The Museum of Mankind is not real
This exhibition is a parody of misogyny and oppression in interpretation of history, archaeology, and the museum world.
The museum of Mankind exhibition was originally displayed as pop-ups at the Science Museum and the Jewish Museum in 2019.
It was inspired by the work of the Museum of Dissent.
Museum of Mankind
On 1st April 4024, while doing some gardening, Guy Manson started noticing items in the soil that clearly were man-made and not of this time. He sought the expertise of the curators at the Museum of Mankind and a full archaeological dig was launched. Funded by the generous Thackler family, a number of interesting artefacts have been uncovered from the Plastic Age of 1900-2200 AD in the ancient city of ‘London’.
The Museum of Mankind is proud to display these objects that tell the story of life in the past once unknown, but now revealed
Exhibition credits:
Curation by Eugene Delacroissant
Interpretation by Eugene Delacroissant
With help from Flex von Manspreader
This exhibition started as a pop up at the Science Museum and Jewish Museum in 2019.
Image: Eugène Delacroissant, curator of Museum of Mankind
(aka drag king Claire Mead)
We didn’t make this name up to annoy you. From 1970-1997, the British Museum had a branch in Mayfair showcasing its ethnographic collection called ‘Museum of Mankind’; and in Paris today you can visit the Musee de l’homme (Museum of Man), an anthropology museum opened in 1987.
The Museum of Mankind is real after all
Exhibition credits and thank yous:
Adonis Sancho
Alex Lyons
Angela Hicks
Anna Rowe
Christine Burns MBE
Claire Mead
Elena Jarmosh
Ella Pound
Florence Schechter
Hannah Hethmon
Katja Holtz
Martha Clelow
Museum of Dissent
Puck Studio
Rachel Bentley
Rhubi Worth
Sacha Coward
Silvia Cutrera
Virginia Calabria
Zoe Williams