Historical Sources Regarding History Education

Joe Petrosino House Museum

Aldo Di Russo

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Levels and forms of education

Lower Secondary Education

Upper Secondary Education

Post Secondary Education

Tertiary Education

Other Levels and Forms of Education

Resource type

Audio-visual materials (photographs, videos, movies, audio files)

Activities outside the classroom (e.g. tour guides, etc.)

Historic approaches concerned

Cultural History

Social History

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Countries or areas concerned

Italy

Languages

English

Description

The Joe Petrosino (J.P.) Antimafia Museum in Padula, Italy is a first-class resource for deconstructing fear and raising awareness on societal issues, while narrating the 'hero story' from a completely different angle. The J.P. Museum was selected as best practice for audience communication by EUROPEANA in 2017. The Joe Petrosino Museum in Padula (Italy) explores the life of Joe Petrosino (1860–1909), an Italian-born NYPD detective who fought organised crime and the Black Hand. The museum offers original objects, archival materials and a multi-sensory digital exhibition, tracing migration, identity, the rise of the Mafia, and anti-Mafia efforts on both sides of the Atlantic. Teachers and researchers can access digitised audiovisual collections from the RAI archives through the museum’s Digital Library, useful for lessons on migration, crime and society, civic courage and the history of law enforcement. Visitors — onsite or online — can explore interactive historical narratives and visual sources, making this a valuable resource for history and civic education.

Keywords

Migration

Digital Archives

Modern History

Justice

Rule of Law

Organised Crime