From animal skeletons and bicycles strung from the ceiling to metallic wind walls, the Fort Collins Museum of Discovery features a wide array of oddities and attractions for visitors to see. Yet, on Feb. 22, the most interesting part of the museum was an everyday scene: people engaged in conversation with one another as part of the museum’s Human Library event.
Founded in Copenhagen, Denmark, The Human Library Organization invites “readers” worldwide to engage in dialogue with “human books” to challenge stereotypes and reduce bias. Twenty-eight Fort Collins residents volunteered as human books, sharing their experiences with prejudice, bias and discrimination during the Sunday event.
The event marked the third year the Human Library has been hosted in Fort Collins, and it supports the museum’s focus on universal issues through a local lens, said Bryan Simpson, a spokesperson for the museum…