The Silent Witness Project

The Silent Witness Project is part of a national initiative to remember those murdered in acts of domestic violence. The original Silent Witness Exhibit was conceived by an ad hoc group of women artists in Minnesota who wanted to bring attention to the serious consequences of violence against women. The Minnesota exhibit included figures representing 33 women killed by husbands, lovers, friends, and family members. Since 1990, Silent Witness exhibits have been created in all 50 states. The Silent Witness Project is a traveling memorial honoring women who were murdered in acts of domestic violence. The exhibit is made of life-size wooden figures, each representing a woman who once lived, worked, had neighbors, friends, and family before her death. Each silhouette represents a person murdered by an intimate partner.