Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture
The Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture is located at 6500 S. Pulaski Rd. in Chicago's West Lawn neighborhood, not far from Chicago Midway International Airport.
Founded in 1966, the Balzekas Museum is dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of Lithuanian culture and is the largest museum in the United States devoted to the subjects of Lithuania, the Lithuanian language, history, culture and politics, and to the Lithuanian- American experience.
The museum hosts events, programs, and workshops, such as traditional Lithuanian" Užgavėnės"( Mardi- Gras) mask making," vėlykaičiai" or" margučiai"
Easter egg decorating, and straw Christmas ornament making.
The museum is a popular destination for tourists and schools, seeking to learn about Lithuanian history, culture, and immigration.
Promoting the study and appreciation of America's diverse ethnic cultural heritage and seeking to foster greater understanding among all people, the museum works cooperatively with numerous ethnic groups; cultural, arts and educational organizations; museums; fraternal orders; religious entities; and governmental institutions.
The Balzekas Museum is a non-profit 501( c)( 3) organization.
It was founded by Lithuanian- American businessman Stanley Balzekas, Jr., who continues to serve as the president of the museum.
Chicago's Lithuanian community has more Lithuanians and people of Lithuanian descent than anywhere in the world outside of Lithuania itself.
The museum's bulletin, called the" Lithuanian Museum Review", is published quarterly.
Dayton International Peace Museum
The Dayton International Peace Museum is a museum located in Dayton, Ohio, at 208 W. Monument Ave.
It is the second peace museum to be created in the United States, with The Peace Museum in Chicago, Illinois, which closed in the late 2000s, being the first.
The mission of the Dayton International Peace Museum is to inspire a local, national, and international culture of peace.
Its exhibits and programs are designed to educate people of all ages about nonviolent responses to conflict.
In addition to functioning as a traditional museum that displays peace-related objects of permanent value, the Peace Museum serves as an activities center for those who seek a community of peace.
The Peace Museum features permanent, temporary, and traveling exhibits that highlight the rich history of, and potential for, nonviolent solutions to conflict.
Located in Dayton's historic Isaac Pollack House, the Peace Museum includes a library, an interactive children's room, a gathering space where visitors can engage in conversation, and holds events such as book discussions and story slams.
In 2014, the 1876 structure was refitted with modern technology.
The new equipment allows the Peace Museum to produce multimedia, interactive exhibits, and to broadcast programs and virtual exhibits to multiple rooms.
The museum is open from 1 to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday.
Azerbaijan State Museum of History of Religion
The Azerbaijan State Museum of History and Religion is located in Baku, Azerbaijan, which highlights religious views of primitive people who lived in ancient times.
The museum is joined to the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the Republic of Azerbaijan in 1993.
1967- the Historical Museum of Atheism was established by the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR.
September 17, 1990- The museum was renamed the State Museum of the History of Religion by decree number 414 of the Cabinet.
In June 1993 the museum was temporarily transferred to the Museum Center.
Higgins Museum of National Bank Notes
The Higgins Museum of National Bank Notes is a museum of national bank notes in Okoboji, Iowa.
The museum was founded in 1978 by William R. Higgins, Jr.
Tachiarai Peace Memorial Museum
The is a peace museum located in the city of Asakura, Fukuoka, Japan.
American Writers Museum
The American Writers Museum is a museum of American Literature and writing that opened in Chicago in May 2017.
The museum was designed by Amaze Design of Boston.
The American museum was inspired by the Dublin Writers Museum.
The Peace Museum
The Peace Museum was a museum located in Chicago, Illinois, that was founded in 1981 by muralist Mark Rogovin and Marjorie Craig Benton, a former US UNICEF representative.
Museum staff included Marianne Philbin, Paul Nebenzahl, Ruth Barrett, John Nawn, Kerry Cochrane, Sharon Queen, Sidney Schoenberger, Charles Thomas, Paul Murphy, LuAnne Lewandowski and Martin Moy.
Terri Hemmert, Jann Wenner, Paul Caruso and Robin Caruso, Paul Natkin, Jim Hirsch, Aaron Freeman, V. J. McAleer, Harold Washington, Danny Davis, Susan Catania and Harle Montgomery contributed to the Museum's growth.
In 1982, The Peace Museum hosted Give Peace A Chance, a major exhibition about music and peace, featuring John Lennon's guitar inscribed with two drawings of John and Yoko Ono in Lennon's hand.
