Program Description
Event Details
The Journey Back: A VR Experience is returning to the Quincy Public Library. It is an exhibit on loan to the Library from the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center. For those who missed last year's experience, the same videos from 2024 will be uploaded & there will be three new videos available to view.
The Journey Back applies virtual reality technology to engage visitors on a journey with Holocaust survivors. The exhibit is changing the field of Holocaust memory through innovative technology and transportive storytelling, which is creating a new way to learn & discuss the Holocaust.
Illinois Holocaust Museum | Chicagoland Museum
This experience could take up to 1 hour & 15 minutes, but library staff can customize the experience based on what the patron wants to view & is able to do in that moment.
Per the Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center, this virtual reality technology is not recommended for children 12 & under. For The Journey Back: A VR Experience, the Quincy Public Library allows for 13 & up usage of the technology. Due to the nature of the topic, anyone under the age of 18 is required to have an adult with them.
Reservations required. To do so, call the library at 217-223-1309 or email at reference@quincylibrary.org.
Reservations can be made for solo users or for a group, however groups will be limited to 5 people.
