FINDLAY, Ohio — If it's hard for you to come to terms with the fact that the '90s were more than 30 years ago, then apparently you can't handle the truth.
A new exhibit in Hancock County will show you what life was like in the post-Cold War decade.
The exhibit will soon be open to the public at the Hancock Historical Museum celebrating all things from the 1990s, called "Growing Up '90s."
After having huge success with a similar exhibit focused on the '60s, museum leaders said "ugh, as if!" and wanted to celebrate a decade that they remember, too.
"(We thought) 'Why don't we get to do that? I think we should do an exhibit on the '90s,'" Museum curator and archivist Joy Bennett said. "So it's been kind of a labor of love for all of us to go back to our childhoods and remember the toys we played with, the music we listened to and all of that."
Bennett said it was an interesting challenge putting the exhibit together as there hasn't been as much research already done on the '90s compared to previous years.
"I actually had to do a lot of crowdsourcing on Facebook saying 'Hey, if you were a 90s kid, where did you hang out?'" Bennett said.
The exhibit not only features plenty of items on loan from the community showing the toys, technology and fashion of the decade but also plenty of local memories from Findlay and surrounding areas.
Like the old Ohio Skate rink, the former Hancock County Rec Center, local businesses, former schools.... yada, yada, yada.
"To be able to provide a different outlet to come reminisce, even show our kids what it was like growing up in the '90s," Sarah Foltz, museum executive director, said. "I'm just so excited to see all of the memories come up."
The exhibit is also interactive, allowing visitors to play on a Nintendo 64 or listen to a curated '90s playlist on Spotify.
Museum leaders know this exhibit will have very specific demographics from Gen X and Millennials interested. Still, visitors from other age ranges shouldn't say "Bye, Felicia!" and will be able to take something away from this experience.
"If they were a parent of a kid in the '90s or they are the child of a '90s kid, I think they'll have some kind of connection," Bennett said.
"Growing Up '90s" launches in March and will be on display for at least two years.