About us.
We make the past more present. We engage people with difficult histories and emotionally challenging issues, empowering them to make their own meaning for today.
Paul Salmons Associates creates exhibitions and educational experiences that have a profound and lasting impact.
Our work sets out to challenge what people think they know about the past. It enables them to interrogate the meaning of difficult histories, and to revisit vital issues that still resonate in their lives today. We create space for more open and meaningful conversations within families, between friends, and across communities.
We explore how an understanding of the complexity of the past enables us to think more deeply about a similarly complex present.
Current projects include:
– Curating the international travelling exhibition ‘Auschwitz. Not long ago. Not far away.’
– Curating ‘Seeing Auschwitz’, an exhibition produced by Musealia for UNESCO and the United Nations.
– Education advice and consultancy to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum.
For more than 25 years, Paul Salmons has shaped how we approach the difficult and emotionally-challenging history of the Holocaust.
Among his proudest achievements, Paul:
– Helped create the United Kingdom’s national Holocaust Exhibition at the Imperial War Museum, developing its educational approach, programmes and resources.
– Co-founded UCL’s Centre for Holocaust Education and was responsible for its educational vision and pedagogic approach, authoring innovative teaching and learning resources, and directing its full range of teacher development programmes.
– Played a leading role in the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, an inter-governmental body of more than 30 member states, shaping policy and practice.
Image of Paul by Olivia Hemingway.
“As curator and educator, Paul is simply unique. His ability to deal with very complex matters and present them to diverse audiences in an accessible way was essential to the success of the project. He cares deeply about the subject matter, resulting in an unprecedented ability to read objects and create narratives."
— Luis Ferreiro, Director/ CEO Musealia, Producer of "Auschwitz. Not Long Ago. Not Far Away."
Our clients
Our associates
Robert Jan van Pelt, cultural historian, author, curator
Luis Ferreiro, creator of major historical exhibitions
Anna Biedermann, graphic and exhibitions designer
Djamel Zeniti, architect and curator
Wolfgang Schmutz, education consultant, developer and facilitator
Mike Williams, branding and digital strategist
Leah Kharibian, scriptwriter and interpretation editor
Michael Berenbaum, scholar, writer, curator
Grant Simon Rogers, artist and educator
