Museums are collecting signs used in the Women’s March from around the world
If you’re anything like us, you never want to forget the energy and vitality of the many Women’s Marches this weekend, and preserving the signs from those rallies is at the top of our list of priorities. Luckily, a host of museums and organizations around the world have taken up the charge and are collecting placards from the demonstrations to add to their collections of protest art.
From the museum at Michigan State University to the American History Museum in Washington D.C. to Bishopsgate Institute in London, organizations have recognized the historical significance of the clever, angry, hilarious, and politically charged messages carried by marchers around the globe on Saturday, and we can’t wait to see every collection.
Check out some of the institutions, below, looking for placards and share your sign if you held onto it!
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Have placards/photos fr #WomensMarch London? We're collecting them @BishopsgateInst Protest Archive. [email protected] or tweet us
— Nicky Hilton (@NickyHilton1) January 23, 2017
Did you march Sat? Want your sign preserved for posterity? Drop it off @ the MHS Brown Library & we'll add it to our archives! Wed-Sat 10-4. https://t.co/jU4Npo68Vn
— Maine Historical Society (@mainehistory) January 23, 2017
Our curators were out on the National Mall on both Friday and Saturday collecting.
— National Museum of American History (@amhistorymuseum) January 22, 2017
#womensmarchlansing @MSUMuseum is collecting stories, signs & stuff to document this historic day! Contact curator S. Wajda [email protected]
— Shirley Wajda (@stwajda) January 22, 2017
Marching this weekend? We're collecting #ephemera as part of a living archive of modern protest! DM us for details. #womensmarch pic.twitter.com/xURxTsnz6d
— Newberry Library (@NewberryLibrary) January 20, 2017
Albertans who marched #WomensMarch: @RoyalAlberta is collecting signs and pins from the #womensmarchyeg, #womensmarchyyc
— S🦋rah W🦉lshaw (@SarahCWalshaw) January 22, 2017
The more than 500 Women’s Marches that took place around the U.S. drew an estimated 3.3 million people, what some political scientists say is likely the largest day of protest in American history. Nearly every city in the nation held a “sister march” in solidarity with the larger demonstration going on in Washington, D.C., including tiny Stanley, Idaho — population 63.
Half the town of Stanley, Idaho (pop. 63) came out in a snowstorm to march in peace & solidarity w/ men, women, & children on 7 continents. pic.twitter.com/tLPCognu2t
— Carole King (@Carole_King) January 22, 2017
The signage at the rallies was among the day’s highlights, showing off the political will and creativity of the American people.
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If this is what the resistance looks like, we’d better preserve it. It’s clever, incisive, and fierce AF — and we can’t forget how powerful it feels when millions of people come together to demand better.
