon McDonnell
Abstract: Inside the Children’s Museum of Indianapolis, the world’s biggest (and often named best) museum for children, is an attention-grabbing exhibit with an even more lasting impact: a display devoted to four children who changed the world. The newest honoree, Malala Yousafzai, was just a teenager in 2012 when she was shot in the head by the Taliban due to her outspoken support of education for girls in Pakistan. The Malala-focused exhibit, which opened on September 18, joins others about Anne Frank; Ruby Bridges, one of the first Black children to integrate New Orleans public schools; and Ryan White, the Indiana teenager who battled prejudice after contracting AIDS from a blood transfusion.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://roadtrippers.com/magazine/malala-exhibit-childrens-museum-indianapolis/
Access Model: OPen access
Format: Other
Publisher: Roadtripper

The Children's Museum will build the first permanent exhibit of education activist Malala (Article)
Title: The Children's Museum will build the first permanent exhibit of education activist Malala
Author: Domenica Bongiovanni
Abstract: A young girl who was shot in the head because she bravely stood up to the Taliban will be added to The Children's Museum of Indianapolis' popular exhibit that spotlights child heroes. Malala Yousafzai will be the fourth person added to "The Power of Children: Making a Difference." It will be the first permanent exhibit devoted to the activist.
Year: 2020
Primary URL: https://www.indystar.com/story/entertainment/arts/2020/01/08/malala-yousafzais-story-coming-childrens-museum-indianapolis/2835181001/
Access Model: Subscription
Format: Newspaper
Publisher: Indianapolis Star

Malala Yousafzai exhibit opens at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis (Article)
Title: Malala Yousafzai exhibit opens at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
Author: Michelle Kaufman
Abstract: INDIANAPOLIS — The only permanent exhibit in the world to feature Malala Yousafzai’s story and the experiences that shaped her is now open at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis. Yousafzai is part of the "The Power of Children" exhibit, which opened in 2007. It also features the stories of Anne Frank, Ryan White and Ruby Bridges.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://www.wrtv.com/news/local-news/malala-yousafzai-exhibit-opens-at-the-childrens-museum-of-indianapolis
Format: Other
Publisher: WRTV