A list of food to go. Directions for attending a funeral. A note to cancel local summer celebrations. These simple, everyday objects of life in the pandemic have found a home in the Historical Museum of Urahoro in Hokkaido, in northern Japan. This small town of 4,500 people does not even have a movie theater. But thanks to Makoto Mochida, it now has a place to tell future generations what it was like to live in the time of COVID-19, things like social distancing or public fears over the pandemic. As curator, Makoto Mochida selects the objects to place in the museum. “I am fascinated by how things connect with people,” he said. Mochida said some people are surprised that he is collecting objects that should be thrown away. But he believes the items provide “an excellent way to accurately archive history.”
Title: A Different Kind of Museum
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the Historical Museum of Urahoro in Hokkaido, in northern Japan.</span> <span data-start-time='24396' data-end-time='32021'>This small town of 4,500 people does not even have a movie theater.</span> <span data-start-time='32021' data-end-time='50979'> But thanks to Makoto Mochida, it now has a place to tell future generations what it was like to live in the time of COVID-19, things like social distancing or public fears over the pandemic.</span> <span data-start-time='50979' data-end-time='57646'>As curator, Makoto Mochida selects the objects to place in the museum.</span> <span data-start-time='57646' data-end-time='63667'>“I am fascinated by how things connect with people,” he said.</span> <span data-start-time='63667' data-end-time='71833'>Mochida said some people are surprised that he is collecting objects that should be thrown away.</span> <span data-start-time='71833' data-end-time='79563'>But he believes the items provide “an excellent way to accurately archive history.”</span> 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