The Conspiracy Museum - The Atlantic

A speculative address

Photo illustrations by Kensuke Koike REMARKS AS PREPARED BY WILLIAM K. SING, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, SMITHSONIAN MUSEUM OF AMERICAN CONSPIRACY FOR DELIVERY ON TUESDAY APRIL 16, 2041 Welcome, everyone. What an [ INSERT WEATHER COMMENT ] day to open a museum. Behind me [ GESTURE BEHIND SELF ] is the Smithsonian Museum of American Conspiracy. Yes, it’s really there! I know it’s hard to see. The building is clad in the same light-bending mesh the Space Force uses for its stealth ships. There was a surplus. Lucky us. This is an art museum. That’s important. Not a history museum, and not, as the Post ha

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