It all started in 2019… though the motivation was born back in the 1960s, as our project founder and initiator, Anna Lubelska, began to understand the devastation of war and conflict.

Anna was born in London in 1951, to Polish parents who had landed in London as a result of the second world war. She grew up hearing of her parents’ gruelling wartime experiences, with stories of mounting grief at losing both their parents and siblings. This struck a chord in Anna, stirring a strong inner motivation and desire to work for peace.  Almost as a culmination of her own life’s journey, she took up the challenge of establishing a Peace Museum in London in September 2019; having already developed a growingly successful Peaceful Schools Programme.

Setting up a Peace Museum is an ambitious undertaking, so Anna started with the basics – assembling a team of experienced peace builders and museum experts; and commissioning a Strategic Plan to set up a charity that would provide the foundations for a new London landmark. The pandemic arrived as our plans got underway, steering us to develop a virtual peace museum.  In 2022 we will be setting up our first London Peace Museum in a very special Centre in east London…

Our journey so far…

  1. Developing a peace building programme for UK schools
  2. Researching museums and galleries across Europe
  3. Working with architects to develop the initial development brief
  4. Scoping locations in London
  5. Forming a board of trustees
  6. Identifying and on-boarding the right partners and ambassadors
  7. Crafting a strategic plan
  8. Registering with Charity Commission
  9. Joining the Association of Independent Museums
  10. Launching The Peace Building online

The story in pictures