Pacifist Living History Museum and Archives

Stewards at The Peace Abbey serve as curators and archivists for the many relics, personal affects, manuscripts and documents placed at the Abbey by members of the Peace Movement, friends and supporters.

The following items are among the many to be placed at The Peace Abbey:

• Zuccheto (skullcap), eye glasses and swatch of the blood stained altar cloth of slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero. (A gift from the Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Providence in San Salvador).
  
• Sacred Relic of Santa Clara of Assisi. (Bone fragment XIII Century with Vatican documentation; a gift from Catholic Lay person).
  
• Metal Tip from the first dismantled Soviet ICBM Nuclear Missile. (A gift from the Moscow Women's Peace Alliance).
  
• Marble plaque presented to Alva Myrdal on the occasion of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize in Oslo, Norway. (A gift from her daughter, Sissila Bok).
  
• Peace Pilgrim's blue tunic and sneakers. (Placed at the Abbey by Ann and John Rush who founded Friends of Peace Pilgrim).
  
• 19th Century Russian Rosary made of salt. (A gift from the family of the Georgian Artist who created the Courage of Conscience Award sculpture and Gandhi statue).
  
• Bracelets of Vietnam MIAs. (Placed in Abbey by wearers/activists).
  
• Franciscan Robe worn by revered monk. (A gift from Franciscan Monastery in New York State).
  
• Coat of Maha Ghosananda, Supreme Patriarch of Cambodia. (A gift from Maha who visited in 1996).
  
• Cakes and butter candle and a vigil lamp. (A gift from the seven nuns of the Keydong Nunnery in Kathmandu when they were guests at The Peace Abbey. While they stayed here, they created a sand mandala at Brandeis University which was the first mandala in history which was created by Buddhist nuns and dismantled by His Holiness the Dalai Lama.)