Harris Museum collects your video memories of coronavirus pandemic

A Preston museum is looking for locals to record their memories of what it is like living through coronavirus.

By Jenny Simpson

Published 15th Apr 2020, 11:45 BST

Updated 15th Apr 2020, 11:48 BST

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Photo Neil Cross — Harris Museum Photo Neil Cross

The Harris wants residents to make their own videos, talking about their experiences of the pandemic, and share them for their Memory Makers project.

They want to record ideas of what social distancing is like, so the videos could be added to the Harris collection for the historians of the future to study.

They may also be shared on the museum's website.

Videos do not need to be professionally shot, and should be up to 10 minutes long.

Ideas of what to include are: your first name and the area of Preston where you live; how many days you have spent in social isolation; how you are feeling and the biggest change to your life.

See https://www.theharris.org.uk/press-news/social-distancing-in-preston/ for details of how to submit a video.

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