In late March, the Tenement Museum launched a crowdsourced collecting initiative, Objects of Comfort. Grown from their digital exhibit platform Your Story, Our Story, Objects of Comfort seeks to know how people are coping through this crisis. What objects, traditions, recipes, and songs are giving people strength? How are people finding inspiration from their families, and from the past, to keep going? How do meaningful objects connect us to each other, spark memories, and even make us healthier?
The object stories are curated into an online collection on Your Story, Our Story, and any new submission will be added to that collection.

Anyone can contribute a story of something that is bringing them comfort right now—all that’s needed to submit is a story of 250 words or less, and an image. Families and classes can participate through a special group gallery function on the platform.