Beautiful Things · After your visit
Museum curators write a small label for every object: what it is, when it's from, who used it, and why it matters. Now it's your turn — pick the one object you remember best from Beautiful Things.
Name:
Date:
Object name:
Made around the year:
Who used it:
What it was for:
Why it deserves to be in a museum:
Name one thing about life back then that seems BETTER than today, and one thing that seems WORSE. Explain your picks.
In the exhibition, some antiques “talk.” Write 2–3 sentences AS your object, in its own voice. What did it see? What does it miss?
Ask someone older than you: “What’s the oldest machine you ever used — and what happened to it?” Write their answer on the back of this sheet.
