We are living through a moment in history and the Missouri History Museum wants to hear your stories of the pandemic.

Angie Dietz, the director digital initiatives for the museum, joins us on the podcast to talk about collecting history. It’s hard to imagine your photos and handmade face masks might be in a museum one day, but historians, students and teachers will look to those as primary sources for a historic moment. What goes into collecting artifacts, and how does a museum choose what to exhibit, Angie spills the secrets and explains why even if you don’t share with the museum, why it’s more important than ever to document the world around you.

To share your story, go to: https://mohistory.org/stories-of-the-pandemic-a-st-louis-covid-19-digital-archive