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A very special thank you to Mickey McGowan for making this exhibition possible. See “Recollections… from the Unknown Museum” on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/4G3SzOmKhc
#UnknownMuseum #MickeyMcGowan #BayArea #BayAreaHistory
This tweet was posted on September 16, 2024.
His intent with the museum was to challenge visitors with items they may have lived with and to suggest the impact of culture, advertising, and mass consumption on their lives. #UnknownMuseum
This tweet was posted on September 16, 2024.
This is your last week to catch “Recollections… from the Unknown Museum” on display in Terminal 2.
The Unknown Museum was conceived as a hands-on experience, encouraging visitors to physically interact with stacks and shelves full of items. #UnknownMuseum
This tweet was posted on September 16, 2024.
When confronted with so many common objects from years past, visitors often asked curator Mickey McGowan to see a specific item, and then proceeded to search for it among a multitude of similar things. #UnknownMuseum
This tweet was posted on September 16, 2024.
A very special thank you to Mickey McGowan for making this exhibition possible. See “Recollections… from the Unknown Museum” on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/FFFoijZTJd
#UnknownMuseum #MickeyMcGowan #BayArea #BayAreaHistory
This tweet was posted on June 21, 2024.
The process evoked familiarity, comfort, and was thought-provoking. McGowan recalled a “special kind of laughter” heard from visitors, “not like you hear at comedy shows, but more like some incredible kind of therapeutic release.”
#UnknownMuseum
This tweet was posted on June 21, 2024.
The Unknown Museum, curated by Mickey McGowan, was conceived as part conceptual art, part hands-on experience. When confronted with so many common objects from years past, visitors often asked McGowan, to see a specific item, and then proceeded to search for it. #UnknownMuseum
This tweet was posted on June 21, 2024.
“In keeping with physical fitness trends, I was always hoping that visitors, by viewing some forgotten object, might be exercising that area of the brain which holds onto the memory cells.”—Mickey McGowan, December 2022
#UnknownMuseum
This tweet was posted on June 21, 2024.
A very special thank you to Mickey McGowan for making this exhibition possible. See “Recollections… from the Unknown Museum” on display, post-security, in Terminal 2 and online at: https://t.co/FFFoijZTJd
#UnknownMuseum #MickeyMcGowan #BayArea #BayAreaHistory
This tweet was posted on May 20, 2024.
Resident curator Mickey McGowan arranged his collection into domestically themed rooms. His intent with the museum was to challenge visitors with items they may have lived with and to suggest the impact of culture, advertising, and mass consumption on their lives. #UnknownMuseum
This tweet was posted on May 20, 2024.
“I try to supply fifty percent of the experience. The rest is up to the viewer.” —Mickey McGowan, April 1987
The Unknown Museum was conceived as a hands-on experience, encouraging visitors to physically interact with stacks and shelves full of items. #UnknownMuseum
This tweet was posted on May 20, 2024.
A very special thank you to Mickey McGowan for making this exhibition possible. See “Recollections… from the Unknown Museum” on display, post-security, in Terminal 2. https://t.co/4G3SzOmKhc
#UnknownMuseum
This tweet was posted on April 02, 2024.











