Why we’re building it

About Backstory

Backstory is the internet museum of your childhood. Give us a year, a hometown, and an age, and we recreate the everyday world that surrounded you—from Saturday morning TV and radio hits to mall stores, school lunches, local headlines, and the family computer.

We believe personal history lives in ordinary details. Our mission is to help people recover those details, share them with the people who remember, and preserve them for the next generation.

What did your world look like at 10?

Create your free Backstory and send it to someone who grew up with you.