Start your story with someone entering a museum, and end it with them settling down to join a sit-in.

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“At Least the Kids Weren't There” by Dalia Navarez

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Under the gleam of the April sun and whispers of fluttering hummingbirds, Tony flung a snotball at Marie. Marie ran away from the group screaming, and Pamela chased after her striped sundress in case someone tried to kidnap her again. Mrs. Dhupta, who was chastising Tony for not cleaning his nose on the bus, shouted at Marie to slow down and Pamela to mind her own beeswax as the class stood to take a picture beside the front fountain of the Natural History Museum. Tony was still picking his nose, and Angelina’s bunny ears looked ...

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“THE UNKNOWN OF THE PORTRAIT” by Mara Masolini

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THE UNKNOWN OF THE PORTRAIT Paul, even if he believed, like others, that painting had ended with the impressionists, kept on painting. He had always painted still lives, also still lives with..- flowers, bouquets of flowers, vases with flowers, flowers scattered on the ground, and even single flowers, even sunflowers, of course. But, instead of looking at Van Gogh, , he rather had, as a model or reference, painters as Vermeer and Caravaggio, as Velasquez and Rembrandt. He had never thought to paint portraits. If now he was enteri...

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“The Spontaneous Protestor” by Sunil Sharma

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---Sunil Sharma It was not planned--- his walking into a sit-in and remaining there for two hours there till the cops arrived and the media filmed the encounter and made him overnight, a sensation, an unlikely hero, champion. The planned part was just a short visit to the local museum by a daughter living in a distant New York. “Go there dad. You will find some interesting stuff there.” She had texted. “Stuff that is living link to the past, our past.” He went there---part of a journey in reverse, trying to collect some bits of personal ...

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“Heist at the Royal Ontario Museum” by Artemis Rowan

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I've been coming to evening events at the Royal Ontario Museum since I started university. They're always packed with people. Packed with witnesses. It's almost impossible to do what I've been planning to do for years. But this time is different. This time, there's a snowstorm keeping most of the guests from attending. But for some reason the event planners didn't use the weather as an excuse to cancel the masquerade gala. I'm wearing a red floor-length ballgown. On my face, I'm sporting a glittery full-face mask that has feathers on t...

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“On the Saturn” by HBR Patel

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Ron entered the majestic museum. He appeared like a minuscule in front of the majestic museum. The vast pillars at the entrance were huge and augmented the vastness of the museum. Although it was a space and science museum, the infrastructure matched that of the history museum dedicated to some majestic kingdom. He watched his steps as he navigated his way through the stairs at the entrance of the museum. He was here to attend the auction of the rock of the Saturn's surface brought by the first astronaut to reach its surface.&nbsp...

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“THE ASSIGNMENT” by Mercy Duke

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A short plump old man walked me to a large metal door. He struggled to unlock the large golden lock, swung from one side to the other. Clinch, clinch, the lock finally unlocked. He opened the door and signaled me with his head to enter. “Are there any tour guides?” I asked “No tour guide. I’m told you have all the necessary information you need. Get in!” I slowly walked into the dark wall with dim lights. “Don’t come out this side, there is another door at the other end!” The door slowly closed behind me, making the hall even darker inside. ...

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“Social Day” by Nina Thompson

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He keeps himself and all of his extremities held within the imagined border that’s drawn around him. It’s safe in his box. When he’s still, he’s even able to block out the sounds around him. But today is his social day, and on the noisy admissions line at the museum, he can’t keep anything out. Not the jostling or the coat-to-jacket contact he keeps feeling or the echoed sounds of voices bouncing around the room. Finally, he pays his entrance fees and moves into the great open atrium, contained in which is a gargantuan, mint-condition, army ...

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“Infinity of The Universe” by Gillian Del Mundo

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Musei Vaticani. He enters the doors of the rustic building, revealing hundreds over thousands of people chattering in loud volumes. He cannot help but feel claustrophobic within the crowds of rather under-clothed people as they stand idly in the bright room. He cannot remember what had occurred for him to arrive upon a bronze sphere ripped apart in the middle to reveal… another sphere just outside. He must not deny the intricacy in its design, yet he could not help but point out how out of place it looks at the heart of the pavement surr...

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“Day at the museum” by Rachel Alex Wall

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Dillan HAD to go to the museum. If he couldn’t it would be the end of the world, in his opinion. His mother, Sara, had a different opinion. she had never like stuffy places like libraries and museums. She saw them as places old people went to. Sarah was not old. She was only 19. Dillan had been a product of a prom night romance that hadn’t ended well. His father had gone off to college without a backwards look as soon as Sara had told him she was pregnant. Dillan liked libraries though. He liked to look at picture books and try to read. Alth...

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“History of The Jews:” by Grayson Killian

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A man walks up to the museum door to grab his ticket. He thanks the man that gave him the ticket, then walks through the door. He heard scuffing of shoes scrapping the floor, the smell of wax from the statues of history. He walks around noticing things of Babe Ruth to things of World War 1. Different types of history in one place that happened through the years. He walked around to notice a hall to his left, hearing the sound of voices echoing down it. He went down the hall, getting closer to the voices to see a...

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“How to Free a Catapult” by Henry Moen

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Part One: The Heist Mira unscrewed the last bolt from the window and braced herself against the building. She unzipped a pockets and brought out her jammer. She placed it between her teeth and dug for her toolkit. She clutched the tool kit tight in her left hand and took a deep breath. This must happen fast! She thought. With one swift motion, she pulled the window open, flipp...

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Start your story with someone entering a museum, and end it with them settling down to join a sit-in.

Submissions are closed

✍️ 41 stories

“At Least the Kids Weren't There” by Dalia Navarez

“THE UNKNOWN OF THE PORTRAIT” by Mara Masolini

“The Spontaneous Protestor” by Sunil Sharma

“Heist at the Royal Ontario Museum” by Artemis Rowan

“On the Saturn” by HBR Patel

“THE ASSIGNMENT” by Mercy Duke

“Social Day” by Nina Thompson

“Infinity of The Universe” by Gillian Del Mundo

“Day at the museum” by Rachel Alex Wall

“History of The Jews:” by Grayson Killian

“How to Free a Catapult” by Henry Moen

🌟 Similar prompts

Write about someone who never planned to make history but is now about to deliver a speech in front of millions.

Write about a child witnessing a major historical event.

Write about an elderly character who was part of a historic movement years ago.

Start your story with a major news event breaking — one that will change the world forever.

Contest #80

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