Museum President Jim Campano calls the West End “the greatest neighborhood this side of heaven.” The museum catalogues the West End’s history from the 1880s to the 1950s, ending with a failed urban renewal project displacing thousands of poor immigrants. The museum features photographs and paintings of the old neighborhood, a video about the area’s development and informational plaques. Campano said the museum serves as a place where the remaining West Enders could gather and reminisce about a piece of Boston’s urban history. The city and developers profited off the ruined lives of displaces residents, he said.