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SEUSS MUSEUM OPENS ITS DOORSFrom the squiggly, pink handrails outside the entrance to the front hall decorated with scenes from \"And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street\" - a real street just blocks away - the new Amazing...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eNEW DR. SEUSS MUSEUM OPENS ITS DOORSFrom the squiggly, pink handrails outside the entrance to the front hall decorated with scenes from \"And to Think That I Saw it on Mulberry Street\" - a real street just blocks away - the new Amazing World of Dr. Seuss museum says \"You're off to Great Places!\"Walking into to the museum opening to the public Saturday in the author and illustrator's hometown of Springfield, Massachusetts, is like walking into one of his beloved children's books.The museum dedicated to Theodor Geisel - who under the pen name Dr. Seuss wrote and illustrated dozens of rhyming children's books including \"The Cat in the Hat\" and \"Green Eggs and Ham\" - features interactive exhibits, artwork never before displayed publicly and explains how his childhood experiences in the city about 90 miles  (145 kilometers) west of Boston shaped his work.Examples of Geisel's early advertising work and World War II-era propaganda and political illustrations that critics consider racist are conspicuously absent, but that's because the museum is aimed primarily at children, said Kay Simpson, president of the Springfield Museums complex.The organization has in the past hosted exhibits of Geisel's wartime work, she said.But by not referencing Geisel's wartime work, which often stereotyped the Japanese, the museum is telling only half the story, said Katie Ishizuka, who has written on Geisel's work.\"They don't acknowledge the full picture of him or they try to minimize that or sweep it under the rug,\" said Ishizuka, director of The Conscious Kid Library, which lends what she says are more diverse and appropriate books for young readers.Richard Minear, a professor emeritus of Japanese history at the University of Massachusetts, who wrote \"Dr. Seuss Goes to War\" about his political illustrations, says Geisel certainly had a blind spot on race, but it's not fair to judge his entire career on that work.\"He matured and he developed a whole lot from those early years,\" Minear said, noting that \"Horton Hears a Who!\" was an allegory about post-war Japan and the nation's relationship with the U.S.Newton, Mass., 22 May 20171. Stack of Dr. Seuss booksSpringfield, Mass., 4 May 20172. Sign outside Dr. Seuss museum3. Wide shot Leagrey Dimond, stepdaughter of Theodor Geisel, walking through arch that says \"Ted, Dr. Seuss.\"4. Wide shot exterior of Dr. Seuss museum5. SOUNDBITE (English) Leagrey Dimond, stepdaughter of Theodor Geisel:\"This means that Lark and I can create the world of Ted as closely as we can in his hometown. And that he can be seen by people who want to know more about him.\"6. Medium shot man painting a scene with Dr. Seuss characters7. Close-up The Cat in the Hat alarm clock and ceramic figurine8. Close-up Box of oil paints9. Close-up red rotary phone10. Close-up black and red drawing of Dr. Seuss character11. Close-up multicolored drawing of two cats walking hand-in-hand12. Close-up \"The Cat in the Hat\" book13. SOUNDBITE (English) Leagrey Dimond, stepdaughter of Theodor Geisel: \"What we're doing here are originals that have never been seen and what he made for the family. \"La Jolla, Calif., 9 May 201714. \"Dr. Seuss Goes to War\" book15. (Hear voice of Lynda Corey Claassen as she points to cartoon depicting discrimination against \"Negro\" and \"Jewish\" laborers)16. SOUNDBITE (English) Lynda Corey Claassen, Director, Special Collections and Archives, UC San Diego Library: \"Here we have Ted Geisel drawing the American discriminating employer, again, sort of with these, unfortunately, trying to pull along black labor and Jewish labor but being very discriminatory against them.\"(Hear voice of Katie Ishizuka-Stephens, Director of The Conscious Kid Library, as she talks about a drawing)17. SOUNDBITE (English) Katie Ishizuka-Stephens, Director of The Conscious Kid Library: \"This is an example of one of the cartoons he had where he also referred to black people with, using the N-word.\"18. Wide shot Katie Ishizuka-Stephens, director of The Conscious Kid Library, taking books out of a bookshelf19. SOUNDBITE (English) Lynda Corey Claassen, Director, Special Collections and Archives, UC San Diego Library: \"Okay this is the Japanese worm, right, in water. The caption is well, well seems to be a slight shifting of the Japanese current.\"20. SOUNDBITE (English) Katie Ishizuka-Stephens, Director of The Conscious Kid Library:  \"It made me sick to my stomach. My family was directly impacted by the incarceration of Japanese Americans during WWII as well as my entire extended Japanese family. Springfield, Mass., 4 May 201721. Tilt down letter on Dr. Seuss letterheadNewton, Mass., 22 May 201722. SOUNDBITE (English) Mia Wenjen, creator of the PragmaticMom blog:\"Dr. Seuss actually never publicly or privately made any kind of apology for his racism.\"La Jolla, Calif., 9 May 2017 23. Exterior of UC San Diego Library24. Wide shot sign saying \"Dr. Seuss's\" outside Theodor Geisel's special collection25. Theodor Geisel drawing showing Japanese people lined up, grabbing TNT26. SOUNDBITE (English) Lynda Corey Claassen, Director, Special Collections and Archives, UC San Diego Library: \"Certainly about the Japanese, I think he, I don't, I mean he never told me that he had regrets. I mean I never had that conversation with him.\"27. SOUNDBITE (English) Lynda Corey Claassen,Director, Special Collections and Archives, UC San Diego Library:\"American employers not hiring Jewish or black labor.\"(Hear voice of Katie Ishizuka-Stephens)28. SOUNDBITE (English) Katie Ishizuka-Stephens, Director of The Conscious Kid Library: \"And another example is these African characters who are also carrying an animal to the white male child zoo. They are depicted as monkeys, nearly naked.\"Newton, Mass., 22 May 201729. SOUNDBITE (English) Mia Wenjen, creator of the blog Pragmatic Mom:\"It was his own personal belief, and that's what he depicted in those cartoons.\"          Springfield, Mass., 4 May 201730. Medium shot Leagrey Dimond walking into a room with Dr. Seuss images on the floor.31. Drawing that says \"Keep this under your hat!\"32. SOUNDBITE (English) Leagrey Dimond:\"If there is criticism of Ted, it has its place… I know that he changed with the times.\" 33. Photo of Theodor Geisel34. Hand draws lines on Dr. Seuss character35. 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