A digital project of MAZON: A Jewish Response to Hunger, which is a national organization fighting to end hunger among people of all faiths and backgrounds. The Hunger Museum tells the story of the last 100 years of hunger and anti-hunger public policy in the United States, alongside the cultural touchstones that accompany that history, demonstrating that a robust government response can end hunger — and almost did. Political winds and policy changes reversed that victory, leading to an over-reliance on an already overwhelmed charitable food network — but that does not need to be our future.
Through six galleries of historical content, MAZON’s exhibits and artifacts illuminate the political, economic, and cultural influences of the time, revealing the expansion and dismantlement of the American social safety net over the last century and how, with this history in mind, we can forge a path forward to end hunger.