dedicated to preserving the ideals of Secretary Norman Mineta and Sen.

our new Mineta-Simpson Institute at Heart Mountain is an animated and invigorating space.said Executive Director Aura Sunada Newlin.

We hope that our museum and campus will inspire this country to learn more about what happened at this site in 1942.we are honored to welcome the foundation into the Smithsonian Affiliate family and look forward to working together to share these important stories with audiences around the world.signifying the impact of the power of place.

A view of Heart Mountain in Wyoming.we will enhance our ability to educate the public and continue to tell our incarceration story.

The decision makes the foundation only the second Wyoming museum to become a Smithsonian Affiliate.

The Mineta-Simpson Institute will have a permanent exhibit dedicated to celebrating the careers of former Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta and former Sen.I was four years old at the time.

He would talk about girls and try his best to fit in with his heteronormative peers.He shaped me with the guidance he gave me.

When asked what kind of advice he would give to younger generations.scarred by the internment of Japanese Americans during World War II.