The coronavirus museum: how historians are documenting the pandemic

The New-York Historical Society has started collecting artifacts for a collection aimed at teaching future generations about the current crisisCoronavirus – live US updatesLive global updatesSee all our coronavirus coverageShortly after the 9/11 attacks in New York City, a museum on the Upper West Side, the New-York Historical Society, began collecting items from the tragedy – from scraps of the World Trade Center to public signage, letters and firefighter helmets.“There was li