ABSTRACT On 12 June 2016, Orlando’s Pulse nightclub became the site of the largest single-shooter massacre in US history: 49 clubgoers lost their lives while celebrating Latin Night at a club popular with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community of Central Florida. In the days that followed the curators and collections staff of the Orange County Regional History Center found themselves affected both as community members and as museum professionals. This brief account addresses the complexities of facing a mass tragedy in real time at the human and museological level, describes the process of moving onto an active footing in the collection and preservation of memorial sites, and offers insight into what, unfortunately, has only become a more common challenge in both our communities and in our professional field.

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物化人性：脉冲后的纪念收藏

摘要 2016 年 6 月 12 日，奥兰多的 Pulse 夜总会成为美国历史上最大的单枪手大屠杀的地点：49 名去夜店的人在一家深受女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、变性人和酷儿社区欢迎的俱乐部庆祝拉丁之夜时丧生。佛罗里达州中部。在接下来的几天里，奥兰治县地区历史中心的策展人和收藏人员发现他们作为社区成员和博物馆专业人士都受到了影响。这个简短的叙述解决了在人类和博物馆学层面实时面对大规模悲剧的复杂性，描述了在纪念遗址的收集和保护中迈出积极步伐的过程，并提供了对不幸的是在我们的社区和我们的专业领域中，这是一个更常见的挑战。