From the delicate mystical impressions of early Minoan California, to the Monuments of Imperial Majesty in Space Era  1, the exhibits in Arc 1 loop you into worlds before their rupture. From here we can see how they might continue into a recognisable today (even if this is not your here-and-now!).  

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‘the past is encountered in the detail of everyday life…. accepting a shared humanity across an immensity of time’ (McEwan 2025 74).