A cross-community reconciliation group is seeking public opinion on what it calls a living memorial to the Troubles.
Healing Through Remembering, which was established to help deal with the effects of 30 years of conflict, has been supported in its push for a museum of the Troubles by Belfast singer Brian Kennedy.
Alan McBride, whose wife and father-in-law died in the 1993 Shankill bombing, said the group wanted to set up a museum and was canvassing opinion on the idea.
A series of seven public meetings organised in both parts of Ireland as well as in Britain is being planned to prompt as wide a range of opinion as possible.
Brian Kennedy formally endorsed the consultation yesterday at the offices of Healing Through Remembering in Belfast.
"Few people in Northern Ireland have not been affected in some way by the conflict. Hurt and heartbreak were felt by many families over many years.
"I strongly support the work of Healing Through Remembering in trying to ensure that something positive emerges from the past. A living memorial museum would not only help us remember those affected by the conflict, but would reinforce the message that it must never happen again," he said.
The concept of such a museum is one recommendation being examined and an important part of the ongoing discussions is what form such a memorial could take. The reconciliation group says it is approaching the public consultation meetings with an open mind.
It said yesterday there were plenty of options to think about including a museum in a new building or in an existing one. Other ideas include a single-site memorial or a series of connected developments.
The group is also open to the idea of a virtual space on the internet with no physical structure.