Ono wrote the dedication to the book for the exhibition, published by Chicago Review Press.
Also featured in the show were U2, Bob Marley, Holly Near, Joan Baez, Stevie Wonder, Country Joe McDonald, Harry Chapin, Pete Seeger and Graham Nash, among others.
Chicago's Peace Museum opened its doors in 1981 with an exhibition called" The Unforgettable Fire" which featured drawings from survivors of Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings.
The exhibit drew the attention of U2, who held benefits for the museum and named their next album after the exhibition.
The Museum also hosted poster exhibitions of the art of John Heartfield, Daumier and Gary Trudeau.
The Peace Museum was one of two peace museums in the US.
The other, and the only one still operating, is the Dayton International Peace Museum.
The Peace Museum closed sometime around 2007.
In 2011, a suit was brought by the State of Illinois to protect and distribute its collection.
Archaeological Museum Banbhore
Archaeological Museum Banbhore or Banbhore Museum is an archaeological museum located in Banbhore, Sindh, Pakistan.
The museum was established by the Department of Archaeology and Museums, Government of Pakistan on 21 August 1960.
The museum was inaugurated on 14 May 1967.
In May 2010, the site of Banbhore along with the museum was transferred to the Culture Department of Government of Sindh.
Peace Museum, Bradford
The Peace Museum, Bradford is the only museum dedicated to the history and( often untold) stories of peace, peacemakers and peace movements, in the UK.
The Peace Museum aims to engage, inform and inspire through: items in its collection and exhibitions of learning and education activities for all sectors of the community, schools, colleges and universities, focusing on local, national and international people, events and stories posing questions about equality, diversity, cohesion, peace and non-violence telling stories of peacemakers and peacemaking.
The museum asks visitors to consider peace and peacemaking as an active, as opposed to passive endeavour, a challenge and something that requires effort, asking" What could you do?"
What story will you tell".
The initial idea of creating a peace museum arose in the mid–1980s from Gerald Drewett of the Give Peace a Chance Trust.
In 1990 this was carried forward when Shireen Shah, an MA student at Bradford University ’s Peace Studies Department, wrote a dissertation proposing a ‘ Museum for Peace ’.
Two years on, the International Network of Museums for Peace held its first conference at the University of Bradford in 1992, during which it was proposed that a Peace Museum be established in Bradford.
A committee was established to seek finance and general support for the idea.
Initially called ‘ The National Peace Museum Project ’, the Museum was established in 1994 through a five- year grant from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Foundation and operated from a temporary site in Bradford in the Wool Exchange.
In 1998 the Museum moved to its present site on the top floor of 10 Piece Hall Yard, in Bradford city centre.
The Museum has a varied temporary exhibition programme, hosting several exhibitions and displays throughout the year.
Past exhibitions have ranged from' Challenging the Fabric of Society' showcasing the protest banners that are part of its textile collection( until March 2017),' Remembering the Kindertransport' to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day( until April 2017) and' A force for peace?
The History of European Cooperation'( ended 2016) exploring the peace history behind the European Union.
Dayton International Peace Museum
The Dayton International Peace Museum is a museum located in Dayton, Ohio, at 208 W. Monument Ave.
It is the second peace museum to be created in the United States, with The Peace Museum in Chicago, Illinois, which closed in the late 2000s, being the first.
The mission of the Dayton International Peace Museum is to inspire a local, national, and international culture of peace.
Its exhibits and programs are designed to educate people of all ages about nonviolent responses to conflict.
In addition to functioning as a traditional museum that displays peace-related objects of permanent value, the Peace Museum serves as an activities center for those who seek a community of peace.
The Peace Museum features permanent, temporary, and traveling exhibits that highlight the rich history of, and potential for, nonviolent solutions to conflict.
Located in Dayton's historic Isaac Pollack House, the Peace Museum includes a library, an interactive children's room, a gathering space where visitors can engage in conversation, and holds events such as book discussions and story slams.
In 2014, the 1876 structure was refitted with modern technology.
The new equipment allows the Peace Museum to produce multimedia, interactive exhibits, and to broadcast programs and virtual exhibits to multiple rooms.
The museum is open from 1 to 5 p.m., Wednesday through Sunday.

Question: Which museum was established first, Balzekas Museum Of Lithuanian Culture or Peace Museum, Bradford?
Answer: Balzekas Museum Of Lithuanian Culture