Recent Acquisitions

Welcome to the Archival Library of Found Treasures!

Thousands of people visited the Library this weekend at the Gladstone Hotel (Come Up to My Room), and hundreds participated in an exchange.  We shared some deep, lovely and touching memories with the visitors.  For some, making a contribution or an exchange was a turning point, a cathartic experience, or the recognition of a new era.

Visitors declared relief or excitement to find something familiar.  For others, it was a little spot of happiness to pass on something, once useful, and now just a token from yesterday.

Click on an image to post your comments and stories, or tell us what your favourite memory is below.

I made this at Spins and Needles. It’s a shrinky. Enjoy the bunny

this show is made of awesome sauce

this came from Buffalo

this came from german school. it has cherry juice on it

fear of H1N1 sanitizer due to common sense never used

on my way to the movies with friends

my boyfriend now husband gave me this 9 years ago

travelled with me everywhere in my backpack

Marcel the taxi driver who took me from Hull…

a wonderful afternoon

fantastic hot yoga studio. maybe I will see you there!

$18 3-day late fee. Never again

purchased at Tourist variety store

this quarter replaced 10cents Canadian Tire money

Dr. Chen changed my life naturally

I was about to become an architect but life lead me in another direction. I’m happy

just enough to finish your project isn’t it

self promoting whore :)

yummy merangue to enlighten your day – just don’t eat me

favourite city, favourite opera, favourite moment

receipt for the Christmas present I sent to my sister – we missed them

Starburst red = best idea ever

a design organization I used to work for

1st metro card from my first time in NYC

lines from a childhood poem bulgarian written on an alteration tag

for snacking emergencies

these are my shoes. I wore them once

lucky red quarter from a dream

key of a lock broken after being hired at a bakery

“I quite like the minty flavour floss” traded for a measuring tape

a toe-ring from Liz “my other mumsie…”

a miniature holiday courtesy of people I can’t remember but meant well

my cousin found a passion for baking and she is amazing

a heart nut from a live tree

a hotel in Damascus worth visiting

to keep your brown sugar moist

special occasion ribbon

a 14 year-old boy came to Canada with only a sewing maching 1913

macFAB Mag’s fave