this post was submitted on 21 Oct 2025
272 points (100.0% liked)
History Memes
909 readers
707 users here now
A place to share history memes!
Rules:
-
No sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia, assorted bigotry, etc.
-
No fascism (including tankies/red fash), atrocity denial or apologia, etc.
-
Tag NSFW pics as NSFW.
-
Follow all Piefed.social rules.
Banner courtesy of @setsneedtofeed@lemmy.world
founded 5 months ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
view the rest of the comments
I don't usually buy anything, but I enjoy having a wander round. I just like the novelty, and whilst the museum exhibits also provide novelty, the gift shop offers a different kind of novelty.
Occasionally I buy souvenirs for friends. I have one friend who collects fridge magnets, so I often find myself passively on the lookout for one that they'd like. I've also found that sending postcards to friends is a nice way to stay in contact with them (I often find myself too overwhelmed by life to stay in contact more meaningfully, so postcards are how I remind them that I have not forgotten that they exist).
The only item I can remember buying for myself from a museum was a gorgeous tea towel from the People's History Museum in Manchester, UK. It had a print of an old worker's rights poster, similar in style to this one from the women's suffrage movement. It's far too nice to actually use as a teatowel, but I was a student at the time, so I hung it up on my wall like a mini tapestry.
Ooh, very nice idea with the postcards, because that's something I'm also struggling with. I don't have social media and then it's really hard to stay in touch with people who aren't living close anymore.
But how do you send them? Do you ask for people's addresses if and when they move? It's probably not as weird as I make it in my head with my anxi