Inside the world's first coronavirus museum exhibition, featuring takeout menus and leaflets of canceled events to commemorate life during the pandemic

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In this photo provided by curator Makoto Mochida of The Historical Museum of Urahoro, Shoko Maede, a nursery-school cook, looks at a display of masks at the museum, in Hokkaido, northern Japan on Aug. 14, 2020. The museum is collecting everyday items, such as leaflets, takeout menus and masks, to accurately document how life was affected by the coronavirus pandemic, with the plan to put on an exhibition next year.Makoto Mochida/The Historical Museum of Urahoro via AP

  • A museum exhibition commemorating the coronavirus pandemic has opened in Japan.
  • The Historical Museum of Urahoro, in Hokkaido, has collected around 200 items from local communities since February.
  • Among the items are documents showing children how to prepare for online teaching, instructions for making a homemade face mask, a pile of takeout menus, and advice for attending a funeral.
  • Both the Museum of London and the The New York Historical Society have also been collecting for their own exhibitions.
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The coronavirus pandemic is by no means over, but the first exhibition commemorating the crisis has opened in rural Japan.

The Historical Museum of Urahoro, a small town in Hokkaido, has amassed a small collection of items that reflect what life was like for people in the region during the pandemic.

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