Collecting COVID

In April 2020, the museum launched its rapid response collecting programme to document the COVID-19 pandemic in London. Here we tell you more about why we’re doing it.

In May 2020, we partnered with Will Cohen of String and Tins and photographer Damien Hewetson to document the quiet, empty streets of London at the height of lockdown.

The month of Ramadan began in the depths of lockdown, with restrictions on gatherings like iftar. Find out why we asked Muslim families and young people to document their experiences this year.

On 23 April 2020 we put out a call for Londoners to share with us what represented the pandemic for them.

In October 2020 Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Arsenal Football Club donated one of their Black Lives Matter tribute shirts worn during the 2020-21 Premier League season as part of Collecting COVID.