Museum of Capitalism

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| year = 2015–present

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| subject = capitalism, post-capitalism{{cite journal |last1=Monticelli |first1=Lara |title=Embodying Alternatives to Capitalism in the 21st Century |journal=TripleC: Communication, Capitalism & Critique |date=4 May 2018 |volume=16 |issue=2 |pages=501–517 |doi=10.31269/triplec.v16i2.1032|doi-access=free }}

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The Museum of Capitalism is an institution dedicated to "educating this generation and future generations about the history, philosophy, and legacy of capitalism, through exhibitions, research, publication, collecting and preserving material evidence, art, and artifacts of capitalism, and a variety of public programming."{{cite web |title=ABOUT |url=https://www.museumofcapitalism.org/about/ |website=MUSEUM OF CAPITALISM |access-date=26 May 2021}} It "looks at our current economic system as if it were a relic of the past"{{cite journal |last1=Brennan |first1=Caleb |title=The Ghost of Capitalism Past |journal=In These Times |date=2017 |volume=41 |issue=8 |page=39}} and is dedicated to looking back on capitalism in order to analyze and historicize it.{{cite web |last1=Schuessler |first1=Jennifer |title=Cheeseburgers, Oil and Minimum Wage: Building a Museum of Capitalism |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/arts/design/museum-of-capitalism.html |website=The New York Times |accessdate=15 April 2020 |date=13 November 2019}} Versions of the exhibition — a collection of objects, artefacts, installations, archival documents, photos and videos on the “historical phenomenon of capitalism” have been hosted in Oakland,{{cite web |last1=Wiener |first1=Anna |title=What Would a Museum of Capitalism Look Like? |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/what-would-a-museum-of-capitalism-look-like |website=The New Yorker |accessdate=15 April 2020 |language=en}} Boston and New York City.{{cite web |last1=Schuessler |first1=Jennifer |title=Cheeseburgers, Oil and Minimum Wage: Building a Museum of Capitalism |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/13/arts/design/museum-of-capitalism.html |website=The New York Times |accessdate=15 April 2020 |date=13 November 2019}}