Memorialize the Movement Archiving Project 2024

Memorialize the Movement (MTM) will embark on an archiving and conservation project of the 1,000+ plywood panels in our stewardship from the Minneapolis Uprising of 2020 and beyond. Since the murder of George Floyd, MTM has collected and preserved the protest plywood murals created by community members, artists, and protesters that displayed their anger, pain, grief, and hope. These murals were used to board up storefronts and businesses all across the Twin Cities. After years of storing, exhibiting, and protecting these murals, we now hope to set out on a large-scale archiving project that entails photographing, cataloging, and doing in-depth research on every mural in our collection.