Museums ask public for help documenting COVID-19 experience

Museum’s are asking the public to save photos, homemade masks, journals and objects they make during self-isolation to document how Washington and the Spokane area reacted to the COVID-19 pandemic.

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Wed., April 15, 2020

A sign by the Slavic Baptist Church, on the corner of Driscoll Boulevard and Hoffman Avenue in Spokane, asks for prayers for health care workers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Area museums are collecting mementos of the pandemic for preservation.

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Adams Elementary School educators construct a sign to their students reading “We Miss You All-Stars,” Friday, April 10, 2020, at the corner of 37th Avenue and Regal Street in Spokane.

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In response to the coronavirus outbreak, Dylan Potter, 12, on left, and her next-door neighbor friend Bella Peterson,10, spent the day using chalk to write positive messages and draw hearts, rainbows and flowers on their family’s fences and sidewalks at 15th Avenue and Bernard Street, Tues., March 24, 2020.

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A sign urging members of the public to practice social distancing is seen at the STA bus plaza in downtown Spokane, Wash. on Monday, March 16, 2020. Guidelines suggest staying apart by at least six feet to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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One side of the marquee of the Bing Crosby Theater reads "stay well" Monday, March 16, 2020, in downtown Spokane, Wash. On Sunday, Gov. Jay Inslee ordered gatherings of 50 people or more to stop; including entertainment venues to stop the spread of COVID-19.

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The Park Inn Bar & Grill, a popular Spokane restaurant, is seen during what would be normal business hours on the first full day of the "Stay Home, Stay Healthy" order on March 26, 2020 in Spokane, Wash. Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee set the mandate as Washington's adaptation of a shelter-in-place order, which includes closures of all non-essential businesses to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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The Old European restaurant on Division displays a hopeful message on the first full day of the "Stay Home, Stay Healthy" order on March 26, 2020 in Spokane, Wash. Washington state Gov. Jay Inslee set the mandate as Washington's adaptation of a shelter-in-place order, which includes closures of all non-essential businesses to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

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Lewis and Clark High School’s message to Spokane photographed at the school on Saturday, March 21, 2020.

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Little Spokane Natural Area is seen amid its COVID-19 closure on Sunday, March 29, 2020, off of West Rutter Parkway in Spokane, Wash.

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A sign on the door of the closed Sushi.com in downtown Spokane is seen on Monday, March 16, 2020The second round of loan applications for the government's small business relief program has been slowed by computer issues at the Small Business Administration. Lenders complained Monday, April 27, that they couldn't get their applications into the SBA system known as ETran that processes and approves loans.

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The playground at Upper Manito Park, then closed due to COVID-19 concerns, on March 20, 2020, in Spokane.

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The Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox has been shut down because of COVID-19 Virus concerns, Thursday, March 26, 2020, in Spokane.

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