A clip of Joe Wicks in action and hair clippers could go on show at the Museum Of London – as it seeks to collect first-hand experiences of how coronavirus is changing society.
Curators want objects, together with first-person testimony, for future generations to be able to look back and understand this “extraordinary time”.
The museum is collecting the items now, but stressed that any display would be far in the future.
Senior curator Beatrice Behlen said people should think about putting objects aside.
“Nothing is too humble,” she said.
“The object doesn’t have to look great or special, but we are interested in what it means.
“Often when people think of museums, they think that what they have is not museum standard, but we have ticket stubs from the Tube, all sorts of things.”
In a previous exhibition on the potential threat caused by any future epidemic, the Museum Of London displayed the mourning outfit Queen Victoria wore after her grandson died with Russian flu.
Now it wants to reflect the emptiness of the city, how social lives have developed digitally and how young people are reacting since schools closed.
It is also on the look-out for “memes and tweets” which have been widely shared.
Hair clippers and hair dye – as people cut and style their hair at home – rainbow drawings and popular items such as toilet paper could go on display.
Fitness coach Joe Wicks’s online exercise classes have also proven extremely popular during lockdown conditions.
Curators also want to find a way of documenting the absence of things, whether that is “certain foods or hugs”.
Ms Behlen said: “If you were to tell people, in the future, what this was like, what would you say?
“What would you want people to remember from this time, and do you have anything that can help us tell this story?”
Individuals and organisations who would like to donate objects can get in touch via social media @MuseumofLondon or email enquiry@museumoflondon.org.uk.