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15 more museum exhibits I would love to see

In November of 2023, I wrote "15 museum exhibits I would love to see"--but now I have more ideas!

  1. Will ICE Melt?: A history of immigration policies and their enforcement in the US
  2. Sick Chic: How being ill has be "in" from consumption to addiction and back again
  3. Let's Eat Babies: An examination of the history and relevance of satirical publications
  4. Me at the Zoo: YouTube's history from its first video onward
  5. Poisonous, Venomous, or Somehow Both?: You bite it, you die vs it bites you, you die vs any bite'll do the trick
  6. What's in a Name?: Naming regulations then and now for babies born in the US
  7. Hoarding vs Collecting: When is the accumulation of items a hoard and when is it a collection--and why does that distinction matter?
  8. Seven Bobcats? Yes! Six Rabbits? No!: Why and how exotic pet laws vary by US state--and why that matters
  9. A Raccoon Named Rebecca: The oddest and most loved US presidential pets
  10. If You Can't Make Your Own Serotonin, Store Bought is Fine: Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors from theory to pill bottle
  11. ISO: The journey of personal ads from satire to patriotism to romance to obsolescence
  12. To the Left: Swiping on dating apps and the paradox of choice
  13. Suppression in the Name of Tolerance: The paradox of tolerance and how it has played out throughout history and recent years
  14. Only You: Smokey Bear's creation, impact, and future
  15. It's Chinese for 'Japan': An exploration of how tattoos in other languages have captured our imaginations, but may have missed the point

(Prompt by me)

Photo by Olivia Pedler on Unsplash


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