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She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots at the Fairfield University Art Museum

Friday, October 9, 2026 · All day

Fairfield University Art Museum, 200 Barlow Road, Fairfield · Port Chester, NY

About this event

Fairfield University prepares to become the nation’s second site for Victoria Milstein’s powerful Holocaust memorial sculpture, after the first installation in LeBauer Park in Greensboro, NC, in 2023. As in Greensboro, NC, the installation at Fairfield University will provide rich interdisciplinary learning materials, including: An on-site, self-guided tour of the memorial A full-length documentary film that expands on the story behind the sculpture and its significance A modified high school curriculum designed to meet Connecticut’s Holocaust and Genocide education requirements, as mandated by state legislation on May 10, 2018. For more information Image: Victoria Milstein, “She Wouldn’t Take Off Her Boots”, 2023, bronze. Greensboro, NC

Event details

Date and time
Friday, October 9, 2026 · All day
Venue
Fairfield University Art Museum, 200 Barlow Road, Fairfield · Port Chester, NY
Category
Museums & exhibitions
Cost
Cost not stated
Age guidance
Age guidance not specified
Format
In person
Last verified
October 6, 2026

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Wheelchair: Not stated

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