London, inflatable baby Trump enters museum collections to tell protests

The Museum of London has acquired in its collections the inflatable “baby Trump” who was the protagonist of the July 2018 protests in the square due to U.S. President Donald Trump’s visit to Britain. On that occasion, in fact, the citizens of the British capital had flown a huge inflatable balloon (about six meters high) on Parliament Square with the likeness of a baby Trump with his characteristic blond forelock, his mouth open in a grimace of capriciousness and in a wrathful attitude, to protest against the tycoon ’s treatment on an official visit to the British government.

Back in 2019, the museum announced its desire to purchase the inflatable Baby Trump because it was an important testimony to the protests of the previous year. It will be stored here and will likely be displayed in the future at the museum’s new West Smithfield location.
It will be placed in the collection dedicated to the protests, which brings together objects, flags, and banners that tell the story of London’s biggest street movements over the decades.

Museum of London director Sharon Ament said, “London has always been an open and ever-evolving polyglot city. A happy place of knowledge, tradition and debate, and over the centuries it has hosted many historic protests [...] By acquiring the inflatable Baby Trump we can highlight the wave of sentiment that flooded the city that day and capture a particular moment of resistance that ultimately shows how Londoners join forces against extreme adversity.”

“We hope that the space in the museum dedicated to baby Trump will become a reminder of when London was against Trump,” said the baby Trump team. "Above all, let it serve as a reminder of the politics of resistance that took place during Trump’s presidency."

London, inflatable baby Trump enters museum collections to tell protests

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